Resumen Este artículo se enfoca en las actividades periodísticas en el contexto de la primera ola de Covid-19, en 2020, cuando se identificó una alta presencia de la posverdad y las fake news en la producción de noticias, lo que se justifica al abordar estos dos objetos conceptuales. El objetivo fue comprender cómo los problemas en el proceso productivo, como la precariedad laboral durante la pandemia, permitieron vacíos de información, que fueron llenados por la desinformación y la infodemia. Para ello se utilizó un método cuantitativo, con la aplicación de una encuesta en línea a 365 participantes de Iberoamérica durante el 2020, sobre procesos de producción, rutinas de trabajo e información generada durante la cuarentena de los periodistas, y el consumo de información durante el confinamiento de periodistas y receptores de noticias en línea. Como resultado, la mayoría de los periodistas cambió su rutina de trabajo, como la verificación de datos digitales y la preferencia por fuentes científicas. Cerca de la mitad de los receptores de noticias valoran positivamente el trabajo de prensa, a pesar de que el consumo de noticias ha generado perspectivas negativas. Como conclusiones, es necesario revisar ciertas prácticas productivas en el ámbito periodístico, durante situaciones excepcionales como la pandemia.

Abstract This article focuses on journalistic activities in the context of the first wave of Covid-19, in 2020, when a high presence of post-truth and fake news was identified in news production, which is justified in addressing these two conceptual objects. The objective was to understand how problems in the production process, such as job insecurity during the pandemic, allowed information gaps, which were filled by misinformation and infodemics. For this, a quantitative method was used, with the application of an online survey to 365 participants from Ibero-America during 2020, on production processes, work routines, and information generated during the quarantine of journalists, and consumption of information during confinement to journalists and online news receivers. As a result, most journalists have changed their work routine, such as digital data checking and preference for scientific sources. About half of news receivers valued press work positively, even though news consumption has generated negative prospects. As conclusions, there is a need to review certain productive practices in the journalistic field, during exceptional situations such as the pandemic.

Resumo O livro resenhado analisa as origens e transformações dos discursos ao redor do termo “politicamente correto”. Com base na análise de 149 reportagens e artigos de opinião publicados pelo diário Folha de S. Paulo desde 1990, o livro reconstrói cronologicamente três momentos diversos: uma primeira apresentação desse termo importado da cultura norteamericana como uma “tendência” de comportamento individual; um “movimento” cultural da esquerda, com objetivos políticos para combater a discriminação por meio da troca de palavras ofensivas; uma “ideologia” de um grupo que passa a conquistar estruturas de poder e que pode ameaçar a liberdade de expressão. A obra avalia a relação entre a postura predominantemente crítica da cobertura da Folha sobre o politicamente correto e o surgimento de um influente discurso no campo político oposto, que defende o politicamente incorreto.

Abstract This book analyzes the origins and transformations of discourses around the term “politically correctness”. The book evaluates 149 articles and opinion articles published by Folha de S. Paulo since 1990, chronologically reconstructing three different moments: at first, this term is imported from American culture as a “trend,” or an individual behavior; then, it is represented as a cultural “movement” from the left, with political objectives to combat discrimination through the replacement of offensive words; finally, as an “ideology” adopted by a group that conquers power structures that could threaten free speech. The book assesses the relationship between the Folha newspaper’ predominantly critical position against politically correct practices, and the emergence of an influential discourse in the opposite political field, which supports politically incorrectness.