Covid-19 Online Disinformation in Brazil

Dataset

Abstract

This is the data set of the article "The Hate Office? Bolsonaro’s Discourse and COVID-19 Online Disinformation" to soon be published by the International Journal of Communication. It consists of online social media content related to the pandemic classified as false or misleading by Aos Fatos, the leading fact-checking agency in Brazil. The sample has a total of 255 disinformation pieces named by numbers that match citations in the article.

Data Citation

Ferreira, Ricardo Ribeiro, and Alcantara, Juliana. (2023). Covid-19 Online Disinformation in Brazil, 2020 [image]. University of Edinburgh. School of Social and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/7513.
Date made available19 Sept 2023
PublisherEdinburgh DataShare
Temporal coverage1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
Geographical coverageBR,BRAZIL

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