Las Fake News sobre el Covid-19 en el Twitter de Donald Trump

Translated title of the contribution: The Fake News about the Covid-19 on Donald Trump's Twitter

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Abstract

Fake news and coronaviruses on Twitter. Case study Donald Trump, studies the fake news that saturate the global political debate, driven by the power of dissemination and exposure of social networks; undermining an already weak trust in the media and institutions. Donald Trump was the one who in 2016 popularized the expression "fake news", which has become a rhetorical weapon to attack, above all, the media. With the coronavirus pandemic, rumors and false information on health exploded. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, according to other studies, was one of the main actors in the construction of disinformation worldwide, through his favorite channel: Twitter.
Translated title of the contributionThe Fake News about the Covid-19 on Donald Trump's Twitter
Original languageSpanish (Ecuador)
Title of host publicationEcología de la información: un recorrido práctico de la comunicación
PublisherEditorial Universitaria Abya-Yala
Pages73-108
Number of pages36
ISBN (Print)978-9978-10-643-3
StatePublished - 17 Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Covid 19
  • Digital media
  • Fake news
  • Twitter

CACES Knowledge Areas

  • 413A Social and Cultural Studies

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