Credibilidad de los contenidos informativos en tiempos de fake news: Comunidad de Madrid

Tamara Vázquez-Barrio; Teresa  Torrecilllas-Lacave; Rebeca Suárez-Álvarez

doi:10.7764/cdi.49.27875

Authors

Tamara Vázquez-Barrio Universidad San Pablo CEU
Teresa Torrecilllas-Lacave Universidad San Pablo CEU
Rebeca Suárez-Álvarez Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.49.27875

Keywords:

fake news, credibility, trust, news, social networks, verification

Abstract

This research explores the attitudes toward news consumption to determine the elements that constitute the credibility of news and to understand the reasons that explain the degree of trust in news from the media and online news from other sources. Four mixed discussion groups were held, with parity between men and women, with an average socioeconomic structure, residents of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, and frequent Internet users. According to the findings, trust in a media is the main factor in assessing whether a news item is credible. The participants were aware of the existence of fake news on the Internet, which they consider intentional, and which they mainly locate on social networks. It also appears that distrust of the news is fought by contrasting information in various media, which favors a diverse informational regime.

Author Biographies

Tamara Vázquez-Barrio, Universidad San Pablo CEU

Professor at the CEU San Pablo University. She has participated in projects of the National R + D + I Plan since 2004. She is the main researcher of the DoxaCom Group and of the National Plan project entitled From television audiences to social networks: media convergence in digital society (CSO2016-74980- C2 -1-R). His research focuses on digital communication, populism and information disorders. She is the scientific editor of the Doxa Comunicación Magazine and academic secretary of CEINDO's doctoral program in Social Communication.

Teresa Torrecilllas-Lacave, Universidad San Pablo CEU

Graduated in Journalism (1999-2004) from the San Pablo CEU University, PhD in Journalism from the same university (2010), accredited as a professor contracted for a PhD by ANECA (2012), has two six-year research (CNEAI) - section 2007- 2013 and 2014-2019. Professor of Production in Digital Environments, director of the Department of Journalism and Digital Narratives, member of the Academic Commission of the Doctorate Program in Social Communication, CEINDO and member of the Editorial Committee of DOXA COMUNICACIÓN, a scientific magazine. Researcher of the DOXACOM consolidated team.

Rebeca Suárez-Álvarez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Assistant professor of the Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology at the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) and a doctorate in Social Communication at the CEU San Pablo University. His research focuses on media convergence, fake news, vulnerable audiences (minors) and digital media. Researcher in the project From television audiences to social networks: convergence of media in the digital society (CSO2016-74980-C2-1-R), and member of the URJC research group GICOMSOC.

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