A study that analyzes the discourse on Facebook and Instagram regarding Covid and climate change and their interconnectedness. Among the findings is that individuals who believe that climate change is fake are also individuals who believe the same about Covid, in other words they are the same group who lean towards the conspiracy theory.
Title
COVID-19 in the Time of Climate Change: Memetic Discourses on Social Media
Summary
َAuthor
Al-Rawi, Ahmed ; Blackwell, Breanna ; Kane, Oumar ; O’Keefe, Derrick ; Bizimana, Aimé-Jules
Year
2022
َThematic Area
Climate Change
Topic
Hoax and Global Warming
Country
Algeria
Region
Global
Misinformation Combatting
Cross Cutting
Place Published
PHILADELPHIA
Publisher
Routledge
Journal
Environmental Communication
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2022.2053181
URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2022.2053181
APA 7th End Text Citation
Al-Rawi, A., Blackwell, B., Kane, O., O’Keefe, D., & Bizimana, A.-J. (2022). COVID-19 in the Time of Climate Change: Memetic Discourses on Social Media. Environmental Communication, 16(7), 864–882. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2022.2053181