Modern society

Abstract

In modern society, more in the particular case of democratic systems, the right to information has been defended as a fundamental right. However, at the end of the 20th century, and part of what is going on in the 21st, there was a high development of the mass media, having the effect of influencing the public opinion of citizens, sometimes with the aim of promoting in all a “unique thought”. Today, the advancement of communication technologies has been accompanied by a proliferation of social networks, which have a high influence on citizens, as if it were a democratization of information, with the appearance of pluralism in the present societies. Although this phenomenon is undeniable, it is no less true and contradictory that in the midst of all this the phenomenon of disinformation is taking place...