Aliens, spies, and staged vandalism: Disinformation in the 2019 protests in Chile
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2022
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Wiley Blackwell
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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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Desinformación, Medios, Crisis