COVID-19 and Instagram: An Analysis of an Ibero-American Infodemic

• Authors: Denis P. Renó , Xabier Martinez-Rolan , Teresa Piñeiro-Otero , Andrea Versuti

Abstracts

EN

Understanding the role of communication promoted by Ibero-American society during the Coronavirus pandemic is fundamental for building knowledge about the disease. In this scenario, Instagram occupies a privileged place, as it carries a diversity of possible languages. Furthermore, Instagram’s relevance in the social media landscape is growing. This article presents, from a study developed through big data analysis procedures, the first result of several that make up an international investigation on the subject. In the project stage, the quantitative volume of publications, the average publication per user and the participation of the different languages used in this analysis group were verified. It is hoped that further investigations can be developed based on the results presented here, especially due to the urgency of knowing the role of communication in the pandemic scenario in which we live.

Keywords

EN

Communication; Photography; Instagram; Big Data; COVID-19

• Publisher: Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 99-115

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Denis P. Renó

• Department of Social Communication, São Paulo State University, Brazil

author

Xabier Martinez-Rolan

• Communication, University of Vigo, Spain

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Teresa Piñeiro-Otero

• Communication, University of A Corunha, Spain

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Andrea Versuti

• Education, University of Brasilia, Brazil

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7494/human.2022.21.2.99

Biblioteka Nauki

2154948