Video reportaje sobre las fake news durante la pandemia. Estudio de caso Jair Bolsonaro.

Abstract

This research work arises from a concern about the increase in fake news in a global context marked by serious socio-political differences. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, disinformation increased by 70% in a rapid and alarming manner that organizations such as the World Health Organization did not hesitate to classify it as a second pandemic, that is, as an infodemic. In Latin America, the spread of fake news ends up further polarizing an unequal society, which can be easily manipulated by certain actors who have enough resources to spread propaganda that is favorable to their political and economic agendas. Particularly in the case of Brazil, the dissemination of false news became one of the main means of manipulating the masses, discrediting the opposition and favoring its political agenda in the Bolsonaro campaign and government. In addition, an analysis of the false news spread in the health crisis in Brazil is relevant due to its intimate relationship with the death of thousands of people. For these reasons, a video report was made on the spread of fake news by Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil during the pandemic in 2021. For its realization, the tweets that the Brazilian president presented between April and December were reviewed, experts were interviewed about the theme and built a script that was later used for the production of the video report.