BULLSHIT AND FAKE NEWS: THE DISINFORMATION SOCIETY / Deadline: 01 May 2021

Abstract

In recent decades, concepts such as quality communication, reliability of the source, informative rigor or the deontological ethics of professionals, platforms and media have undergone a clear transformation. In a universe saturated with information, of "pseudo-specialists" who lead the opinion of sensationalist content and where the repercussions of a fake information does not go beyond a slight reprimand or sanction. We accept this reality of lies, demanding better judgment from a saturated and trusting audience and from journalists who are often conditioned by their job security. However, in the era of the click and profitable traffic, profitable at an economic and moral level, fortunes are made and opinions are molded. Catastrophes, presidential elections, health crises, international hacking, data commercialization, non-transparent algorithms and scarce, barely existing or insufficient regulation are the perfect breeding ground for this post-truth that has transformed the glorious "information age" into one of disinformation, hoaxes and lack of ethics.