Fake News Debunking and Counteractions – the Bulgarian Experience
Authors:
Nadezhda
Miteva
St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Pages:
61-
71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/PPOV8363
Abstract:
Careful and thorough fact-checking is a main tool for counteracting fake news, alternative facts and the context created in the Post-Truth Era. This paper examines the contemporary fact-checking mechanisms in the Bulgarian media environment. The methods applied are data analysis, interviews with proffessional journalists, a survey among media content users, and a case study. The research ws cnducted within the framework of the DCOST Project 01/10 – 04.07.2017 (project leader Prof. Lilia Raycheva), supported by the National Scientific Fund of Bulgaria, and developed within the Europpean Commission‘s Action IS 1404: Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitization (E-READ).
Keywords:
fact-checking, verification, fake news, alternative facts.
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