INFOFAGIA, El hambre del infofago oportunidad o disponibilidad

Abstract

The objective of this project is to interpret in a plastic and visual way the consumption of information from a metaphorical and conceptual position of infophagy, conceiving social networks as a “mega restaurant” that feeds digital consumers with news, data and messages that influence the greatest social and cultural aspects. To unravel this position, information is conceived as a nutrient that feeds sociocultural imaginaries and forms militant behaviors in citizens. Infophagy is an adaptation to the immediacy and scope of information that leads to individual and collective indigestion. That fullness usually has visible social patterns such as fear, resilience and metanoia that develop depending on the approach and judgment that is assimilated. As part of this example of infophagy, elements of what happened in Bogotá on the night of November 22, 2019 will be addressed, where the false news spread through social networks: “they are joining the groups” that built a stage unthinkable panic.