The strategy of confronting fake news in the Algerian media space : an exploratory study on a sample of Algeria international channel journalists

Abstract EN

The great openness witnessed by the Algerian media space, thanks to the wide spread of new media for information and communication, and their use by citizen journalists, contributed to a large flow of media contents through social networks whose creators try to cover events and convey the daily concerns of citizens.

Television channels adopt these news stories, broadcast them and deal with them in their news bulletins.

However, these news stories often contain misinformation that falls under the framework of fake news published intentionally or unintentionallyIn both cases, the professional journalist finds himself forced to verify the validity of the news circulated through social networks and to follow a specific strategy to deal with the fabricated news flowing through these networks.

This is what we will try to address through this study by applying the descriptive survey method and the interview tool with a sample of 20 journalists from the various sections of Algeria International Channel.