Social Media Ethics and COVID-19

Pamela A. Zeiser; Berrin A. Beasley

doi:10.5771/9781666911879

Summary

Social Media Ethics and COVID-19: Well-Being, Truth, Misinformation and Authenticity explores ways that some of the best and worst moments of the pandemic resulted from the interconnection of social media and ethics. The ethical challenges social media poses for corporate providers, government officials, and users existed well before the outbreak of COVID-19: What responsibility do corporate providers bear for inaccurate information posted by users? What responsibility do users bear? In this “post-truth” and polarized world, who defines “accurate information”? During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, public health agencies, emergency management agencies, and traditional news media used social media to disseminate or to track information, while users found communities for shared values or experiences. At the same time, users posted and amplified inaccurate or misleading scientific and health information, engaged in hate, and escalated conspiracy theories that have proven detrimental to the public health response to COVID-19. Edited by Pamela A. Zeiser and Berrin A. Beasley, this collection brings together work from leading scholars in communication, English, philosophy, and political science to examine the ethical use of social media during COVID-19, offering both a multidisciplinary understanding of the subject and tools for managing the challenges found at the intersection of social media, ethics, and COVID-19.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1186-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1187-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 164
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. References No access
1. 1. The Problem of “Infodemics” and Epistemic Responsibility: Knowing Well and Connecting Well No access
  2. The Demand for Expediency (and Dialogue) amid the COVID-19 Infodemic No access
  3. 1. Transparency: Open and Closed Approaches No access
    2. Directionality: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches No access
  4. 1. Reddit No access
    2. YouTube No access
    3. Twitter No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. Background and Motivation for Examination No access
  2. 1. 1. Metanarrative/Metafiction No access
      2. Convergence Culture No access
      3. Antifandom and Impression Management No access
    2. 1. Scamdemic No access
      2. Plandemic No access
  3. 1. Early Use and Initial Spread No access
    2. Summer 2020 No access
    3. Late Winter and Early Spring 2021 No access
  4. 1. Early Use and Initial Spread No access
    2. Summer 2020 No access
    3. Late Winter and Early Spring 2021 No access
    4. Summer 2021 No access
  5. 1. 1. Technodemia No access
      2. Parental Rights No access
      3. Medical Cynicism No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. References No access
3. 1. 1. Misinformation and Fake News No access
    2. Psychological and Demographic Characteristics No access
    3. Third-Person Effect No access
    4. Fighting Misinformation on Social Media No access
    5. Perceptions of Ethics in Social Media No access
    6. Research Questions No access
  2. 1. Participants No access
    2. Measures No access
    3. Procedure No access
  3. Results and Discussion No access
  4. 1. Strengths and Weaknesses No access
    2. Directions for Future Research No access
  5. References No access
1. 1. Leisure as the Basis of Culture and the Human Condition No access
  2. COVID-19, Lockdowns, and Social Media No access
  3. Leisure, Social Media, and COVID-19: What We Learned No access
  4. Conclusion No access
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2. 1. Examining Public Health Messaging on Twitter No access
  2. Analysis of Public Health Tweets and Replies No access
  3. One Person’s Persuasion Is Another Person’s Propaganda No access
  4. References No access
3. 1. Pandemic Isolation, Social Media, and Applied Ethics No access
  2. Meaning, Projects, and Luck No access
  3. Compassion and Internal Reasons No access
  4. Meaning, the Postmodern Condition, and Social Media No access
  5. Compassion and the Limits of Tolerance No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. References No access
1. Social Media, COVID-19, and Ethics Survey No access
Index No access Pages 157 - 160
About the Contributors No access Pages 161 - 164