Implied and Explicit Information on the COVID-19 Perception in Spanish, German, and Russian Social Media ; Información implícita y explícita en la percepción del covid-19 en los medios de comunicación social en español, alemán y ruso ; Informação implícita e explícita na percepção da covid-19 nos meios de comunicação social em espanhol, alemão e russo

The COVID-19 pandemic radically changed people’s lives and the state of affairs in all spheres of life and transformed environmental ideas, social problems at the micro and macroeconomic levels, and the market mechanism to maintain economic justice. The pandemic consequences have exacerbated individualism, intersectionality, diversity, and inclusiveness issues. Disproportionate risks and worsened outlooks have been observed for socially and economically vulnerable groups. The present cross-cultural study discusses the content of social media on the COVID-19 perception by Spanish, German, and Russian-speaking actors, applying a multimodal approach and using neural network technologies and text analyses. The data analysis made it possible to identify common and distinctive features of communicative actors’ perception of various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the identity of explicitly expressed issues, the implicit information for the three types of users was significantly different, reflected in the dissimilar course and evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, shedding light on their cultural and political reasons. ; La pandemia de covid-19 cambió radicalmente la vida de las personas, pero también el estado de cosas establecido en todas las esferas de la vida. Transformó las ideas medioambientales, los problemas sociales a nivel micro y microeconómico y el mecanismo de mercado para mantener la justicia económica. Las consecuencias de la pandemia han agudizado los problemas de individualismo, interseccionalidad, diversidad, inclusividad, etc. Se observaron riesgos desproporcionados y perspectivas empeoradas para los grupos social y económicamente vulnerables. En este estudio transcultural se analizó el contenido de las redes sociales, aplicando un enfoque multimodal y recurriendo a tecnologías de redes neuronales y a diferentes tipos de análisis de texto sobre la percepción del covid-19 producidos por los actores de habla hispana, alemana y rusa. El análisis de los datos permitió identificar ...