Abstract
Texts on social media often highlight the Covid-19 pandemic. The text influences the mindset and mode of the readers. The purpose of this study is to describe the potential ecological impacts of infodemics, both constructive and destructive for readers. Data sourced from social media (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter). The method used in this research is a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. The results showed that the ecological impact of infodemic discourse, namely the constructive impact represented by the content, meaning or message can influence the mindset and attitudes of readers to participate in preserving the environment. Positive texts can change negative environmental ethics into positive ones. The destructive impact in the form of excessive use of text, and without clear sources, has an impact on the effects of distraction, mental health, panic buying, confirmation bias and echo chambers, and tends to refuse to protect oneself and heed health protocols, making it difficult to handle the outbreak. In addition, misinformation on health has an impact on exacerbating outbreaks of infectious diseases. Especially damaging advice as false information is crafted with no respect for accuracy and is often integrated with narratives framed by emotion or conspiracy. The text affects attitudes and mindsets so that it damages the environment.
Highlights
Since December 2019, headquartered in Wuhan, China, an acute respiratory syndrome has emerged in humans caused by Corona Virus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 (Zhou, et al, 2020)
This study aims to describe the potential impact of infodemic discourse on social media from an ecolinguistic perspective
Data is collected from several social media, but the data is limited only to the issue of infodemics in the Covid-19 pandemic
Summary
Since December 2019, headquartered in Wuhan, China, an acute respiratory syndrome has emerged in humans caused by Corona Virus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 (Zhou, et al, 2020). COVID-19 has begun to spread and is increasingly spreading to various countries in the world. On January 13, 2020, Thailand became the first country outside China to detect a positive. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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