PRODUCTION model of alternative media as democratic solutions to disinformation

Authors

  • Lina Moscoso University of Minho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2020v6n6a3en

Keywords:

Fake news, Disinformation, Alternative media, Sustainability

Abstract

Alternative digital media can be examples of ethical journalistic production, insofar as they subsist through the collective funding model and, therefore, must maintain their image before the public. This article analyzes the strategies of alternative media that make them possible ways out of disinformation and fake news. The methodological design includes an analysis of the speeches of interviews carried out with alternative media about strategies for verifying information and models of production and distribution; and observation of social media sites and networks. The study focuses on alternative media from different contexts: Brazil and Portugal, and with different profiles (investigative journalism and factual media), therefore, it is a comparative research. The article concludes that alternative media can be counterpoints to disinformation about fake news, if they manage to articulate the digital distribution model with ethical and self-sustainable journalism.

 

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Author Biography

Lina Moscoso, University of Minho

PhD student in Communication Sciences at the University of Minho. Graduated in Social Communication by the University of Fortaleza (Brazil), Master in Communication - Contemporary Culture and New Technologies, by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. 

 

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Published

2020-10-01

How to Cite

MOSCOSO, Lina. PRODUCTION model of alternative media as democratic solutions to disinformation. Observatory Journal, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 6, p. a3en, 2020. DOI: 10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2020v6n6a3en. Disponível em: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/11273. Acesso em: 26 nov. 2024.