
handle: 10261/305064
[EN] This article addresses some specific phenomena in the field of digital communication, namely disinformation, infodemics and conspir-acy mania; these phenomena make it difficult for people to distinguish between truth and lies, fact and fiction, opinion and knowledge, and in the long run create indifference to the distinction itself. These issues have, thus, decisively altered users’ patterns of rationality and common sense and contributed to the rise of anti-democratic and anti-scien-tific attitudes. To tackle this complex problem, a systemic approach is proposed which frames these concepts as factors that interfere in the ethical-epistemic equilibrium that links uncertainty, trust and responsi-bility. After identifying a set of dynamics generated by these disruptive factors, three aspects are explored in depth: the polarisation and lack of a deliberative culture, the necessary correction of the social image of scientific practice, and the impact of the post-truth discourse. The article concludes with reflections about how to reformulate the three key con-cepts –uncertainty, trust and responsibility– in light of the demands of the digital sphere
[ES] El artículo aborda una serie de fenómenos en el ámbito de la comunicación digital —la desinformación, la infodemia y la conspira-noia— que fomentan la indiferencia respecto a la distinción entre verdad y mentira, realidad y ficción, opinión y conocimiento. Así han provocado cambios decisivos en los patrones de racionalidad y sentido común de los usuarios y contribuido al auge de posturas antidemocráticas y anticien-tíficas. Para afrontar la compleja problemática, se desarrolla una pers-pectiva sistémica que enfoca dichos fenómenos como factores perturba-dores de un equilibrio ético-epistémico entre incertidumbre, confianza y responsabilidad. Tras identificar una serie de dinámicas generadas por estos factores disruptivos, se profundiza en tres aspectos: la polarización y falta de cultura deliberativa, la necesaria corrección de la imagen social de la práctica científica y el impacto del discurso de la posverdad. El artí-culo concluye con reflexiones sobre la redefinición de los tres conceptos clave de incertidumbre, confianza y responsabilidad a la luz de las exigen-cias de la esfera digital.
Este artículo se enmarca en los proyectos RESPONTRUST (SGL2104001, PTI Salud Global del CSIC), financiado por la Unión Europea “NextGeneration”/PRTR, INconRES (PID2020-117219GB-I00), financiado por MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ y ON TRUST-CM (H2019/HUM-5699), financiado por la Consejería de Educación e Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid, Fondo Social Europeo.
Este artículo está sujeto a una licencia CC BY-NC 3.0
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Confianza, Infodemics, Infodemia, Incertidumbre, Equilibrio ético-epistémico, Equilibrium, Ethical-epistemic, Uncertainty, Posverdad, Trust, Responsability, Post-truth, Conspiranoia, Conspiracy, Desinformación, Disinformation, Responsabilidad
Confianza, Infodemics, Infodemia, Incertidumbre, Equilibrio ético-epistémico, Equilibrium, Ethical-epistemic, Uncertainty, Posverdad, Trust, Responsability, Post-truth, Conspiranoia, Conspiracy, Desinformación, Disinformation, Responsabilidad
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