Open AccessDialogic Content Analysis of Misinformation about COVID- 19 on Social Media in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shaban Rafi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
linguistics and literature review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2409-109X
pISSN - 2221-6510
DOI - 10.32350/llr.v6i2.960
Subject(s) - misinformation , social media , dialogic , the internet , disinformation , psychology , perception , pandemic , content analysis , covid-19 , sociology , political science , medicine , pedagogy , computer science , social science , world wide web , disease , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
This study aims to explore the most common misinformation topics about COVID-19, people's perceptions concerning disinformation, and its consequences. A purposive sample of 50 posts and thousands of comments on coronavirus was drawn from social media networking sites. The data were also collected through informal interviews of 30 participants of different demographic backgrounds. The selected data were analyzed as dialogic communicative content between the participants. The study reveals that the most common topics regarding coronavirus misinformation are about cure and conspiracy theories. The participants have shown a mixed response towards the misinformation. The study has concluded the severe consequences of misinformation concerning the virus. Hence, I would like to recommend compulsory social media education for the internet users regarding how to respond to such a crisis while
Abiding by the Internet regulations.