COVİD-19 VE İNFODEMİ: NİTEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Year 2022, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 193 - 208, 25.03.2022

Durmuş Gökkaya Dilruba İzgüden Çağdaş Caz

Abstract

Araştırmanın amacı, infodemi kavramının Covid-19 pandemisi çerçevesinde irdelenmesi ve ilerleyen dönemlerde gündeme gelebilecek olan yeni pandemi durumlarında infodemi yönetiminin nasıl olması gerektiğine ilişkin değerlendirmelerin ele alınmasıdır. Yürütülen nitel araştırma çerçevesinde alanında uzman 3 Halk Sağlığı Bölümü, 3 Sağlık Yönetimi Bölümü ve 3 de İletişim Fakültesi’nde görev yapan toplam 9 akademisyen ile görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde Maxqda Analiz Programı kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda infodeminin kaynakları ortaya konulmuş ve temelde sosyal medya vurgusunun ön planda olduğu görülmüştür. Covid-19 pandemi sürecinde görülen infodemiye bağlı olarak bireysel, toplumsal, ekonomik ve siyasal alanlarda meydana gelen olumsuz etkiler gözler önüne serilmiştir. Bu gibi etkilerin önüne geçilmesinde yani infodemi yönetimini sağlama noktasında Dünya Sağlık Örgütü gibi uluslararası kuruluşların yanı sıra ulusal bağlamda Sağlık Bakanlığı’na da görevler düştüğü ifade edilmiştir. Ayrıca akademisyenler, ilerleyen dönemlerde muhtemel pandemi süreçlerinde infodeminin kontrolünün sağlanması noktasında toplum bireylerine medya okuryazarlığı ve sağlık okuryazarlığı konusunda eğitimlerin verilmesini; pandemi durumuna ilişkin yanlış bilgi yayanlara ise yaptırımların uygulanması gerektiğini vurgulamışlardır.

Keywords

İnfodemi, Covid-19, Nitel Araştırma

COVID-19 AND INFODEMIA: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the concept of infodemia within the scope of the Covid-19 pandemic and to evaluate how the infodemic management should be in new pandemic situations that may come to the agenda in the future. Within the scope of the qualitative research carried out, professionalists were conducted with a total of 9 academicians, working in 3 Public Health Departments, 3 Health Management Departments, and 3 Communication Faculties. Maxqda Analysis Program was used to analyze the data. As a result of the study, the sources of the infodemia were propounded and it was seen that the emphasis on social media was at the forefront. Due to the infodemia seen in the Covid-19 pandemic process, the negative effects that occur in individual, social, economic, and political areas have been revealed. It has been stated that the Ministry of Health in the national context also has duties in the national context, as well as international organizations such as the World Health Organization, in preventing such effects, in a word ensuring the management of infodemia. In addition, academics, in order to ensure the control of infodemia in possible pandemic processes in the future, to provide training on media literacy and health literacy to the members of the society; They emphasized that sanctions should be applied to those who disseminate false information about the pandemic situation.

Keywords

Infodemia, Covid-19, qualitive research

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