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Disinformation and communicative intent: a proposal for fake news classification in professional journalistic environments

Publicated to:Revista Mediterránea De Comunicación: Mediterranean Journal Of Communication. 11 (2): 105-118 - 2020-12-01 11(2), DOI: 10.14198/MEDCOM2020.11.2.16

Authors: García-Galera, MDC; Del-Hoyo-Hurtado, M; Blanco-Alfonso, I

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Univ CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This research analyses the impact that fake news has on the loss of journalistic credibility and the social alarm thereby raised. The aim is to contribute to understanding of the phenomenon by clarifying the responsibility incurred by journalists as professional news broadcasters. Exploratory research was conducted on news published in newspapers in recent years and subsequently unmasked as fake news. Accordingly, a classification model of disinformation phenomena from the journalist's intention as sender was established. In addition, a review of paradigmatic cases helping to systematise the distinctive features of journalistic texts containing fake news and, subsequently, not disseminating quality information, was performed. The lack of a repository of false news originating from, or disseminated by newspapers, limited the conclusions drawn. However, the proposed study paradigm helps to delimit the position of journalists in the phenomenon of disinformation, provides an alert to the presence of obvious signs of disinformation in texts not designed for this purpose and, hence, shows the need to expand the concept of disinformation itself to encompass unintended false news.

Keywords
CredibilityDisinformationFake newsJournalistsSender's intent

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Mediterránea De Comunicación: Mediterranean Journal Of Communication due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2020, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned in the Quartile Q4 for the agency Scopus (SJR), in the category Communication, classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC, classified as D by the agency AGUAR.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-15:

  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 10
  • OpenCitations: 7
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-15:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 13.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 31 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.05.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (García Galera, María del Carmen) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been García Galera, María del Carmen.