eprintid: 11644 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/01/16/44 datestamp: 2024-04-12 23:30:29 lastmod: 2024-04-12 23:30:31 status_changed: 2024-04-12 23:30:29 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Tejedor, Santiago creators_name: Romero-Rodríguez, Luis M. creators_name: Gracia Villar, Mónica creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: monica.gracia@uneatlantico.es title: Unveiling the truth: A systematic review of fact-checking and fake news research in social sciences ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_mm divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: public keywords: journalism, misinformation, disinformation, media literacy, media trust abstract: The current media ecosystem, marked by immediacy and social networks dynamics, has created a fertile field for disinformation. Faced with its exponential growth, since 2014, research has focused on combating false content in the media. From a descriptive approach, this study has analyzed 200 documents on fact-checking and fake news published between 2014 and 2022 in scientific journals indexed in Scopus. This study has found that Europe and the United States are leading the way in the number of journals and authors publishing on the subject. The United States universities are the ones that host the most significant number of authors working on fact-checking, while the methodologies used, mostly ad hoc due to the novelty of the topic, allow to reflect on the need to promote work focused on the design, testing, and evaluation of prototypes or real experiences within the field. The most common contributions analyzed include typologies of false content and media manipulation mechanisms, models for evaluating and detecting disinformation, proposals to combat false content and strengthen verification mechanisms, studies on the role of social media in the spread of disinformation, efforts to develop media literacy among the public and journalists, case studies of fact-checkers, identification of factors that influence the belief in fake news, and analysis of the relationship between disinformation, verification, politics, and democracy. It is concluded that it is essential to develop research that connects the academy with the industry to raise awareness of the need to address these issues among the different actors in the media scenario. date: 2024-04 publication: Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies volume: 14 number: 2 pagerange: e202427 id_number: doi:10.30935/ojcmt/14455 refereed: TRUE issn: 1986-3497 official_url: http://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14455 access: open language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Comunicación Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Producción Científica Abierto Inglés The current media ecosystem, marked by immediacy and social networks dynamics, has created a fertile field for disinformation. Faced with its exponential growth, since 2014, research has focused on combating false content in the media. From a descriptive approach, this study has analyzed 200 documents on fact-checking and fake news published between 2014 and 2022 in scientific journals indexed in Scopus. This study has found that Europe and the United States are leading the way in the number of journals and authors publishing on the subject. The United States universities are the ones that host the most significant number of authors working on fact-checking, while the methodologies used, mostly ad hoc due to the novelty of the topic, allow to reflect on the need to promote work focused on the design, testing, and evaluation of prototypes or real experiences within the field. The most common contributions analyzed include typologies of false content and media manipulation mechanisms, models for evaluating and detecting disinformation, proposals to combat false content and strengthen verification mechanisms, studies on the role of social media in the spread of disinformation, efforts to develop media literacy among the public and journalists, case studies of fact-checkers, identification of factors that influence the belief in fake news, and analysis of the relationship between disinformation, verification, politics, and democracy. It is concluded that it is essential to develop research that connects the academy with the industry to raise awareness of the need to address these issues among the different actors in the media scenario. metadata Tejedor, Santiago; Romero-Rodríguez, Luis M. y Gracia Villar, Mónica mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, monica.gracia@uneatlantico.es (2024) Unveiling the truth: A systematic review of fact-checking and fake news research in social sciences. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 14 (2). e202427. ISSN 1986-3497 document_url: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/11644/1/unveiling-the-truth-a-systematic-review-of-fact-checking-and-fake-news-research-in-social-sciences-14455.pdf