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Efforts of Spanish-language Television Networks in the U.S. to Combat Disinformation

Authors
Teresa Puente1, *
1California State University, Long Beach, CA, 90840, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: Teresa.Puente@csulb.edu
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Teresa Puente
Available Online 17 December 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-596-6_24How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Spanish-language; fake news; disinformation; social media; television; United States
Abstract

Univision and Telemundo are the two leading Spanish-language television networks in the U.S. and their nightly newscasts have an audience of more than two million combined. Both networks have in recent years founded fact-checking websites to combat that increase in disinformation to help their Spanish-speaking audience better identify fake news. This paper is a mixed methods analysis of their standalone websites, El Detector (Univision) and T Verifica (Telemundo) and of the social media channels supporting those sites. It found that these sites publish fact-checks on a range of topics from politics to immigration and Latin America that are of interest to U.S. Latinos who speak Spanish. But there is very low engagement from audiences with these stories on social media, which calls into question the impact of these projects, which are needed in this age of disinformation.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2024 (ICOMTA 2024)
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Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
17 December 2024
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978-94-6463-596-6
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2667-128X
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10.2991/978-94-6463-596-6_24How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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