The era of misinformation and fake news in the ecuadorian political transition environment A case analysis

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Published: 2019-10-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/pd.v3i1.1550

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Durán, M. B., & Tusa, F. (2019). The era of misinformation and fake news in the ecuadorian political transition environment: A case analysis. #PerDebate, 3(1), 18-41. https://doi.org/10.18272/pd.v3i1.1550

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María Belén Durán
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Fernanda Tusa
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Abstract

This article analyzes the problem of misinformation and false news in the Ecuadorian political context of transition, the change of president in the 2018-2019 period. To this end, a case analysis is structured focusing on the follow-up of the content of a militant of the Alianza Pais (AP) political movement and the monitoring of his Facebook account in the month of November-December 2018. The methodology applied, of a qualitative nature, uses techniques such as content analysis and virtual ethnography. The results show the type of false news used by this user-object of study and the recurrent themes in its digital activism. As a conclusion, it is considered that the phenomenon of false news is consciously produced by political activists in social networks, whose activism is based on the absolute defense of a particular dogma. Finally, it is recommended that the academy should include media literacy programs that promote the recognition of false news and forms of denunciation from civil society.

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Fernanda Tusa, Universidad Tecnica de Machala

Fernanda Tusa Jumbo is a doctor in social communication from the Universidad Austral, Argentina. She is a professor at the Technical University of Machala (Utmach), a researcher at the Research Center and coordinator of the Utmach Public Radio Pura Ciencia radio program.

 

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