Communicating COVID-19 : everyday life, digital capitalism, and conspiracy theories in pandemic times

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has changed the way we live and communicate. The phases of lockdown brought about by the pandemic fundamentally changed the way we work, lead our everyday lives, and how we communicate, resulting in Internet platforms becoming more important than ever before. Communicati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Fuchs, Christian (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesSocietyNow.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781801177221
DOI10.1108/9781801177207
Physical Description1 online resource (320 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Pandemic times
  • Chapter 2. Everyday life and everyday communication in coronavirus capitalism
  • Chapter 3. Conspiracy theories as ideology
  • Chapter 4. Bill Gates conspiracy theories as ideology in the context of the Covid-19 crisis
  • Chapter 5. Users' reactions to covid-19 conspiracy theories on social media
  • Chapter 6. Donald trump and covid-19 on twitter
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion: Digital communication in pandemic times and commontopia as the potential future of communication and society.