Atlani-Duault L, Mercier A, Rousseau C, Guyot P, Moatti J P
Department of Social Anthropology, IRD-UMR 912 / CNRS-LESC / Hunter-CUNY, Paris, France,
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;39(1):43-61. doi: 10.1007/s11013-014-9410-y.
This study of comments posted on major French print and TV media websites during the H1N1 epidemic illustrates the relationship between the traditional media and social media in responding to an emerging disease. A disturbing "geography of blame" was observed suggesting the metamorphosis of the folk-devil phenomenon to the Internet. We discovered a subterranean discourse about the putative origins and "objectives" of the H1N1 virus, which was absent from the discussions in mainstream television channels and large-circulation print media. These online rumours attributed hidden motives to governments, pharmaceutical companies, and figures of Otherness that were scapegoated in the social history of previous European epidemics, notably Freemasons and Jews.
这项关于甲型H1N1流感疫情期间法国主要平面媒体和电视媒体网站上所发布评论的研究，阐明了传统媒体与社交媒体在应对新出现疾病时的关系。研究发现了一种令人不安的“指责版图”，这表明民间恶魔现象在互联网上发生了变形。我们发现了一种关于甲型H1N1流感病毒假定起源和“目标”的隐秘话语，而主流电视频道和发行量较大的平面媒体的讨论中并未出现这种话语。这些网络谣言将隐藏的动机归咎于政府、制药公司以及在欧洲以往疫情的社会历史中被当作替罪羊的“异类”人物，尤其是共济会成员和犹太人。
