Open AccessFRAMING COVID-19: HOW FACT-CHECKING CIRCULATES ON POLITICAL FACEBOOK
Author(s) -
Raquel Recuero
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
selected papers of internet research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-3317
DOI - 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12024
Subject(s) - disinformation , framing (construction) , politics , fake news , political science , right wing , covid-19 , media studies , social media , sociology , law , history , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology
This abstract compiles the results of a research on how the politicalframing of fact-checking posts about Covid-19 may influence their circulation on Facebook.Our research is based on a dataset of 460 fact-checking posts published on politicallyaligned Brazilian Facebook pages/groups. We used frame analysis to discuss how these postsshare fact-checking links. Our results point to the right-wing affiliated groups/pagessharing more fact-checking than left-aligned ones, but using framing strategies to subvertfact-checking content to support their beliefs.These results show that fact-checking doescirculate on political Facebook groups/pages that share disinformation (and they circulateon right-wing and conservative ones), but it is used to reinforce their discourse, ratherthan debunk it.