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How South Korean Internet users experienced the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic

Discourse on Instagram

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ID22235661
AuthorsSeoyoung Kim (0000-0001-9869-0676, Yonsei University), Hyun-Woo Lim (0000-0002-6274-2224, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, corresponding author), Shin-Young Chung, Shinyoung Chung (Korea Military Academy)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2022-03-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHumanities and Social Sciences Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2662-9992 • E-ISSN: 2662-9992
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/s41599-022-01087-7
OpenAlexW4220696030
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited46

This study explores how South Korean individuals managed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in their daily lives during a time of continuous and sustained social distancing using 8241 Instagram posts from May 6 to June 16, 2020. Co-word analysis found two main theme clusters highlighting individuals’ endeavors in daily life management and their fear of COVID-19 infection. DMR topic modeling analysis resulted in five higher-order themes, each reflecting different aspects of people’s COVID-19 experiences. Overall, the results shed light on individuals’ resilience in managing their daily lives despite the fear and discomfort caused by the pandemic. Results also highlight the possibility that the discursive practices of Social Network Services (SNS) reinforce hatred against social minorities and frame otherizing COVID-19 patients as legitimate. The present study suggests the need for a range of social support to help individuals and communities during the prolonged pandemic, including a long-term, large-scale psychological quarantine system. Deliberate social measures also need to be taken to promote the process of social sharing through media texts and SNS to resist hateful frames and othering of social minorities. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are provided

Hatred · Pandemic · Political science · Psychological resilience · Public relations · Social distance · Social isolation · Social media · Social support · Sociology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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