An anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in Spain’s 2019 general election campaign
This paper analyses the content of the electoral hoaxes identified by factcheckers Maldita and Newtral, using as a case study the campaign for the April 28th 2019 Spanish general election. To study the context in which electoral disinformation operates, a bot was created on Twitter (@unfaking_es) th...
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doaj-b89a05667a94489fbafb43095bf4885b2020-11-25T02:57:40ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals1133-65952013-035X2020-04-0112412314510.24241/rcai.2020.124.1.123An anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in Spain’s 2019 general election campaignFrancisco Paniagua Rojano0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7376-4536Francisco Seoane Pérez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4680-558XRaúl Magallón-Rosa2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-7802Profesor titular de Periodismo, Universidad de MálagaProfesor de Periodismo, Universidad Carlos iii de Madrid Profesor de Periodismo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid This paper analyses the content of the electoral hoaxes identified by factcheckers Maldita and Newtral, using as a case study the campaign for the April 28th 2019 Spanish general election. To study the context in which electoral disinformation operates, a bot was created on Twitter (@unfaking_es) that followed the activity of the accounts of the main media, political parties, candidates, official institutions and fact-checkers. Most of the 37 hoaxes analysed originated on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp, and the electoral system itself was the main target of disinformation, being labelled as fraudulent. The debate on Twitter was dominated by live fact-checking carried out by left-wing media, with Pablo Casado (Popular Party) being the most frequently debunked candidate.https://www.raco.cat/index.php/RevistaCIDOB/article/view/368369/462264fake newsdisinformationbotselection campaignelectionspolitical communicationspain |
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An anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in Spain’s 2019 general election campaign |
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An anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in Spain’s 2019 general election campaign |
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An anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in Spain’s 2019 general election campaign |
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An anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in Spain’s 2019 general election campaign |
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anatomy of the electoral hoax: political disinformation in spain’s 2019 general election campaign |
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Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals |
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1133-6595 2013-035X |
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This paper analyses the content of the electoral hoaxes identified by factcheckers Maldita and Newtral, using as a case study the campaign for the April 28th 2019 Spanish general election. To study the context in which electoral disinformation operates, a bot was created on Twitter (@unfaking_es) that followed the activity of the accounts of the main media, political parties, candidates, official institutions and fact-checkers. Most of the 37 hoaxes analysed originated on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp, and the electoral system itself was the main target of disinformation, being labelled as fraudulent. The debate on Twitter was dominated by live fact-checking carried out by left-wing media, with Pablo Casado (Popular Party) being the most frequently debunked candidate. |
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