Volume 8 • Issue 02 • 2025

Articles

Jun 16, 2025 pt Article
Accusation and defense in media coverage of Covid-19: the CFM in Folha de S. Paulo and Gazeta do Povo

by Giselle Soares Menezes Silva, Dayane Fumiyo Tokojima Machado and Marina Fontolan

This study analyzes the coverage of Folha de S. Paulo and Gazeta do Povo regarding the actions of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using content analysis, we examined how the newspapers portrayed the CFM’s stance on treatment and vaccination. “Early treatment” was the most frequent topic (40%), and “politicians” were the most cited actors (28%). While 96% of the texts published by Gazeta defended the CFM, 98% of those published by Folha criticized the institution.

Volume 8 • Issue 02 • 2025

Jun 30, 2025 en Article
Science Disinformation, Pandemics and Social Media in Argentina and Brazil: Building a Transnational Social Problem

by Ana Pamela Pamela Paz-Garcia, Fábio Henrique Pereira and Silvina Chaves

This article discusses the infodemic in Argentina and Brazil. Based on the sociology of social problems approach, it analyses the discourse and practices of 17 interviewees who are involved in raising public awareness and influencing political decision-makers regarding the effects of the infodemic. The results show that they condemn the politicisation of scientific information. In both countries, the interviewees have questioned the effectiveness of state regulation and platform self-regulation, emphasising the need to improve the media's science reporting, invest in science literacy, and develop fact-checking strategies to prevent the spread of scientific misinformation

Volume 8 • Issue 02 • 2025