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Las «fake news» o noticias falsas no son un fenómeno nuevo, pero parece que los nuevos medios de comunicación digitales facilitan su proliferación y hasta su éxito. Las situaciones de crisis parecen, además, ser el momento más indicado para que su producción se incremente, dando la sensación de que impiden su gestión y superación. La combinación de ambas circunstancias, crisis y sociedad digital sería, así, el entorno en que las noticias falsas encuentran mayor facilidad a la hora de alcanzar sus objetivos. En el presente artículo se muestra, sin embargo, que esta idea no es del todo correcta y que la digitalización de las comunicaciones, e incluso de las relaciones sociales, no supone necesariamente un cambio sustancial en las noticias falsas que, como se verá, tienen una larga historia.
Fake news is not a new phenomenon, but it seems that digital media help its propagation and even its success. Crises also seem to be the most suitable time for increasing their presence. It seems that fake news prevents to manage and to find a solution to those unpredictable circumstances. The combination of both crisis and digital society appears as the environment in which fake news finds greater ease when it comes to achieving its objectives. This article shows, however, that this idea is not entirely correct and that digital media do not necessarily embody a substantial change in the old tradition of fake news.
Verdad, Truth, Fake news, Sociedad digital, Noticias falsas, Ciencias de la Información, Sociología, Crisis, Digital society
Verdad, Truth, Fake news, Sociedad digital, Noticias falsas, Ciencias de la Información, Sociología, Crisis, Digital society
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