El derecho a la información en Covid-19 a través de cuentas de YouTube de universidades del área andina

Abstract

Abstract: YouTube is the most visited video platform in the world, therefore, for this research the following problem was raised: Do the messages broadcast on the YouTube channels of the leading universities in the Andean countries contribute to the right to communication of citizens? In the same way, the following objective was determined, to determine compliance with the right to information in the messages broadcast on YouTube about Covid-19 in university portals in the Andean area, between March 2020 and March 2021. Content analysis was used to identify If the messages contribute to the right to information, the interview technique and the instrument of questions to experts in digital and / or audiovisual communication were also used. The findings showed that: Andean universities use the YouTube platform to present information to their audiences and issue messages for society, although they do not use it as a dialogue mechanism, and that the information displayed is prescriptive and guiding, sometimes related to the function of social bonding or scientific dissemination, but in a minimal proportion with possibilities to broadly exercise the rights to information.