La verifica dei fatti

Il processo per il controllo dell’attendibilità dei contenuti generati dalle reti, secondo la redazione della BBC (qui, via College of Journalism).

 "- Referencing locations against maps and existing images from, in particular, geo-located ones.
- Working with our colleagues in BBC Arabic and BBC Monitoring to ascertain that accents and language are correct for the location.
- Searching for the original source of the upload/sequences as an indicator of date.
- Examining weather reports and shadows to confirm that the conditions shown fit with the claimed date and time.
- Maintaining lists of previously verified material to act as reference for colleagues covering the stories.
- Checking weaponry, vehicles and licence plates against those known for the given country."

Un lavoro di ricerca e d’esercizio all’attenzione che mostra quanto la gestione della complessità sia la strada per dispiegare le potenzialità della comunicazione digitale.