This Working Group plans to conduct computational analyses of China’s Public Diplomacy Operations on Twitter in reframing public health discourses on COVID-19. This involves mapping out the information networks and content of diplomats, state-owned English news outlets, and state-mobilized anonymous influencers. The work complements the existing fact-checking-oriented approaches to the “infodemic” by refocusing on the geopolitical origin of public health discourses.
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