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12:55 Apr 12, 2020
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Journalism
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: infodemic
Definition from Wiktionary:
(n. informal) An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the solution is made more difficult.

Example sentence(s):
  • The 2019-nCoV outbreak and response has been accompanied by a massive ‘infodemic’ - an over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. World Health Organization
  • As information on the virus deluges traditional and social media, the WHO warns that societies around the world are facing an “infodemic”—an “overabundance” of information that makes it difficult for people to identify truthful and trustworthy sources from false or misleading ones. Atlantic Council
  • The part of his speech that made me sit up, though, was this: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous.” The Guardian
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Mina Chen


  

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信息疫情


Definition from 上观:
在关于疫情的海量信息中，有些信息是真实的，有些则非常离谱。面对信息轰炸，人们难辨真假，也不知道通过怎样的方式才能辨别真假，因此而产生一系列心理和行为反应。世界卫生组织将这一现象描述为“信息疫情”。

Example sentence(s):
  • 在团结协作是拯救生命和结束卫生危机的关键之时，这一“信息疫情”阻碍遏制疫情的努力，传播恐慌和混乱，并加剧分裂。 - WHO  
  • 世界卫生组织宣布，已采取措施确保新型冠状病毒疫情不会引发由虚假信息引发危险的社交媒体“信息疫情”（infodemic）。 - UN  
  • 在全球传播时代，“信息疫情”会造成全球范围内的心理焦虑、社会恐慌、加深种族和地域歧视，强化刻板印象，加剧对立和冲突、阻碍交流与合作。 - 光明网  
Mina Chen
United States
Local time: 01:08
Native speaker of: Chinese
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