论文标题
社交媒体的病态现实：对Covid-19的已故受害者共享的错误信息的调查
The Morbid Realities of Social Media: An Investigation into the Misinformation Shared by the Deceased Victims of COVID-19
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论文摘要
社交媒体平台对现实世界产生了相当大的影响，尤其是在Covid-19的大流行期间。与Covid-19有关的错误信息可能会对人口产生重大影响，因为它与诸如抗疫苗接种和否认危险信念的关联。在这项工作中，我们研究了用户在Facebook帖子中的独特数据集，这些用户在屈服于Covid-19中共享并相信Covid-19的错误信息通常会导致死亡。我们的目的是描述受害者职位中存在的主题和来源，同时确定平台在处理致命叙事中的作用。我们的分析揭示了Covid-19通过右翼政治和媒体生态系统传播的反政府主题的盛行，对Covid-19的压倒性政治化。此外，我们重点介绍了Facebook实施的失败和旨在警告用户错误信息的软调节动作的完整性。这项研究的结果带来了对政治精英责任塑造公众话语以及该平台在抑制有害错误信息范围的作用的责任的见解。
Social media platforms have had considerable impact on the real world especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Misinformation related to Covid-19 might have caused significant impact on the population specifically due to its association with dangerous beliefs such as anti-vaccination and Covid denial. In this work, we study a unique dataset of Facebook posts by users who shared and believed in Covid-19 misinformation before succumbing to Covid-19 often resulting in death. We aim to characterize the dominant themes and sources present in the victim's posts along with identifying the role of the platform in handling deadly narratives. Our analysis reveals the overwhelming politicization of Covid-19 through the prevalence of anti-government themes propagated by right-wing political and media ecosystem. Furthermore, we highlight the failures of Facebook's implementation and completeness of soft moderation actions intended to warn users of misinformation. Results from this study bring insights into the responsibility of political elites in shaping public discourse and the platform's role in dampening the reach of harmful misinformation.
