@article{fdi:010076451,
  title = {{E}bola and localized blame on social media : analysis of {T}witter and {F}acebook conversations during the 2014-2015 {E}bola epidemic},
  author = {{R}oy, {M}. and {M}oreau, {N}. and {R}ousseau, {C}. and {M}ercier, {A}. and {W}ilson, {A}. and {A}tlani {D}uault, {L}a{\¨e}titia},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study aimed to analyze main groups accused on social media of causing or spreading the 2014 - 2016 {E}bola epidemic in {W}est {A}frica. {I}n this analysis, blame is construed as a vehicle of meaning through which the lay public makes sense of an epidemic, and through which certain classes of people become "figures of blame". {D}ata was collected from {T}witter and {F}acebook using key word extraction, then categorized thematically. {O}ur findings indicate an overall proximate blame tendency: blame was typically cast on "near-by" figures, namely national governments, and less so on "distant" figures, such as generalized figures of otherness ("{A}fricans", global health authorities, global elites). {O}ur results also suggest an evolution of online blame. {I}n the early stage of the epidemic, blame directed at the affected populations was more prominent. {H}owever, during the peak of the outbreak, the increasingly perceived threat of inter-continental spread was accompanied by a progressively proximal blame tendency, directed at figures with whom the social media users had pre-existing biopolitical frustrations. {O}ur study proposes that pro-active and on-going analysis of blame circulating in social media can usefully help to guide communications strategies, making them more responsive to public perceptions.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {SIERRA} {LEONE} ; {GUINEE} ; {NIGERIA} ; {SENEGAL} ; {MALI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ulture, {M}edicine and {P}sychiatry},
  volume = {[{P}ubl. online]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {en ligne [24 ]},
  ISSN = {0165-005{X}},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1007/s11013-019-09635-8},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076451},
}