Infodemia and its influence on human behavior during quarantine

Monachyn, Inna
Humeniuk, Vita

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, 56 Ruska str., 46001 Ternopil, Ukraine

Monachyn, I. & Humeniuk, V. (2021) Infodemiia ta yii vplyv na povedinku liudei v period karantynu [Infodemia and its influence on human behavior during quarantine]. Sotsialnoekonomichni problemy i derzhava [Socio-Economic Problems and the State] (electronic journal), Vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 149-154. Available at: http://sepd.tntu.edu.ua/images/stories/pdf/2021/21milvpk.pdf

Scientific Journal "Socio-Economic Problems and the State"

2(25)

Nov-2021

Oct-2021

18-Aug-2022

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University

UA

Ternopil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-3339

https://doi.org/10.33108/sepd2022.02.149

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personality
infodemia
anxiety
stress
uncertainty
inaccuracy of information
behavioral reactions

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149-154

149

154

The article is devoted to the study of a newly formed during the pandemic term, infodemia, which significantly affects the behavior and life of people. Much effort is needed to fight the virus, but it is very costly to overcome false and unverified information. Misinformation, rumors and all sorts of fake information often lead to destructive increases of information flows to the public consciousness. In fact, destructive information is shared by word of mouth in the media more often than truthful and constructive one. Based on the increase in negative messages, there are negative changes in the emotional and behavioral states of each member of society. Infodemia, as a harmful epidemic of rumors, requires detailed study and improvement of ways to fight it. Identifying ways of perception of unverified information and the correct attitude to it will make it possible to make the right choice in an epidemic situation. Acquaintance with such methods influences the choice of the organization of own life, development of critical thinking and education of the correct attitude and estimation of media information. Mastering the techniques and methods of verifying the veracity of information on the Internet will allow a person to control and cultivate their own media immunity, reduce anxiety and promote the mobilization of behavioral patterns. Some step-by-step actions that help increase stress resistance and the ability to block and neutralize infodemia are described and presented in the article. The informational influence on psychological feeling of the person in the period of quarantine restrictions is considered. The skills of perceiving and dividing information, self-organizing and critical thinking are presented. Infodemia, misinformation, fakes and panic spread much faster than the virus itself. Conspiracy theories flow into the information pool like waterfalls, and then become overgrown with numerous variations and interpretations. Forced observance of quarantine measures, means of psychological, social, medical hygiene causes the emergence of different in content, depth and duration transformations in the behavior of the individual. Techniques and methods of finding constructive behavioral patterns are described. During quarantine and in isolation, people around the world began to work, communicate and spend leisure time online. In all age groups, both adults and children, there was a distribution of normal lifetime in the direction of increasing consumption of social networks and media. Moreover, it is because of this impact on human consciousness that the new term infodemia has emerged, as the growth of unreliable information during pandemic.

http://elartu.tntu.edu.ua/handle/lib/38638

2223-3822

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