Análisis de fake news del periódico El Espectador y la Revista Semana sobre el covid-19, y el impacto que generan en los estudiantes de últimos semestres de Comunicación Social de la Universidad de Pamplona, sede Pamplona y la población sanalbertense.

Abstract

The expansion of the Covid-19 health crisis has caused the so-called "infodemia" so the newspaper El Espectador and Revista Semana take the fake news that arose at the beginning of the pandemic in Colombia and published it in a section called "fake news". These false reports take advantage of the confusion of people to spread faster than the coronavirus itself, generating in their step a shock and disbelief in the community. The dissemination of these reports, some of which circulate on social networks, is difficult because it affects health and can have a serious effect and even lead to the death of people. This research aims to evaluate and represent in the network about the false references that circulated on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, among others, about the coronavirus pandemic through the behavior of those networks. Despite the empathy of many journalists for trying to clarify these fake news stories, there are several weeks in which misinformation distracts from winning more effective measures to prevent contagion. In addition, the doctors and scientists tried to provide more adequate reports for the easy understanding of the population through official sources such as the WHO (World Health Organization), seeking to build aid and explain the correct sanitation measures.