Elías Pérez, Carlos JoséCatalán Matamoros, Daniel Jesús2020-07-022020-07-022020Media and Communication. V. 8, n. 2 (2020), pp. 462-4662183-2439https://hdl.handle.net/10016/30665The communication of the Coronavirus crisis in Spain has two unexpected components: the rise of the information on socialnetworks, especially WhatsApp, and the consolidation of TV programs on mystery and esotericism. Both have emergedto "tell the truth" in opposition to official sources and public media. For a country with a long history of treating scienceand the media as properties of the state, this very radical development has surprised communication scholars.5engAtribución 3.0 EspañaCoronavirusCovid-19Fake NewsJournalismSocial MediaSpainWhatsappYoutuberesearch articleCiencias de la Información10.17645/mac.v8i2.3217open access4622466Media and Communication8AR/0000025451