Foregrounding Space and Context: A Discursive Study of Fact-Checking in India

• In Event: JSS: Factors Influencing Perceptions of (Mis)Information and Fake News

Brief Overview

We argue how misinformation is rooted in discursive processes in India, that the failure of fact-checking lies in processes that decontextualise misinformation; and that the amenability of audiences to facts depends on specific newsmaking cultures.

Authors

• Sakshi Bhalla, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Rik Ray, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Harsh Taneja, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign