Fact-Checking in the Global South, Volume 1
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This book is the first academic work to comprehensively examine fact-checking practices beyond Western democracies, bringing together exclusively Global South voices. Moving past a literature often shaped by Western perspectives, it offers insider insights from scholars and practitioners working in challenging environments marked by limited resources, political instability, and restricted access to data. Volume 1 provides an overview of the Global South fact-checking ecosystem, highlighting contrasts with Western democracies and examining the institutions behind fact-checking organizations, collaborative initiatives, and the growing role of emerging technologies. Among its key contributions, the volume introduces the concept of “checktainment” and examines the use of AI for fact-checking in non-Western contexts, showing how methods are adapted to local conditions. Grounded in direct experience, the book fills a critical gap in understanding how misinformation is confronted across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos (PhD) is a scholar and practitioner working at the intersection of media, technology, and society. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the University New South Wales (UNSW, Australia) and affiliated with the Digital Media and Society Observatory (Unifesp, Brazil) and the Political Communication, Journalism and Democracy Research Group (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain). He is co-editor of Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan) and serves on the editorial boards of Digital Journalism, Journalism Practice, and Emerging Media. His work focuses on how emerging technologies impact media ecosystems and how to foster collaborative innovation between academia and industry. Arwa Kooli (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Press and Information Sciences (IPSI) Tunisia and former editor-in-chief of the fact-checking platform Tunifact. She teaches data journalism and fact-checking, and coordinates international collaborations, including the Intercultural Communication Transnational Classroom with Kent State University (USA). Her research focuses on fact-checking, social media, journalism education, and communication, and she also works as a trainer in data journalism and fact-checking.This book is the first academic work to comprehensively examine fact-checking practices outside Western democracies, featuring exclusively Global South voices. Unlike existing literature dominated by Western perspectives, this volume provides insider knowledge from scholars and practitioners operating in challenging environments with limited resources, political instability, and restricted data access. The book introduces concepts like "checktainment" and explores AI deployment in non-Western contexts, revealing how fact-checkers adapt methodologies to local conditions. Written by Global South scholars and practitioners with direct experience, it fills a critical gap in understanding how misinformation is combated across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Volume 1 offers an overview of the fact-checking ecosystem in the Global South, pointing out the differences with Western democracies and considering the institutions behind fact-checking organizations, cooperative endeavours, and the deployment of emerging technologies in the industry.
Provides a unique, comprehensive review of fact-checking in the Global South Incorporates insights from scholars and practitioners across Latin America, Africa, and Asia Sheds light on regional differences
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Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos
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