About CONCIEN

The pandemic accelerated technological processes that were already in the implementation phase around the world, such as remote work (home office), expanded the spectrum of distance communication tools such as streaming platforms and online meetings, and paved the way. of Social Networks on the Internet as central to people's lives.

Thanks to these new communication devices, millions of people across the globe were able to exchange information in real time on how to prevent Covid-19, how to seek help, etc. Communication in this way has proved, as in other crisis contexts over the last few centuries, to be essential for modern societies. In a broader sense, science has engaged in research, analyzing data, creating health protocols, guiding public policies to face the crisis and developing vaccines.

If, on the one hand of the pendulum, one must consider that there has been an upward advance of new ways of communicating and the relevance of research and well-founded information to society, on the other hand, in a dangerous dimension, there has been a deepening of fake news - many articulated by personalities of public life who sought, at all times, to discredit health protocols, protection measures and vaccines. Faced with this scenario, which significantly altered work, affective and social relationships, new forms of learning were potentiated that altered the very way of doing science.

By bringing these elements together, this conference seeks to articulate, based on this evidence of a world in technological transformation, studies that aim to analyze and research the new forms of communication created and expanded in the pandemic, such as: initiatives to combat fake news, channels knowledge and solidarity networks (sites, blogs, streaming platforms, fanpages), studies focused on media literacy, the emergence of new languages, the relevance of new practices and new cultural platforms and initiatives aimed at disseminating knowledge of remote way.