This chapter adopts an interdisciplinary perspective that intertwines public sector and health communication, using a mixed methods approach. It investigates how Italian regions have used their official Facebook pages to communicate the pandemic and to interact with pub- lics from the beginning of the epidemic until the end of the country lockdown in May 2020.

Responding to fake news: the use of Facebook for public health communication during the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy

Lovari, Alessandro
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2021-01-01

Abstract

This chapter adopts an interdisciplinary perspective that intertwines public sector and health communication, using a mixed methods approach. It investigates how Italian regions have used their official Facebook pages to communicate the pandemic and to interact with pub- lics from the beginning of the epidemic until the end of the country lockdown in May 2020.
2021
9783030797348
Fake news; Covid-19; public health communication; public communication; social media, Italy; pandemic communication
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