Conspiracy and debunking narratives about COVID-19 origins on Chinese social media: How it started and who is to blame

Conspiracy and debunking narratives about COVID-19 origins on Chinese social media: How it started and who is to blame

This paper studies conspiracy and debunking narratives about the origins of COVID-19 on a major Chinese social media platform, Weibo, from January to April 2020. Popular conspiracies about COVID-19 on Weibo, including that the virus is human-synthesized or a bioweapon, differ substantially from thos...

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Main Authors: Kaiping Chen, Anfan Chen, Jingwen Zhang, Jingbo Meng, Cuihua Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Harvard Kennedy School 2020-12-01
Series:Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
Subjects:
china
conspiracy theories
covid-19
social media
Online Access:https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/conspiracy-and-debunking-narratives-about-covid-19-origins-on-chinese-social-media-how-it-started-and-who-is-to-blame/

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