Medijsko posredovanje teorija zavjera o pandemiji bolesti COVID-19 u Hrvatskoj

doctoral thesis

• Title (english): Media mediation on conspiracy theories related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Croatia
• Author: Almir Elezović
• Mentor: Gordana Vilović (mentor)
• Committee member: Mihaela Banek Zorica (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Denis Kos (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nebojša Blanuša (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of information and Communication sciences); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-06-06, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences
• Universal decimal classification (UDC): 070 - Newspapers. The Press. Journalism

Abstract

Zdravstvena kriza uvjetovana pojavom virusa COVID-19, godine 2019. proširila se cijelim svijetom. U ožujku 2020. globalna kriza COVID-19 službeno je označena pandemijom, a znanstvenici i stručnjaci nisu znali odgovore na niz pitanja koja je postavljala prestrašena javnost, što je utjecalo na porast broja lažnih i netočnih informacija u medijima te pojavu teorija zavjera. Pandemija COVID-19 kriza je javnog zdravstva i kao takva plodno tlo za teorije zavjera. Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija (WHO) otkrila je da u medijima postoji "masovna infodemija" lažnih i točnih informacija o novom koronavirusu. Teorije o etiologiji virusa nastavile su se te se iskristaliziralo nekoliko teorija zavjera. Teorije zavjera su sve prisutnije i sve popularniji oblik pseudopovijesti, zahvaljujući i novim medijima. Uloga medija i način kako prenose i komuniciraju informacije postali su bitniji nego ikada prije, a samim time i njihova odgovornost koju takva situacija nosi sa sobom. U radu će se analizirati diskurs medijskog posredovanja o teorijama zavjera vezanih uz pandemiju COVID-19 u Republici Hrvatskoj na odabranim hrvatskim online medijima te na temelju dobivenih podataka utvrditi njihov način izvještavanja o pandemiji.

Abstract (english)

The health crisis caused by the appearance of the COVID-19 virus in 2019 spread throughout the world. In March 2020, the global COVID-19 crisis was officially marked by a pandemic, and scientists and experts did not know the answers to a number of questions asked by the frightened public, which led to an increase in false and inaccurate information in the media and the emergence of conspiracy theories. The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis and as such a fertile ground for conspiracy theories. The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that there is a “massive infodemia” in the media of false and accurate information about the new coronavirus. Theories about the etiology of the virus continued and several conspiracy theories crystallized. Conspiracy theories are an increasingly present and increasingly popular form of pseudo-history, thanks to new media as well. The role of the media and the way they transmit and communicate information have become more important than ever before, and thus their responsibility that such a situation carries with it. The paper will analyze the discourse of media mediation on conspiracy theories related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Croatia on selected Croatian online media and, based on the obtained data, determine their method of reporting on the pandemic.

• Keywords: zdravstvena kriza; COVID-19; korona; pandemija; teorije zavjera; diskurs; medijski diskurs; analiza diskursa
• Keywords (english): health crisis; COVID-19; corona; pandemic; conspiracy theories; discourse; media discourse; discourse analysis
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:468272
• Study programme: Title: Postgraduate (Doctoral) Program in Information Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje društvenih znanosti, polje informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti (doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje društvenih znanosti, polje informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• Extent: 250 str.
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-07-03 09:57:32