Keywords
manipulation
verification of information
data
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Abstract
Why do this study. The article deals with the history of factcheking, the methods of manipulation, tools for verification of information. Verifying the data and facts for authenticity, accuracy, completeness, propaganda and manipulation helps to clear the media markets from lie, gives an opportunity to increase social media literacy, to educate people in critical thinking.
The purpose of the article is to characterize the current state of journalism in the field of checking the authenticity of facts and data, to indicate the signs indicating the need for facetchinking in Ukraine. The analysis of the content of the sites made it possible to clarify the wording of the concept of «factcheking» and «verification» and to give the main features indicating the false data.The attention is focused on the problem of fakcheking in Ukraine, the methods of functioning of the four Ukrainian Factochemistry Portal «Word and Business», VoxUkraine, FactCheck-Ukraine, Stopfake.org. In article demonstrate the indications of false information. The analysis of the content of the sites made it possible to clarify the wording of the concept of «factcheking» and «verification» and indicate the main features fer the verification of data. The basic principles of the work of the factcheking sites are the strengthening of media literacy of the audience and the struggle for a clear separation of journalism facts and propaganda.
Research methods. The main methods used in the article are content analysis and synthesis, as well as scientific modeling. The author analyzed the websites and portals of media organizations, which are based on fakcheking, structured and synthesized the material presented there, and made generalizations regarding the specifics of data and facts verification.
Results. The research materials allowed to develop certain signs of falsehood of information and manipulation of facts: excessive emotionality; exaggeration; concealment of information; substitution of concepts; overstatement or understatement of evaluation; incorrect data comparison; availability of quotation without context; obsessive positive-negative; appeal only to the past; reference only to data from Wikipedia; avoiding discussion of awkward topics; the position and hidden intentions of the author of the material; the correct statistics with the wrong interpretation; reputation of information source; the source’s belonging to specific people with their political preferences.
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