US EditionDisinformation Aggravated the Emergency and Undermined Institutional Confidence During the Dana
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The underground parking lot of the Bonaire shopping center, in the Valencian municipality of Aldaia, attracted all eyes during the days after the dana. In the social networks and some media circulated the idea that inside the fully flooded car park, with two underground plants, there were a hundred corpses. There was no basis for attributing truthfulness to the story. But the presenters of the television program Horizonte, Iker Jiménez and Carme…
València, 28 Aug (EFE).- The "wave of bulls" during the devastating dana of 29 October aggravated the emergency and undermined institutional confidence, according to a study on disinformation in this tragedy by researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the International University of Valencia (VIU). The study shows that three out of four bulls were intentionally created false contents to deceive, that 75% were spread thr…
The "Bulo Wave" in the Dana Aggravated the Emergency and Undermined the Confidence of the Population
A study by the Polytechnic University and the International of Valencia concludes that three out of four bulls were intentionally fake contents created to deceive
False news and bullies distorted public perception of the tragedy, hampered the institutional response and reinforced growing mistrust towards the authorities
The catastrophic dana that swept through the province of Valencia and neighbouring areas at the end of October 2024, causing 228 deaths, not only triggered one of the worst climatic emergencies in Spain's recent history, but also precipitated a crisis of parallel disinformation of an unprecedented magnitude, sophistication and virulence.This digital storm of falsehoods operated as a multiplier factor of damage, eroding citizen confidence, hinder…
The "wave of bulls" during the devastating dana of 29 October in Valencià Country aggravated the emergency and socav&o...
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