Mapping Stigmatizing Hoaxes Towards Immigrants on Twitter and Digital Media: Case Study in Spain, Greece, and Italy
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2023
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IGI Global
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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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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