TikTok During an Infodemic: How Information Related to COVID-19 Spreads on Social Media
| dc.contributor.author | Siano, Sarah J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-14T15:06:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-14T15:06:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/11250 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A media analysis of how misinformation is spreading on social media and how this has lead to an infodemic, where people cannot easily differentiate fact from fiction. A highlight of the app TikTok and how misinformation has been combated on the app. Also a highlight on how playfulness on TikTok has contributed to it becoming one of the most popular apps in a time of COVID-19 where people turned online for information, entertainment, and comfort. | |
| dc.subject | First Reader Shaka McGlotten | |
| dc.subject | Senior Project | |
| dc.subject | Semester Spring 2021 | |
| dc.title | TikTok During an Infodemic: How Information Related to COVID-19 Spreads on Social Media | |
| dc.type | Senior Project | |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2023-08-14T15:06:17Z | |
| dc.description.institution | Purchase College SUNY | |
| dc.description.department | Media Studies | |
| dc.description.degreelevel | Bachelor of Arts | |
| dc.description.advisor | McGlotten, Shaka | |
| dc.date.semester | Spring 2021 | |
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