Novos Medios Research Group, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago, Spain.
Culture and Interactive Communication Research Group, Universidade da Coruña, 15008 A Coruña, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 29;18(3):1227. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031227.
The public health crisis created by COVID-19 represents a challenge for journalists and the media. Specialised information in healthcare and science has turned into a need to deal with the current situation as well as the demand for information by society. In this context of increased uncertainty, the circulation of fake news on social networks and messaging applications has proliferated, producing what has been known as 'infodemic'. This paper is focused on the fact-checking of journalistic content using a combined methodology: content analysis of information denied by the main Spanish fact-checking platforms ( and ) and an in-depth questionnaire to these stakeholders. The results confirm the quantitative and qualitative evolution of disinformation. Quantitatively, more fact-checking is performed during the state of alarm. Qualitatively, hoaxes increase in complexity as the pandemic evolves, in such a way that disinformation engineering takes place, and it is expected to continue until the development of a vaccine.
由 COVID-19 引发的公共卫生危机给记者和媒体带来了挑战。医疗保健和科学方面的专业信息已成为应对当前形势以及满足社会信息需求的必要条件。在这种不确定性增加的情况下，社交网络和消息应用程序上的假新闻泛滥，产生了所谓的“信息疫情”。本文侧重于使用综合方法对新闻内容进行事实核查：对主要西班牙事实核查平台（ 和 ）否定的信息进行内容分析，以及对这些利益相关者进行深入的问卷调查。结果证实了虚假信息的数量和质量的演变。从数量上看，在警报状态下进行了更多的事实核查。从质量上看，随着大流行的发展，骗局的复杂性增加，以至于发生了虚假信息工程，预计这种情况将持续到疫苗开发。
