Informed intertextuality in the conspiracy theories on Covid-19 within social media
This paper examines the strategic construction and justifications of conspiracy theories on COVID-19 within social media. This study employed an ethnographic approach and generated data through the observation of purposively selected social media Pages, Groups, and Blogs. The six-month observation...
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my-unisza-ir.44672022-01-13T01:16:42Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4467/ Informed intertextuality in the conspiracy theories on Covid-19 within social media Hashmi, U.M. Ab Rashid, R. Hashmi, H.A. P Philology. Linguistics T Technology (General) This paper examines the strategic construction and justifications of conspiracy theories on COVID-19 within social media. This study employed an ethnographic approach and generated data through the observation of purposively selected social media Pages, Groups, and Blogs. The six-month observation from August 2020 to January 2021 yielded 230 postings presenting propaganda against the COVID-19. The data were analyzed using intertextual analysis, drawing upon features of intertextuality. The analysis revealed that the conspiracy theories against COVID-19 are constructed upon five intertextual bases whereby the specific marked intertextuality emerged as the most used technique. The analysis also revealed that manipulation of others texts, obfuscation of intertextual sources, and exploitation of Muslim sentiments are leveraged in the construction of conspiracy theories and digital propaganda against COVID-19. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4467/1/FH03-FBK-21-53432.pdf Hashmi, U.M. and Ab Rashid, R. and Hashmi, H.A. (2021) Informed intertextuality in the conspiracy theories on Covid-19 within social media. In: 7th International Conference on Web Research, 19-20 May 2021, Online. |
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This paper examines the strategic construction and justifications of conspiracy theories on COVID-19
within social media. This study employed an ethnographic approach and generated data through the
observation of purposively selected social media Pages, Groups, and Blogs. The six-month observation
from August 2020 to January 2021 yielded 230 postings presenting propaganda against the COVID-19.
The data were analyzed using intertextual analysis, drawing upon features of intertextuality. The
analysis revealed that the conspiracy theories against COVID-19 are constructed upon five intertextual
bases whereby the specific marked intertextuality emerged as the most used technique. The analysis
also revealed that manipulation of others texts, obfuscation of intertextual sources, and exploitation of
Muslim sentiments are leveraged in the construction of conspiracy theories and digital propaganda
against COVID-19. |
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Informed intertextuality in the conspiracy theories on Covid-19 within social media |
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