Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaDigital Media and COVID-19: overinformation, polarization and misinformation
This investigation analyses the media treatment of COVID-19 in main Argentinian digital media. TheSARS-CoV-2 pandemic has reconfigured the economic and social life, jointly with the centrality of themedia system and the thematic composition of the media agendas. The demand of information duringthe o...
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Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador)
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/34.2021.06 |
| Sumario: | This investigation analyses the media treatment of COVID-19 in main Argentinian digital media. TheSARS-CoV-2 pandemic has reconfigured the economic and social life, jointly with the centrality of themedia system and the thematic composition of the media agendas. The demand of information duringthe outbreak enhanced the role of digital media as reliable sources. In specific terms, this work aims toinvestigate: 1) the evolution of the media agendas during the social isolation period; 2) the informationsources deployment; and 3) the differential standing obtained by different actors in the media treatment.To this goal, a quantitative content analysis was developed of the most relevant news items in Infobae,Clarín, La Nación and Página/12 between March 20 and October 18, 2020 (n=4,240). Results showthe existence of similar thematic agendas and a homogeneous presence of state sources in media withdifferent editorial positions. Furthermore, there is partisan and polarized coverage, which is evident inthe differential standing attributed to the official and opposition state sources in the analyzed media.The media treatment of the pandemic, over an extensive period, followed a cycle of over-information,polarization and misinformation that was detrimental to public debate quality. |
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