(Des)infodemia:: lecciones de la crisis de la covid-19

• Alberto Quian ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de Ciencias de la Comunicación e Información, ISSN-e 2695-5016, Vol. 28, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 1-23
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.35742/rcci.2023.28.e274
• Títulos paralelos:
  • (dis)infodemic:: Lessons from the covid-19 crisis
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  • español

    En esta revisión sobre la desinformación durante la crisis de la COVID-19 se hace un análisis teórico, conceptual y exploratorio de la infodemia y desinfodemia en tiempos de crisis de salud pública. En el artículo se intenta precisar qué son la infodemia yla desinfodemia, en el marco del bioinformacionalismo, se reflexiona si hemos llegado tarde para atajarla, se exponen los peligros para la salud pública, las democracias y la vedad histórica por el auge de teorías conspirativas virales, de noticias falsasy de campañas de desprestigio contra las autoridades científico-sanitarias y se analiza el papel comunicativo de científicos y periodistas en la resolución de esta crisis sanitaria

  • English

    This review of disinformation during the COVID-19 crisis provides a theoretical, conceptual, and exploratory analysis of infodemic and disinfodemic in times of public health crisis. The article attempts to clarify what infodemic and disinfodemic are, within the framework of bioinformationalism, reflects on whether we are too late to tackle them, exposes the dangers for public health, democracies, and historical truth due to the rise of viral conspiracy theories, fake news, and smear campaigns against scientific and health authorities, and analyses the communicative role of scientists and journalists in resolving this health crisis

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