The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy

This study aims to assess the difficulty of maintaining the interpretative autonomy of communication professionals and citizens, in the face of information about the global pandemic. At the same time, this research analyzes critically the World Health Organization's accusation of an 'infod...

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Autores: Ferré Pavia, Carme|||0000-0002-7258-6376, Abrego Montenegro, Karen|||0000-0002-6058-1789
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Communicative autonomy
Covid-19
Infodemic
Social Media
Twitter
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
title The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
spellingShingle The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
Ferré Pavia, Carme|||0000-0002-7258-6376
Communicative autonomy
Covid-19
Infodemic
Social Media
Twitter
title_short The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
title_full The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
title_fullStr The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
title_full_unstemmed The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
title_sort The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferré Pavia, Carme|||0000-0002-7258-6376
Abrego Montenegro, Karen|||0000-0002-6058-1789
author Ferré Pavia, Carme|||0000-0002-7258-6376
author_facet Ferré Pavia, Carme|||0000-0002-7258-6376
Abrego Montenegro, Karen|||0000-0002-6058-1789
author_role author
author2 Abrego Montenegro, Karen|||0000-0002-6058-1789
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Communicative autonomy
Covid-19
Infodemic
Social Media
Twitter
topic Communicative autonomy
Covid-19
Infodemic
Social Media
Twitter
description This study aims to assess the difficulty of maintaining the interpretative autonomy of communication professionals and citizens, in the face of information about the global pandemic. At the same time, this research analyzes critically the World Health Organization's accusation of an 'infodemic'; was it confirmed or should it be regarded as political exaggeration? An analysis was made of 15,000 tweets around the world, with more than 1,000 RTs for each one, that circulated from 6 February to 18 March 2020. The results demonstrate that it is not so much possible to speak of infodemic but of a remarkable difficulty in interpreting information, together with a preponderant weight of opinion and emotionality. Academia is responsible for disseminating concepts; corporations, for filtering ethically their content; the political class, for not hiding behind the infodemic to lower the challenge of managing the pandemic.
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