Despite concerns, Covid-19 shows how social media has become an essential tool in the democratisation of knowledge

Das, Ronnie and Ahmed, Wasim (2020) Despite concerns, Covid-19 shows how social media has become an essential tool in the democratisation of knowledge. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (05 Jun 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Social media has played a significant role in mediating the communication of information about COVID-19, although coverage of social media is more often than not negative. In this post, Ronnie Das and Wasim Ahmed, highlight some of the ways in which social media has become essential to societal responses to the crisis and how social media networks have become an important site for the public discussion and understanding of COVID-19.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2020 14:51
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:11
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105443

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