Fake News about health on the WhatsApp social network, during the Covid-19 pandemic, year 2022

Serrin Valladares P.R.; Smith Corrales C.A.; Gonzales Medina M.A. · Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (2023)

Resumen

The present investigation which is entitled “Fake News about health on the WhatsApp social network, during the Covid-19 pandemic, year 2022”, formulated the following general objective: to analyze the fake news about health on the WhatsApp social network, during the Covid-19 pandemic, year 2022; proposed the following methodology: qualitative approach, under the case study research design, at a hermeneutical scope level, with a population of 20 messages and a sample of 10 messages and observation as a technique and the observation sheet as an instrument; it achieved the following main result: fake news cites recognized sources (government agencies and institutions, television channels, medical specialists, political representatives and scientific journals) with the aim of being credible media for readers; reached the following general conclusion: fake news on the WhatsApp social network tends to produce completely false content in favor of the “news”, where the authors address the issue of Covid-19 based on their personal benefits.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada del Norte