SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISM AS A VACCINE AGAINST INFODEMIC IN COLOMBIA: ACADEMY´S ANALYSIS AND PROPOSALS
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISM AS A VACCINE AGAINST INFODEMIC IN COLOMBIA: ACADEMY´S ANALYSIS AND PROPOSALS

Author(s): Lina María Leal-Villamizar
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Бургаски свободен университет
Keywords: Infodemic; COVID-19; False information; Scientific journalism
Summary/Abstract: During global fight against COVID-19, another evil occurred: Infodemic, massive circulation of false information related to the virus. In the world, more than 6,000 pieces of information have been denied, 9% in Colombia. The purpose of this work was to study 549 disinformation that circulated in the country about the pandemic during 2020. The analysis revealed social networks are 87.4% the spaces where more false information circulates. The vaccine focuses not only on educating future journalists on fact checking, but on the strengthening of scientific journalism to combat Infodemic, which could have been as deadly as the virus itself.

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