The Different Causes of Infodemia

Abstract

Infodemic is one of today's greatest problems and a huge challenge for science communication. Although the dispersion of false information is not a novelty, the truth is that with the easiness in which we can communicate today makes it difficult to control it. It is already possible to find in the literature some suggestions to battle infodemic, but I would like to make a reflection on the possible factors that may be contributing, in one way or another, to infodemic. In this article I will expose the different actors that range from the media to the scientists themselves and how they are contributing to this scourge.