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Mapping Stigmatizing Hoaxes Towards Immigrants on Twitter and Digital Media: Case Study in Spain, Greece, and Italy

Mapping Stigmatizing Hoaxes Towards Immigrants on Twitter and Digital Media: Case Study in Spain, Greece, and Italy

Marta Sánchez Esparza, Ignacio Vázquez Diéguez, Adoración Merino Arribas
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781668484272|ISBN10: 1668484277|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668484319|EISBN13: 9781668484289
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8427-2.ch008
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Esparza, Marta Sánchez, et al. "Mapping Stigmatizing Hoaxes Towards Immigrants on Twitter and Digital Media: Case Study in Spain, Greece, and Italy." News Media and Hate Speech Promotion in Mediterranean Countries, edited by Elias Said Hung and Julio Montero Diaz, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 136-161. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8427-2.ch008

APA

Esparza, M. S., Diéguez, I. V., & Arribas, A. M. (2023). Mapping Stigmatizing Hoaxes Towards Immigrants on Twitter and Digital Media: Case Study in Spain, Greece, and Italy. In E. Said Hung & J. Diaz (Eds.), News Media and Hate Speech Promotion in Mediterranean Countries (pp. 136-161). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8427-2.ch008

Chicago

Esparza, Marta Sánchez, Ignacio Vázquez Diéguez, and Adoración Merino Arribas. "Mapping Stigmatizing Hoaxes Towards Immigrants on Twitter and Digital Media: Case Study in Spain, Greece, and Italy." In News Media and Hate Speech Promotion in Mediterranean Countries, edited by Elias Said Hung and Julio Montero Diaz, 136-161. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8427-2.ch008

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Abstract

This text presents a mapping of the hoaxes published on Twitter and in digital media during 2020 in Spain, Greece, and Italy after having been classified as disinformation with the intention of causing harm in the fact-checking portals of the three cited countries. Verification services that are members of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) have been chosen for this analysis: Spain (Newtral.es/Maldita.es), Greece (Ellinika Hoaxes), and Italy (Facta News/Lavoce.info). The chosen online portals belong to FactCheckEU, a European project launched by the international verification network. The validated sample presents 150 pieces of information identified as hoaxes by the verification platforms and disseminated in the current communication scenarios by the network in the three direct recipient countries of the migratory phenomenon through the Mediterranean. A qualitative methodology applied to the case study is used, which is complemented by critical discourse analysis.

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