Covid-19 Misinformation Flows

This book describes challenges in accessing, collecting, processing, and disseminating information on pandemics, with a focus on Covid-19 communication. This book will interest scholars and students of health communication, social media communication, journalism, political communication and media and communication in the Global South.

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, UNESCO fellow and Senior International Corporate Communication Adviser.

Introduction: The Sociology of Communicating Pandemics and the Objective of this Book Part I: Misconceptions Communicated about COVID-19 1. Challenges and Wins in Communicating Pandemics Globally: A Look Back at COVID-19 2. Newspapers Coverage of Conspiracy Theories of Health Pandemics in Nigeria: A Case Study of COVID-19 3. Infodemic and Misinformation on YouTube about COVID-19 4. How Community Radio Stations Led Proper Communication and Addressed Miscommunication of COVID-19 Issues in South Africa Part II: Experiences in Communicating Pandemics in Central Africa and Asia 5. Newspaper Reportage of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh and Nigeria 6. Communicating and Managing COVID-19 for Sustainable Health in a Multi-Cultural Nation-Nigeria 7. Journalistic Challenges in Covering COVID-19 News Stories in Bangladesh 8. Newspaper as National Propaganda Tool: How the People's Daily Overseas Newspaper Communicated China's Image during the COVID-19 Pandemic 9. User Engagement of Bangladesh Government Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations' Sharing of COVID-19 Information on Facebook 10. Analysis of Migrant Workers' Demise and Media Failures during the Pandemic Part III: Social Media Use and Misinformation on Health Issues in the Middle East 11. News and Misinformation in Social Media in the United Arab Emirates during the COVID-19 Pandemic 12. Information, Anxiety, and Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) during COVID-19 Part IV: Media Shenanigans, Disinformation, and Actions for Communicating Pandemics for Constructive Change 13. Using Latin American Legislation and Inter-American Standards to Combat Disinformation on Health Issues 14. Reconstructing News to Consume Constructive Messages about COVID: How Administrative Techniques could Redirect Minority Populations Toward Sustainable Information Management Conclusions: Charting Futures for Mediated Messaging on Epidemics Index