infodemic

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12:54 Apr 12, 2020
English to Slovak translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Journalism
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: infodemic
Definition from Wiktionary:
(n. informal) An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the solution is made more difficult.

Example sentence(s):
  • The 2019-nCoV outbreak and response has been accompanied by a massive ‘infodemic’ - an over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. World Health Organization
  • As information on the virus deluges traditional and social media, the WHO warns that societies around the world are facing an “infodemic”—an “overabundance” of information that makes it difficult for people to identify truthful and trustworthy sources from false or misleading ones. Atlantic Council
  • The part of his speech that made me sit up, though, was this: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous.” The Guardian
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5 +1infodémia or „infodémia“
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infodémia or „infodémia“


Definition from Weekly Týždeň:
Svetová zdravotnícka organizácia (WHO) vyjadrila v nedeľu znepokojenie z „masívnej infodémie“, teda záplavy informácií o novom koronavíruse 2019-nCoV.

Example sentence(s):
  • Pandémiu podľa Klusa sprevádza infodémia od konšpirátorov. - Daily SME  
  • Popri pandémii totiž, bohužiaľ, čelíme aj niečomu, čo sme začali nazývať infodémia. - topky.sk  
  • „Infodémia“ okolo COVID-19 je pre Taliansko škodlivejšia ako samotný vírus, uviedol minister zahraničných vecí Luigi Di Maio. - Daily Hlavný denník  

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The quotation marks indicate that the term is new and not listed in an official Slovak dictionary.
Ján Ramža
Slovakia
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak

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