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"I Saw It on the Internet!" COVID-19 Narratives across Online Milieux of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Russia
[Arbeitspapier]
Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Abstract
Although important incidents of misleading information related to the global COVID-19 pandemic have been examined by both journalists and academics, the various sources of such information and the magnitude of its impact have yet to be fully comprehended. Additionally, there are cases and contexts t... mehr
Although important incidents of misleading information related to the global COVID-19 pandemic have been examined by both journalists and academics, the various sources of such information and the magnitude of its impact have yet to be fully comprehended. Additionally, there are cases and contexts that are underrepresented in current studies. To address this gap, this article examines the online social milieux of labour migrants from Uzbekistan to Russia as potential source of misleading information related to COVID-19. Specifically, this article looks at discussions and posts shared on thematic groups across social media platforms such as Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, Facebook, and Telegram through a netnographic lens, identifying five COVID-19-related narrative clusters: 'the remedy,' 'practical information,' 'the news,' 'asking for help,' and 'conspiracies and religion.' As all these narrative clusters have been found to contain misleading information, the article initiates a discussion on the role that thematic social media groups can play in (dis)informing labour migrants.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Online-Medien; Soziale Medien; Arbeitsmigration; Russland; Migrant; Usbekistan; Falschmeldung
Klassifikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
COVID-19; information precarity; netnography
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Erscheinungsort
Bishkek
Seitenangabe
23 S.
Schriftenreihe
Research Paper / OSCE Academy in Bishkek, 9
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet