The fake news and the commitment to the deontological training of the journalist

Abstract

The objective of this article was to determine what is the current state of knowledge of fake news, the loss of journalistic credibility and its relationship with their deontological training. For this, two types of analysis were developed in scientific articles published in indexed journals, assuming inclusion criteria to guarantee that the sources obtained respond to the proposed objective, thus eliminating possible biases. The quantitative analysis showed the trends in approaches, language and country, highlighting Spain in the number of publications on the subject; Furthermore, it was identified that 30% of the articles were indexed in Scopus; While the qualitative analysis allowed to identify four approaches in the analyzed articles: appearance and circulation of fake news, perception of fake news, fake news and loss of journalistic credibility, and deontological training in the role of the journalist.