The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections
During COVID-19, the problems of misinformation and disinformation have become exacerbated with much initial uncertainty of the virus’ origins, how governments would respond, and vaccine safety. In Singapore’s case, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has emerged as a...
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| description | During COVID-19, the problems of misinformation and disinformation have become exacerbated with much initial uncertainty of the virus’ origins, how governments would respond, and vaccine safety. In Singapore’s case, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has emerged as a valuable tool to stop such falsehoods from proliferating. Thus, departing from typically legal and political examinations of it, this study seeks to evaluate the Singapore Government’s corrective communications under POFMA through the case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections. This is done using an exploratory framework which cross-references corrective communication literature with OECD Principles for Public Communication Responses to Mis- and Disinformation. It finds that while moderately effective in terms of clarity and being evidence-based, there is room for improvement with respect to timeliness. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1591692023-03-05T15:46:10Z The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections Nadan, Enoch Wu Wei School of Social Sciences WWu@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science::Public administration During COVID-19, the problems of misinformation and disinformation have become exacerbated with much initial uncertainty of the virus’ origins, how governments would respond, and vaccine safety. In Singapore’s case, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has emerged as a valuable tool to stop such falsehoods from proliferating. Thus, departing from typically legal and political examinations of it, this study seeks to evaluate the Singapore Government’s corrective communications under POFMA through the case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections. This is done using an exploratory framework which cross-references corrective communication literature with OECD Principles for Public Communication Responses to Mis- and Disinformation. It finds that while moderately effective in terms of clarity and being evidence-based, there is room for improvement with respect to timeliness. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2022-06-10T13:04:36Z 2022-06-10T13:04:36Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Nadan, E. (2022). The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159169 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159169 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Political science::Public administration Nadan, Enoch The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections |
| title | The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections |
| title_full | The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections |
| title_short | The Singapore government's corrective communication: a case study of its COVID-19 falsehood corrections |
| title_sort | singapore government s corrective communication a case study of its covid 19 falsehood corrections |
| topic | Social sciences::Political science::Public administration |
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