Social Media Ethics and Covid-19 - Well-Being, Truth, Misinformation, and Authenticity

This multidisciplinary collection explores the ethics of social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on misinformation, truth, well-being, and authenticity.

List of contents

Introduction by Berrin A. Beasley and Pamela A. Zeiser
Part I: Social Media, COVID-19, and Truth
Chapter 1: Attempting to Stop the Spread: Epistemic Responsibility and Platformed Responses to the COVID-19 "Infodemic" by Miles C. Coleman
Chapter 2: Hashtag Populism: Plandemics, Scamdemics, and Viral Resistance by Linda Howell
Chapter 3: Social Media, COVID-19, Misinformation, and Ethics: A Descriptive Study of American Adults' Perceptions by Tammy Swenson-Lepper and Heidi J. Hanson
Part II: Social Media, COVID-19, and Well-Being
Chapter 4: Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Leisure through Social Media by Annette M. Holba
Chapter 5: COVID-19 at the Nexus of Social Media and Propaganda: Public Health Messaging on Twitter Amidst Political Polarization by Berrin A. Beasley and Pamela A. Zeiser
Chapter 6: Divisiveness, Meaningful Lives, and the Hope of Compassion: Social Media in the Time of COVID-19 by Mitchell R. Haney

About the author

Edited by Pamela A. Zeiser and Berrin A. Beasley

Summary

This multidisciplinary collection explores the ethics of social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on misinformation, truth, well-being, and authenticity.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela A. Beasley Zeiser
• Assisted by: Berrin A Beasley (Editor), Berrin A. Beasley (Editor), Beasley Berrin A. (Editor), Pamela A Zeiser (Editor), Pamela A. Zeiser (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781666911886
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-188-6
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects