Browsing by Author "Grassau Bustos, Daniela Constanza"

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    A Credibility Divide? Discerning Truth from Misinformation in Chile
    (Oxford University Press, 2024) Bachmann Cáceres, Ingrid Andrea; Valenzuela Leighton Sebastián Andrés; Mujica Holley, María Constanza; Labarca Encina, Claudia; Grassau Bustos, Daniela Constanza; Halpern Jelin, Daniel Matías
    Studies on misinformation often overlook people’s assessment of true information, focusing instead on beliefs in and sharing of false content. This is problematic, as it limits scholars’ ability to produce an accurate assessment of citizens’ capacity to distinguish between true and false content. To shed light on this matter, this study relies on a two-wave online survey (Nrespondents = 465) to examine people’s truth discernment, that is, how much they believe and share true content relative to false content. It does so in Chile over two different crises: after the 2019 protests (Wave 1, November 2019), and at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic (Wave 2, May–June 2020). While true information was deemed credible more often than false information, discernment tended to be better for those who had a better perception of traditional media content and those more politically engaged. Conversely, credibility and sharing of false content tended to be more common with younger people and those with high levels of trust in social media. Over time, levels of credibility and sharing discernment remained stable.
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    Aliens, spies, and staged vandalism: Disinformation in the 2019 protests in Chile
    (Wiley Blackwell, 2022) Bachmann C., Ingrid; Grassau Bustos, Daniela Constanza; Labarca, Claudia; Wasserman, Herman; Madrid-Morales, Dani; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Academic research has paid a great deal of attention to “fake news” and disinformation, but most of this has been in the context of the US and Europe. On October 9, 2019, President Sebastian Pinera – a conservative millionaire, himself the former owner of a private TV network – declared to reporters that Chile was a “true oasis with a stable democracy,” less than ten days later, chaos ensued, including looting, vandalism, violent clashes with police and military forces, and human rights violations. The aftermath altered the political landscape of the country and the daily routine of Chileans, and served as fertile ground for exposure and distribution of a varied mix of disinformation and hard-to-believe real news that further confounded the tension on the streets. This chapter addresses the political, social, and media-related factors involved in such a scenario
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    MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN Y CONFIANZA POLÍTICA EN AMÉRICA LATINA: ANÁLISIS INDIVIDUAL Y CONTEXTUAL DEL ROL DE LAS NOTICIAS EN LA CONFIANZA EN EL GOBIERNO Y EL ESTADO
    (2022) Labarca, Claudia; Bachmann C., Ingrid; Grassau Bustos, Daniela Constanza
    ¿Cuál es la asociación entre exposición a noticias y confianza política en Latinoamérica? ¿Hay diferencias según la libertad del sistema de medios y los niveles de polarización política? Para responder estas preguntas, este estudio analiza 10 países latinoamericanos incluidos en la última Encuesta Mundial de Valores (2017-2020) (N = 11.769), así como los índices de intervención gubernamental en el sistema informativo y polarización del proyecto V-Dem. Los resultados estadísticos muestran que, en general, la exposición a noticias en plataformas sociales se relaciona negativamente con la confianza en instituciones del gobierno y el Estado. Sin embargo, el contexto hace una diferencia significativa: a mayor libertad de información y polarización, más negativa es esta relación. En cambio, el uso de los medios tradicionales se asocia positivamente con la confianza política, independientemente de los factores contextuales. Estos hallazgos confirman la importancia de considerar el contexto mediático micro y macro en el análisis sobre confianza en América Latina.
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    The survival of television fiction at the mercy of production companies
    (Research Gate, 2022) Julio Pohlhammer, Pablo; Bruna Silva, Alejandro Hans; Grassau Bustos, Daniela Constanza; Fernández Medina, Francisco Javier