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Training to empower citizens against information disorder: Media literacy initiatives in Spain
- Author
- FRANCISCO MARCOS MARTÍN-MARTÍN, JESÚS ESPINO GONZÁLEZ, ELENA BLANCO CASTILLA
- Year
- 2023
- Publisher
- Simón Peña-Fernández , Koldobika Meso-Ayerdi
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- Abstract
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The general public, the main target of disinformation campaigns, is
proving to be vulnerable facing the rapid transformation and refinement
of the different tools and procedures of online communication that are
set in motion to generate chaos and confusion (Centro Criptológico Nacional, 2021). From the survey carried out by the consultancy Ipsos Global
Advisor, it can be deduced that Spain is the European country with the
most naïve attitude towards disinformation. 57% of Spaniards admit that
at some time they have believed that the information in a false news item
was true (IPSOS, 2018).
In this context, the population is also affected by the psychological effects of astroturfing. The term astroturfing can be defined as a communication strategy that uses websites or bots to create the false impression
that a certain opinion enjoys wide public support (McNutt & Boland,
2007, p. 169). Antunes, Lopes and Sanches (2021) conclude that while
knowledge can give rise news stories, news stories do not necessarily give
rise to knowledge, and that news stories do not necessarily proceed further than the level of opinion.
- Language
- ENGLISH