Rethinking the Infodemic
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 art...
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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.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c5c19dc85af4d029880cf12b96fc50d2022-12-24T03:40:00ZengInstitute of International Relations PragueCzech Journal of International Relations0323-18442570-94292021-12-0156410.32422/mv-cjir.181731Rethinking the InfodemicDagmar Rychnovská0University of Sussex, United Kingdom 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. https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/30infodemicdisinformationvaccine diplomacyglobal healthsecuritycovid-19 |
| spellingShingle | Dagmar Rychnovská Rethinking the Infodemic Czech Journal of International Relations infodemic disinformation vaccine diplomacy global health security covid-19 |
| title | Rethinking the Infodemic |
| title_full | Rethinking the Infodemic |
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| title_short | Rethinking the Infodemic |
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| topic | infodemic disinformation vaccine diplomacy global health security covid-19 |
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