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Moral contentions in the COVID-19 discourses: a qualitative content analysis of Moral Key Terms in Swiss public discourses
Moral Key Terms (MKTs) have been used in public discourses to challenge or support efforts to manage COVID-19. We developed four themes that illustrate this through a theory-driven qualitative content analysis of a dataset consisting of newspaper articles, social media posts, and responses from the online platform PubliCo. MKTs were used to contend how democratic…
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Why ethics in social listening and infodemic management matters for public health
In a time where mis/disinformation continues to shape public discourse and influence policy decisions, the need for effective and ethical infodemic management has never been more pressing. In this context, and against the backdrop of recent health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the mpox epidemic, along with a rapidly evolving information ecosystem shaped…
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Digital Democracy and Emergency Preparedness: Engaging the Public in Public Health
The intersection of digital technology and democratic processes presents a transformative avenue for enhancing public health responses during health emergencies. This special issue, titled “Digital Democracy and Emergency Preparedness: Engaging the Public in Public Health,” explores how digital platforms and democratic engagement can work together to strengthen EP (emergency preparedness) and response mechanisms. The advent…
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Soliciting Diaries for “Real-Time” Insights Into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Methodological Reflections on Using Digital Technologies to Engage the Public
Objectives: To discuss the opportunities and challenges of the qualitative solicited diary approach using digital technologies as an innovative way to access insights into people’s lives and their unique stories in times of COVID-19-related social distancing in Switzerland. Methods: This case study provides reflective arguments from a social science perspective for the selection of different (digital) diary…
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Ethical Considerations in Infodemic Management: Systematic Scoping Review
Background: During health emergencies, effective infodemic management has become a paramount challenge. A new era marked by a rapidly changing information ecosystem, combined with the widespread dissemination of misinformation and disinformation, has magnified the complexity of the issue. For infodemic management measures to be effective, acceptable, and trustworthy, a robust framework of ethical considerations is…
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Beyond Trade-Offs: Autonomy, Effectiveness, Fairness, and Normativity in Risk and Crisis Communication
This paper addresses the critiques based on trade-offs and normativity presented in response to our target article proposing the Public Health Emergency Risk and Crisis Communication (PHERCC) framework. These critiques highlight the ethical dilemmas in crisis communication, particularly the balance between promoting public autonomy through transparent information and the potential stigmatization of specific population groups,…
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The PHERCC matrix. An ethical framework for planning, governing, and evaluating Risk and Crisis Communication in the context of Public Health Emergencies @ EACME 2023
Risk and crisis communication (RCC) is a current ethical issue subject to controversy, mainly due to the tension between individual liberty (a core component of fairness) and effectiveness. In this presentation, based on a paper published in the American Journal of Bioethics, we propose a consistent definition of the RCC process in public health emergencies…
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Development of an Ethical Framework for Infodemic Management @ WHO CC meeting Rome 2023
I presented these slides at the14th Annual Meeting of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics (Rome 2023). Related resources The OSF repository: https://osf.io/28d73/The RevMaster GitHub code: https://github.com/that-ugly-cat/revmaster The RevMaster assessment (ongoing): https://that-ugly-cat-revbaster-base-revmaster-scfm1v.streamlit.app/
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The PHERCC Matrix. An Ethical Framework for Planning, Governing, and Evaluating Risk and Crisis Communication in the Context of Public Health Emergencies
Risk and crisis communication (RCC) is a current ethical issue subject to controversy, mainly due to the tension between individual liberty (a core component of fairness) and effectiveness. In this paper we propose a consistent definition of the RCC process in public health emergencies (PHERCC), which comprises six key elements: evidence, initiator, channel, publics, message,…
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WHO Expert Group on Ethical considerations on social listening and infodemic management
Scope The WHO expert group on ethical considerations of social listening and infodemic management (EG) will advise WHO in producing guidance and related tools with respect to the ethical principles associated with social listening and other related infodemic management activities during health emergencies. In particular, the objectives of the EG on ethical considerations of social listening and infodemic…
