Ronnie Das
Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Das, Ronnie; Ahmed, Wasim
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.
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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 |
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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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