How to reach the big leagues, verifying without experts

University fact checking of the presidential debate of Chile in 2017

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2020.236.18

Keywords:

Presidential debates, Fact checking, Journalism, Teaching, Verification

Abstract

The paper presents the teaching method applied to fact check the campaign and televised presidential debate of the 2017 election in Chile, in a course of undergraduate Journalism students. The article explains the design and development of the project and its journalistic and learning results, among being pre-selected in a professional excellence in Journalism award, the assessment made by the students of their learning process to verify the public speech of authorities and their contribution to democracy as watchdogs.

Author Biography

Enrique Núñez-Mussa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)

Professor at the Faculty of Communications of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Master in Journalism, Media and Globalization with a specialization in Journalistic Cultures, in a joint degree from the Universities of Aarhus, Denmark; Hamburg, Germany; and The Danish School of Media and Journalism. SUSI Scholar in Media and Journalism from Ohio University. Graduated in Social Communication with the title of Journalist and a Minor in Literature from the PUC. General editor of www.factchecking.cl

Obra Digital No. 18. Comunicación y Cultura

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Published

2020-02-28

How to Cite

Núñez-Mussa, E. (2020). How to reach the big leagues, verifying without experts: University fact checking of the presidential debate of Chile in 2017. Obra Digital, (18), 85–101. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2020.236.18

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No. 18 (2020): Communication and Culture

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Miscellaneous

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