Encuesta de 2024 a expertos sobre el entorno global de la información
Summary
The 2024 IPIE expert survey reveals a growing pessimism about the global information environment, with 63% of experts expecting it to worsen. The availability of accurate information and diversity of voices are identified as the most critical characteristics of a healthy environment. Social media platform owners, governments, and politicians are cited as the primary threats. While generative AI is viewed as a tool that could improve content detection and journalism, experts are predominantly concerned that it will amplify disinformation, harassment, and bias. Experts advocate for supporting free and independent media and digital media literacy to build resilience.
Key insights
- Experts identify the availability of accurate information (65%), diversity of voices (42%), and diversity of media ownership (33%) as the most essential characteristics of a healthy information environment.
- There is an increasing trend of pessimism regarding the future of the information environment; 63% of respondents expect it to worsen, compared to 54% in the previous year's survey.
- The most significant threats to the information environment are identified as social media platform owners, followed by governments, politicians, and political parties.
- Generative AI is perceived as a dual-edged tool: 63% of experts believe it has already had a negative impact on the global information environment, and 53% expect a negative impact over the next five years.
- Specific concerns regarding generative AI include the potential to perpetuate biases, amplify harassment, and increase the scale and persuasiveness of disinformation, a view shared by 63% of experts.
- Despite concerns, 67% of experts believe generative AI could provide benefits, such as improving content detection, facilitating journalism, enhancing intercultural communication, and increasing the persuasiveness of reliable information.
- To improve the information environment, 77% of experts support the promotion of free and independent media, alongside digital media literacy campaigns, fact-checking, and content labeling.
- Researchers face significant barriers in studying the information environment, with 75% citing data access as a major challenge.
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- APA
- International Panel on the Information Environment (2024). Encuesta de 2024 a expertos sobre el entorno global de la información. https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/673c7f1f6fa28abaf7321211_SFP2024.1%20-%20FINAL-3_ES.pdf
- Chicago
- International Panel on the Information Environment. Encuesta de 2024 a expertos sobre el entorno global de la información. 2024. https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/673c7f1f6fa28abaf7321211_SFP2024.1%20-%20FINAL-3_ES.pdf.
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- BibTeX
- @techreport{internationalpanelontheinformationenvironment2024encuesta, author = {{International Panel on the Information Environment}}, title = {{Encuesta de 2024 a expertos sobre el entorno global de la información}}, institution = {International Panel on the Information Environment}, year = {2024}, url = {https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/673c7f1f6fa28abaf7321211_SFP2024.1%20-%20FINAL-3_ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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