Fake News and Democracy in Latin America
Diverse territories of Latin America are immersed in important situations today. The region is not only facing shortages, inequities, and inequalities a large part of the population has to live with, but also constant information, disinformation and fake news that permeate their minds and erode the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Politeja |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/4907 |
| Summary: | Diverse territories of Latin America are immersed in important situations today. The region is not only facing shortages, inequities, and inequalities a large part of the population has to live with, but also constant information, disinformation and fake news that permeate their minds and erode their freedom of decision and action in democratic processes. The scenario they are going through calls for a deep shake from its foundations, given the discourse of knowledge beyond a robust wave of information, coming from unusual sources, some of them disrupting the effort to ascertain the truth of the facts and being apparently at the service of economic and/or political hegemonies. This text proposes a comprehensive approach to fake news and the scope of influence they have on individual freedom with repercussions on the weak Latin American democracy.
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| ISSN: | 1733-6716 2391-6737 |