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Creation of fear in an online environment: a content analysis of public reaction to Donald Trump’s information regarding COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorCowan, Katie
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-18
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:44:32Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:44:32Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis study examined public reactions on Twitter about Donald Trump’s messages regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, which created fear in the public, therefore promoting an increase in panic buying. A content analysis of 52 relevant tweets between March 16 and April 3 identified several themes of public reactions to the messages that were transmitted by Donald Trump about COVID-19, including: incompetence, harm, untrustworthiness, political agenda, misinformation, distraction, lack of empathy, and the dismissal of solving panic buying. The most prevalent theme was the incompetence of Donald Trump, which created fear; therefore panic buying increased among the public.
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dc.identifier.citationCowan, Katie. 2020. "Creation of Fear in an Online Environment: A Content Analysis of Public Reaction to Donald Trump’s Information Regarding COVID-19." Crossing Borders: Student Reflections on Global Social Issues 2(1). doi:10.31542/cb.v2i1.1988
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31542/cb.v2i1.1988
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2465
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectpandemics
dc.subjectfear
dc.subjectpanic buying
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjectTwitter
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.titleCreation of fear in an online environment: a content analysis of public reaction to Donald Trump’s information regarding COVID-19en
dc.typeStudent Article

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