Reconocimiento de la calidad como prescriptor contra la desinformación

TARULLO, RAQUEL; DOLORS PALAU; ADOLFO CARRATALÁ; PAZ CRISOSTOMO

COMUNICAR

Comunicar. Revista científica de Comunicacion y Educación

Año: 2022

1134-3478

Hybrid media context and the infodemic have increased the threat of disinformation, particularly among young people whomostly consume digital content. This article aims to identify the competencies needed to detect low-quality content linkedto disinformation by Journalism and Communications undergraduates from Argentina, Chile, and Spain. Based on a doublecomparative study by countries and levels of education, it tries to predict the skills of future journalists in recognising falseinformation. From an online questionnaire, the participants (N=300) evaluated the quality observed (minimum, average orexcellent) and the problems detected from 12 items published in both conventional and pseudo-media. The comparisonof results with the expert group shows that about 60% of the students have difficulties in identifying quality accurately andthat this ability is higher in the advanced groups. From a selection of five news items, the participants were only able tosuccessfully report 25.3% of the real mistakes in the texts. The correct identification of these mistakes improves in newsrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions reveal that undergraduates overestimate their ability to detectdisinformation, with a self-perception of 3.46 out of 5. The results also indicate that their media diet combines digital mediaand social media as a priority, while traditional media have a residual nature