Desinformação em saúde na pós-pandemia: uma análise a partir da plataforma de fact-checking Agência Lupa

Leonardo Pereira Tavares; Higor Costa de Brito; Fellipe Sá Brasileiro

doi:10.5007/1518-2924.2019.e98810

Authors

Leonardo Pereira Tavares Federal University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-1665
Higor Costa de Brito Federal University of Campina Grande https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-7197
Fellipe Sá Brasileiro Federal University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-8909

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2019.e98810

Keywords:

Disinformation, COVID-19, Fact-checking, Health

Abstract

Objective: Analyze health misinformation checked by the fact-checking platform Agência Lupa, in order to understand how health misinformation was shared on digital platforms in the first months after the COVID-19 pandemic, and what were its main causes. trends in Brazil.

Methods: A qualitative-quantitative approach is adopted in the process of extracting, interpreting and visualizing the checked contents, through the technique of data scraping and analysis of digital texts.

Results: It appears that disinformative content that imitates reliable sources based on images and videos, circulated on the WhatsApp platform, spread across multiple channels, dispersing misinformation about health. Furthermore, there are patterns of persistence and constancy regarding the term Vaccine, indicating it as the scope of a continuous narrative of disinformation.

Conclusions: It is concluded that the aspects of misinformation practices highlighted by the adopted method can support strategies to combat health misinformation in Brazil.

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Author Biographies

Leonardo Pereira Tavares, Federal University of Paraíba

Master's student in Communication and Media Cultures at the Federal University of Paraíba. Graduated in Social Communication with an emphasis on Educommunication from the Federal University of Campina Grande, with technical training in Administration from SENAI/PB. He participated in the Voluntary Scientific Initiation Program (PIVIC) from 2018 to 2019, in the project "Memory of Science and Technology", with a focus on collecting data related to the presence of women in engineering. From 2020 to 2021, he was awarded a PIBIC research grant to investigate disinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was nominated by the Federal University of Campina Grande for the CNPq's 19th Outstanding Scientific and Technological Initiation Award in 2021. He is currently conducting research into post-truth and disinformation. He works as a collaborator with the Educommunicators Network of the Northeast and is a participant in the Episcom research project, run by UFCG. His research interests cover the areas of communication, culture, educommunication, fact-checking, digital marketing and media production, with the aim of understanding the complex interactions between media, communication and society.

Higor Costa de Brito, Federal University of Campina Grande

He holds a Master's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with an emphasis on Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation, from the Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande (2021) and a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the same institution (2018). During his master's degree, he focused on studies related to water security, geoprocessing, land use and land cover, as well as assessing the impacts of climate change on the spatial dynamics of land uses. He had an experience as an exchange researcher at the University of Maryland (2022-2023), in the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab. He actively participates in research projects in geoprocessing and water resources. He is currently studying for a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, focusing his research on urban hydrological challenges, water security and land use and land cover change analysis.

Fellipe Sá Brasileiro, Federal University of Paraíba

Post-Doctorate in Communication Sciences and Technologies from the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal. PhD and Master's in Information Science from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). MBA in Marketing from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Graduated in Social Communication - Public Relations - from UFPB. Adjunct Professor in the Department of Communication at UFPB. Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGC) at UFPB in the Media, Everyday Life and Imaginary research line. Collaborating Professor in the Graduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI) at UFPB. Visiting Professor at DigiMedia in the Department of Communication and Art at UA (2019-2020) under the Visiting Professor Abroad Program (PVEx/CAPES). Vice-Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Communication at UFPB (2023-2025). Vice-Coordinator (2018-2020) and Coordinator (2021) of the Public Relations Course at UFPB. Editor of the journal Culturas Midiáticas (2019-2021). Member of the Editorial Board of the journal E-Compós. Co-leader of the Study and Research Group on Sociology, Communication and Information (GEPSCI/UFPB/CNPq).

Member of the Communication, Networks, Policies and Information Regimes Research Group (CNPq/UFRJ). Collaborates with the International E-Health and Wellbeing Group at DigiMedia (UA). She develops studies based on information and communication practices - associated with digital technologies - with an emphasis on the following themes: resilience and information literacy, public communication, organizational communication, information and communication policies for science and the fight against disinformation.

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