Infodemic and perception of media discourse: Students of journalism in Spain face with the COVID-19

Abstract

This research project aims to know the opinion about the “pandemic journalism” on the part of the Journalism students of Spanish Universities. The method applied was the opinion survey, with 685 tests performed; which gives a sample confidence of 99,23% with a standard error of 5%. The different universities that provide journalism studies and the number of students enrolled at each site were considered as the stratification criteria adopted. The results shows that students are largely critical of the phenomenon of “infodemic”, as well as of the media accuracy and claim to be victims of fake news.