Análise sobre os aspectos da ciência química nas “fake news” divulgadas no período da pandemia de covid-19.

Abstract

With the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, popularly known as COVID-19, there was an increase in the circulation of false information on the internet, mainly related to the disease. Fake News involved several areas of knowledge in an attempt to encourage the population to discredit science and scientific knowledge. The present work aims to analyze the news about chemical science published in the non-scientific media. Inevitably, during the period of development of the work, Fake News always addressed the topic of the pandemic. With this, we sought to identify the Fake News that involved topics related to the pandemic and chemical science. The methodology adopted was exploratory bibliographic research. The research object was the Fake News disseminated in digital media, mainly non-scientific websites in the period from 2020 to 2021, which link topics related to chemical science. Seven news items were identified and analyzed in order to identify the conceptual errors involved and present them properly. The chemical concepts approached were related to acidity, pH, chemical composition of materials, reactions. We consider that it is the role of school institutions and political leaders to provide instruments that allow students to appropriate this knowledge and critical view of the world with the correct use of technologists in the classroom.