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#Coronaconspiracy: Conspiracy Theories on Twitter and YouTube in the Age of Coronavirus
- Author(s):
- Sam Dodd (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- CityLIS
- Subject(s):
- Information behavior, Library science, Information science, Social media
- Item Type:
- Essay
- Tag(s):
- conspiracytheories, coronaconspiracy, Coronavírus, disinformation, Misinformation, Information behaviour, Library and information science
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/tfpg-st79
- Abstract:
- This essay examines the most popular conspiracy theories circulated on Twitter and YouTube about the 2019-20 global pandemic COVID-19 (coronavirus), in the English language, for the one-week time frame 5th May 2020 – 11th May 2020, then examine news coverage originating from UK-based outlets related to those conspiracy theories for the two month period preceding this time frame, for background and context. It asks what the roles of the law and regulators, the platforms themselves, and the information professional could be in this context.
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- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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#Coronaconspiracy: Conspiracy Theories on Twitter and YouTube in the Age of Coronavirus