Analysis on the Impact of New Media During COVID-19 Epidemic
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.391How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- New media, COVID-19 epidemic, positive and negative
- Abstract
During the COVID-19, the new media played an important role in conveying information, guiding public opinion and reassuring people. New medias have rallied people’s minds and encouraged the public not to give up in the face of the epidemic. In addition, the new media was being developed rapidly and used efficiently. Under the widespread use of new media, public with the lack of professional media literacy is also given the power of publishing information. New media can improve the timeliness and diversity of epidemic reporting, protect the citizens’ right to know, and play a useful role in media supervision. Furthermore, due to the diversified characteristics of new media communication subjects, it also leads to the epidemic situation Internet rumors have increased and causes panic among the public. New media have both positive and negative effects in the process of fighting the epidemic. This article analyzes the positive and negative effects of the epidemic on new media, and finds out how to use new media correctly, so as to maximize the use of new media.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xiangyi Li PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/17 TI - Analysis on the Impact of New Media During COVID-19 Epidemic BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 49 EP - 52 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.391 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.391 ID - Li2020 ER -