Covid-19 and the Global Crisis of Information: an Introduction

This chapter sets the direction of volume analysis. The purpose of the volume is to pull off the construction of information processes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The book examines how the different actors, whether governments, public health authorities, the media and citizens have managed this public health crisis coupled with a communication crisis. To do this, we apply a nested case study methodology. Three geographical contexts were selected: Europe, Canada and Mexico and for each of them two dimensions were analyzed, that of public authority and that of citizens.