COVID-19 misinformation and the 2020 U.S. presidential election

Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

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Emilio Ferrara¹  Geoffrey Cowan¹  Herbert Chang¹  Emily Chen²  Kristina Lerman²  Ashwin Rao² 

[1] Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, USA;

[2] Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, USA;

关键词: covid-10;    elections;    public health;    twitter;   

DOI  :  10.37016/mr-2020-57

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Voting is the defining act for a democracy. However, voting is only meaningful if public deliberation is grounded in veritable and equitable information. This essay investigates the politicization of public health practices during the Democratic primaries in the context of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, using a dataset of more than 67 million tweets. We find the public sphere on Twitter is politically heterogeneous and the majority—liberal and conservative alike—advocates for wearing masks and vote-by-mail. However, a small, but dense group of conservative users push anti-mask and voter fraud narratives.

【 授权许可】

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