Abstract
This chapter sets the direction of volume analysis. The purpose of the volume is to pull off the construction of information processes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The book examines how the different actors, whether governments, public health authorities, the media and citizens have managed this public health crisis coupled with a communication crisis. To do this, we apply a nested case study methodology. Three geographical contexts were selected: Europe, Canada and Mexico and for each of them two dimensions were analyzed, that of public authority and that of citizens.
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For the World Health Organization, this health situation is the most serious that has been announced since 2005, when the Global Alert System for International Public Health Emergencies was set up.
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Prestigious journals such as The Lancet or the New England Journal of Medicine have retracted articles related to Covid-19, whose data were considered dubious. These withdrawals can have a significant impact on public confidence in science.
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Numerous poisonings related to the ingestion of disinfectant have been reported in the United States, resulting in the deaths of at least four people (Associated Press, 2020). WHO has issued public warnings to this effect and added an infographic on the ingestion of disinfectant on its myth busters available online.
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Carignan, ME., La Rocca, G., Boccia Artieri, G. (2023). Covid-19 and the Global Crisis of Information: an Introduction. In: La Rocca, G., Carignan, ME., Boccia Artieri, G. (eds) Infodemic Disorder. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13698-6_1
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