Rethinking the Infodemic: Global Health Security and Information Disorder
Mezinárodní Vztahy
; 56(4):77-90, 2021.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2040660
ABSTRACT
The discourse on the infodemic constructs the combination of the pandemic and disinformation as a new source of insecurity on a global scale. How can we make sense - analytically and politically - of this newly politicized nexus of public health, information management, and global security? This article proposes approaching the phenomenon of the infodemic as an intersecting securitization of information disorder and health governance. Specifically, it argues that there are two distinct frames of security mobilized in the context of infodemic governance information as a disease and information as a weapon. Drawing on literatures on global health and the emerging research on disinformation, the paper situates the two framings of the infodemic in broader discourses on the medicalization of security, and securitization of information disorder, respectively. The article critically reflects on each framing and offers some preliminary thoughts on how to approach the entanglements of health, security, and information disorder in contemporary global politics.
Political Science--International Relations; Global security; COVID-19 vaccines; Framing; Public health; Discourses; Politics; Narratives; Social networks; Security; Medicalization; Securitization; Hygiene; International relations; Pandemics; Epidemics; Information management; Insecurity; False information; Medical research; Governance; Coronaviruses
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ProQuest Central
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English
Journal:
Mezinárodní Vztahy
Year:
2021
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Article
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