Media sale of Fear (COVID 19 – INFODEMIA – SOCIOLOGY OF CHANGE)

Rad ima za cilj problematizaciju novonastalih fenomena i karaktera društvene promjene i instituta krize izazvanih pandemijom virusa Corone-Covid 2019. U tom duhu rad apostrofira infodemiju odnosno medijsku prodaju straha kao manipulirajuće kategorije koja odstupa od izvornosti medijskih načela informisati i edukovati. Shodno tome medijska proizvodnja i prodaja straha rezultanta je političko-medijsko-korporativnih interesa globalnog karaktera. Medijska prodaja straha svojim mehanizmima konvergira i problematizuje u kontekstu digitalnog ,,pametnog“ doba arsenal manipulativnih obrazaca, stereotipa i predrasuda medijski oblikovanog 21.vijeka. U kontekstu teme, rad referiše i aspekte tehnološkog nadzora kao oblika ,,borbe“ protiv Covid 19.The paper aims to problematize the new phenomena and characters of social change and the institute of crisis caused by the Corone-Covid pandemic in 2019. In that spirit, the paper emphasizes the infodemia or media sale of fear as a manipulative category that deviates from the originality of media principles. Accordingly, media production and the sale of fear is the result of political-media-corporate interests of a global character. The media sale of fear with its mechanisms converges and problematizes in the context of the digital ‘smart’ age the arsenal of manipulative patterns, stereotypes and prejudices of the media-shaped 21st century. In the context of the topic, the paper also refers to aspects of technological supervision as a form of ‘fight’ against Covid 19