Pandemic and pandemonium: an analysis on the displacements of false information in Covid-19 times
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https://doi.org/10.12795/Ambitos.2021.i52.04Keywords:
disinformation, disinfodemic, Covid-19, journalistic ethicsAbstract
This article discuss the communicational fragility in the era of disinformation in a humanitarian crisis, in this case, the global pandemic of Covid-19. The study was developed through news content analysis that reports the circulation of untrue or manipulated information about the coronavirus and that caused negative developments in the period from March to December 2020. For that, communicational concepts, deontological principles, contexts and social reflections are approached to better understand the problem. The analysis carried out in this study focused on three specific episodes: (1) the death of more than 700 people in Iran from drinking adulterated alcohol due to the rumor that the substance was the cure for the Covid-19; (2) the increase in cases of ingestion and intoxication by cleaning products in the USA after President Donald Trump suggested that the possible substances be a possible treatment for coronavirus; (3) and the omission of data on SARS-CoV-2 by China at the beginning of the pandemic. Both episodes served to illustrate the dangers of disinformation, the types of disinformation that exist and the long-term damage that false information can cause. With this, the study reinforces the importance of the verified information, as well as the relevance of journalism in the current times and, thus, it intends to contribute to its re-signification.
Keywords: Disinfodemic. Covid-19. Journalistic Ethics. Media Education
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