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Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic

Das, Ronnie; Ahmed, Wasim

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Ronnie Das



Abstract

Digital media and citizen journalism has escalated the infiltration of fake news attempting to create a post truth society (Lazer et al., 2018). The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a surge of misinformation leading to anti-mask, anti-vaccine and anti-5G protests on a global scale. Although the term ‘misinformation’ has been generalized in media and scholarly work, there is a fundamental difference between how misinformation impacts society, compared to more strategically planned disinformation attacks. In this study we explore the ideological constructs of citizens towards acceptance or rejection of disinformation during the heightened time of a COVID-19 global health crisis. Our analysis follows two specific disinformation propagandas evaluated through social network analysis of Twitter data in addition to qualitative insights generated from tweets and in-depth interviews.

Citation

Das, R., & Ahmed, W. (2021). Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, 11(1), 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/22779752211027382

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 4, 2021
Online Publication Date Oct 31, 2021
Publication Date Oct 31, 2021
Deposit Date Nov 19, 2023
Publicly Available Date Nov 21, 2023
Journal IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review
Print ISSN 2277-9752
Electronic ISSN 2321-029X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 1
Pages 146-159
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/22779752211027382
Keywords Misinformation; Disinformation; Ideology; Fake news; Social network analysis; Infodemic; Anti vaccine
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4447829

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