RT Journal Article
T1 Debunking news as a journalistic genre: from the inverted pyramid to a circular writing model
A1 Herrero-Diz, Paula
A1 Varona Aramburu, David
A1 Pérez Escolar, Marta
AB This research identifies the common elements present in debunking news that define this sort of information as a new journalistic genre. For this purpose, after a standard literature review related to journalistic genres, fake news, fact-checking, and the state of journalism, a qualitative methodology consisting of a content analysis of 60 debunk news from politifact.com (the United States) and maldita.es (Spain) and interviews with editors (5) of the fact-checking platforms were carried out. Findings indicate a circular writing structure with common elements present in debunk news: A headline that points out and stresses the falsehood; a first paragraph that presents the origin of the disinformation; a body of the text that exposes the evidence found when analyzing the facts; and finally, a closing paragraph, that is the final verdict, that asserts whether the news is true or false, underlines the truth, and labels the credibility of the information.
PB University of Southern California
SN 1932–8036
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113342
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113342
LA eng
NO Herrero-Diz, Paula; Varona Aramburu, David; & Pérez Escolar, Marta. (2024). Debunking News as a Journalistic Genre: From the Inverted Pyramid to a Circular Writing Model. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1634–1656.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 may 2025