Journalistic ethics and persuasive communication in the face of post-truth: credibility in the face of the challenges of Social Networks

Abstract

The issue of post-truth and the disinformation that goes with it poses serious risks to the ethical principles of journalism. In this sense, the work of journalists is essential to ensure the establishment of democratic societies and free citizens through their commitment to the truth of the facts. The processes carried out by certain political actors such as Putin in the war in Ukraine in 2022, Trump in the US elections in 2020, the multiplication of destabilising messages related to COVID-19 coming from countries such as Turkey or China, promote the urgency of rethinking the deontology of journalism professionals in today's information society. This work brings together the most recent research on the work of journalists in the current information landscape -especially in social media- and allows us to delimit transcendental phenomena for the development of quality journalism, such as post-truth, false information and disinformation, all of this in relation to persuasive communication and the emotional aspects inherent on many occasions to these processes of distortion and falsification of reality. The conclusions point to the main challenges facing the journalism of the future as it seeks to counteract the effects of post-truth, while analysing a business management model for news organisations that must necessarily be reinvented. The opportunities for improvement lie in the development of critical thinking, a firm commitment to professional ethics and investment in media literacy among users.

Quando as Redes Sociais Digitais São Fontes Jornalísticas — Uma Abordagem a Códigos Deontológicos

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Time based Meticulous analysis of pandemic spreading ratio using Simpy framework

“…This investigation, on the other hand, revealed several hidden factors but could not assign specific liabilities that must be carried out to avoid perplexing circumstances. Ballesteros-Aguayo et al, (2022) proposed a Masked Face-Net technique to prevent the coronavirus's rapid spread. Their method has revealed the number of face-masked images a machine-learning model generates.…”

Visión de la ciudadanía española de la transparencia y media accountability en la era de la desinformación

“…Según Mayoral et al, (2019), las estrategias de desinformación se imponen precisamente cuando periodistas y ciudadanos no disponen de mecanismos de comprobación para cada discurso o enunciado. Y esto obliga a los profesionales de la comunicación a reafirmar la importancia de la deontología profesional y también a tomar conciencia de la necesidad de actuar frente a la desinformación, porque la profesión periodística se desenvuelve en la veracidad informativa (Ballesteros-Aguayo et al, 2022;Rodríguez-Borges, 2020). Aquí se enmarca el estado de la cuestión de este trabajo, donde se aborda como objetivo general el análisis de la percepción que tienen los ciudadanos españoles sobre los mecanismos de rendición de cuentas (media accountability) de los medios de comunicación.…”