Desinformación en las elecciones presidenciales 2018 en Brasil: un análisis de los grupos familiares en WhatsApp

Canavilhas, João and Colussi, Juliana and Moura, Zita-Bacelar Desinformación en las elecciones presidenciales 2018 en Brasil: un análisis de los grupos familiares en WhatsApp. El profesional de la información, 2019, vol. 28, n. 5. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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English abstract

Disinformation in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election: An analysis of WhatsApp family groups. This investigation aims to verify what kind of contents was most shared in WhatsApp family groups during the 2018 Brazilian presidential campaign and which percentage contained false information. The relevance of this study is justified because WhatsApp is a closed app and during the campaign was used as a disinformation channel. There was undertaken a quantitative analysis of 472 publications shared in ten groups. The access to this data was possible thanks to the cooperation of citizens who responded to our invitation to participate in the research. The findings show that image with text still corresponds to the most disseminated content in the groups and that 60% of said publications contained false or partially false information. The discoveries corroborate the existence of a circle of disinformation within WhatsApp users.

Spanish abstract

Esta investigación busca verificar qué tipo de contenidos fue más compartido en los grupos familiares de WhatsApp durante la campaña presidencial brasileña de 2018 y, de éstos, qué porcentaje contenía información falsa. La relevancia del estudio se justifica por la dificultad de acceso a datos de dicha aplicación y porque durante la campaña electoral se comentó en la opinión pública que este canal era una fuente de desinformación. Se ha llevado a cabo el análisis cuantitativo de 472 posts compartidos en diez grupos. El acceso a los datos fue posible gracias a la colaboración de ciudadanos que atendieron nuestra convocatoria para participar en el estudio. Los resultados muestran que la imagen fija con texto fue el tipo de contenido que más circuló en los grupos y que un 60% de los posts contenía información total o parcialmente falsa. Los hallazgos corroboran la existencia de un círculo de desinformación entre los usuarios de WhatsApp.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Desinformación; Noticias falsas; Posverdad; Manipulación; Elecciones; Política; Comunicación política; Redes sociales; Brasil; WhatsApp; Disinformation; Fake news; Post-truth; Manipulation; Elections; Politics; Political communication; Social networks; Brazil.
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
B. Information use and sociology of information > BJ. Communication
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HT. Web 2.0, Social networks
Depositing user: Ejercicios Curso
Date deposited: 16 Oct 2019 12:41
Last modified: 16 Oct 2019 12:41
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/39102

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