Essays about: "Misinformation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 67 essays containing the word Misinformation.

1. 16. Bridging the gap - Analysing the vaccination guide project in Gothenburg during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case of interpersonal risk and crisis communication targeted towards ethnic minority communities

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

   Author : Julia Ekman; [2022-09-01]
   Keywords : Covid-19; risk communication; crisis communication; health communication; interpersonal communication; CERC; hard-to-vaccinate; vaccination; minority communities; hard-to-reach; immigrant; vaccination guides; trust; civil society actors; thematic analysis; interviews; City of Gothenburg; Region Västra Götaland.;

   Abstract : This study analyses the vaccination guide project performed in Gothenburg during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was launched as a collaboration between the local and regional governing units, city of Gothenburg and region Västra Götaland, in the summer of 2021. READ MORE

3. 17. “We knew the 2020 US election would be unlike any other” AN ARGUMENTATION ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK’S ROLE IN THE 2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Lisa Danielsson; [2022-08-23]
   Keywords : Argumentation analysis; CSR; democracy; Facebook; Meta; misinformation; practical discourse analysis; social media; United States;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to understand Facebook’s perception of its role in the spread of misinformation leading up to the 2020 US presidential election. Adopting the conceptual lenses of democracy and CSR, I use argumentation analysis to identify and interpret Facebook’s overall rationale in taking measures to mitigate the spread of misinformation. READ MORE

4. 18. Critical Discourse Analysis of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Videos. : A Study of Popular Videos in Arabic Media.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Hussein Alwaday; [2022]
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   Abstract : COVID-19 hit the world causing global health, social and political problems. Exceptional misinformation about the pandemic has been circulating through social media and contributed to the public panic and confusion about how to deal with the crisis. READ MORE

5. 19. The Visual Transformation of Security Narratives: Visual Culture of the German Querdenker Movement on Instagram

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Meriel Olga Ott; [2022]
   Keywords : Querdenker; visual culture; COVID-19; ontological security; identity; Instagram; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the post-truth and increasingly radicalized anti-vaccine movement has gained worldwide attention as a major opponent of Covid-restricting efforts. In Germany, the anti-vax movement Querdenker have staged several large-scale protests opposing the ’undemocratic’ government. READ MORE

6. 20. The Nigerian Alternative Online Media and Political Misinformation: News producers’ perspective on the defining characteristics, tensions and mitigation strategies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Bolaji Omotayo Daramola; [2022]
   Keywords : Afrikology; Nigerian Alternative Online Media; Political Misinformation; News Production Studies; African Digital Journalism; Fake News; Nigerian digital public sphere; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of the Nigerian alternative online media as an effective tool for political discourse with the intent to influence governance despite claims that the form of media is awash with political misinformation - which is mostly termed “fake news” in the local parlance. This thesis takes an Afrikology stance in defining the role of the Nigerian alternative online media as a digital public sphere placing the people’s lived and cultural experiences at the centre of the discourse from the content producer’s perspective. READ MORE