“Please forward before they delete it!” Assessing conspiracy theories and disinformation in chain e-mails about Covid-19 in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15220%2F23%3A73623732" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15220/23:73623732 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://routledgeopenresearch.org/articles/2-25" target="_blank" >https://routledgeopenresearch.org/articles/2-25</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/routledgeopenres.17930.1" target="_blank" >10.12688/routledgeopenres.17930.1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
“Please forward before they delete it!” Assessing conspiracy theories and disinformation in chain e-mails about Covid-19 in the Czech Republic
Original language description
The outbreak of the pandemic, marked with many unknowns and uncertainty, provided a fertile ground for disinformation, conspiracy theories, and pro-Kremlin propaganda in the Czech Republic which was delivered through various communication channels. This is also the case of so-called “chain e-mails” forwarded especially among older people to substitute social networks. The main aim of the article is to reveal the nature and content of chain e-mails communicating Covid-19 with a special focus on narratives and its development. The article is based on the analysis of 2,056 unique Covid-19-related chain e-mails forwarded among people in the Czech Republic between March 2020 and May 2022. Next to revealing key targets, techniques, and narrative developments, the analysis contributes to a better understanding of disinformation, propaganda, and conspiracy theories in the Czech Republic and the (dis)information ecosystem in general. The final discussion is dedicated to the possibilities of how to address the negative effects of chain e-mails.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Routledge Open Research
ISSN
2755-1245
e-ISSN
2755-1245
Volume of the periodical
2
Issue of the periodical within the volume
25
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
1-17
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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