Proposal for media literacy through professional fact checking in Latin America

Disinformation is an increasingly sophisticated (Frau-Meigs, 2022) and normalised phenomenon in the digital ecosystem, which makes it urgent to implement solutions that strengthen the resilience of audiences. Media literacy and verification are the responses that have received the most impetus and the relationship between the two disciplines has become closer (Frau-Meigs, 2022). Digital literacy has shifted to an interpretative approach as an essential tool to counter misinformation (S & aacute;daba- Chalezquer and Salaverr & iacute;a, 2023; Roozenbeek et al., 2022). In recent years numerous fact- checkers have implemented literacy as part of their professional activities; for this reason, in some academic circles they are referred to as 'second generation' fact checkers (& Ccedil;& ouml;mlek & ccedil;i, 2022). We understand thatthis is a trend and from this perspective, we propose an exploratory study on the literacy programmes offered by the fact checkers that are part of the Latin American network LatamChequea. It is approached using a mixed methodology: content analysis and semi-structured interviews with the professionals. The interpretation of the results leads us to consider the degree of professionalisation of the educational programmes examined.