Monitoring fake news in institutional spanish media during Coronavirus
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The phenomenon of fake news recently impacted as a form of malicious communication; thus, they are considered a tool of the so-called hybrid threats (hostile activities that avoid an armed confrontation). The institutional media have a relevant function as news confirmers (fact-checkers) and as platforms to alert about the negative effect of fake news. Due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus, a surge of fake news has been observed. There has also been an increase in research interest in the combination of both phenomena. This research has aimed to analyze quantitatively and in parallel both the production of three information channels (press, digital press, and blogs) and the detection of cases of coronavirus in Spain. The confrontation of both dimensions has managed to detect amplification of the activity of the media in connection with the extension of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain. In this way, the potential adaptability of the media to warn about fake news in situations of social alarm has been indirectly confirmed.
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