Coronavirus in Spain: Fear of ‘Official’ Fake News Boosts WhatsApp and Alternative Sources
Título
Coronavirus in Spain: Fear of ‘Official’ Fake News Boosts WhatsApp and Alternative Sources
Autor
Carlos Elías, Daniel Catalan-Matamoros
Descripción
The communication of the Coronavirus crisis in Spain has two unexpected components: the rise of the information on social networks, especially WhatsApp, and the consolidation of TV programs on mystery and esotericism. Both have emerged to “tell the truth” in opposition to official sources and public media. For a country with a long history of treating science and the media as properties of the state, this very radical development has surprised communication scholars.
Fecha
2020
Materia
coronavirus, covid-19, social media, Spain, fake news, YouTube, whatsApp, Journalism
Identificador
10.17645/mac.v8i2.3217
Fuente
Epidemiology and Health
Editor
Korean Society of Epidemiology
Cobertura
Communication. Mass media
Archivos
Colección
Citación
Carlos Elías, Daniel Catalan-Matamoros, “Coronavirus in Spain: Fear of ‘Official’ Fake News Boosts WhatsApp and Alternative Sources,” SOCICT Open, consulta 18 de abril de 2026, https://www.socictopen.socict.org/items/show/5761.
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