Fear of others. Digital media representations of the US-Mexico border and COVID-19

Fear of others. Digital media representations of the US-Mexico border and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic generated transformations in different areas of human life and socio-digital communication is central to its understanding. Users who post comments in the media and networks contribute elements to the social construction of reality. The objective was to interpret, through conte...

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Glavni autori: Méndez Fierros, Hugo, Reyes Piñuelas, Erika Paola
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Jezik:spa
eng
Izdano: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2021
Teme:
Representations
border
COVID-19
fear
digital media
Social Sciences
Sociology
Culture
Social psychology
Social perception
Social influence
International relations
Boundaries
Medicine
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Quarantine
Mental health
Representaciones
frontera
miedo
medios de comunicación digitales
Ciencias Sociales
Sociología
Cultura
Psicología social
Percepción social
Influencia social
Relaciones internacionales
Límites
Medicina
Epidemias
Epidemiología
Cuarentena
Salud mental
Online pristup:https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/909
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Sažetak:The COVID-19 pandemic generated transformations in different areas of human life and socio-digital communication is central to its understanding. Users who post comments in the media and networks contribute elements to the social construction of reality. The objective was to interpret, through content analysis, representations of 1 303 users of four cross-border media from Baja California, Mexico, and California, usa, on Facebook, YouTube and web pages, about COVID-19 and the restrictions to cross the border. The closure of the border and COVID-19 constitute an emerging social phenomenon and previous research studies are scarce, which represented a limitation. In the end, the misinformation-fueled representations were found to project fear onto others; the comments reflect the majority use of unverified information, hatred and attribution of blame for contagion to others. The border was represented as an interstice of intersections and economic, cultural, political, environmental and health interdependence.

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