Objectivity in the historiography of COVID-19 pandemic  

作　　者：Orhan Onder 

机构地区：[1]Department of History of Medicine and Ethics,Istanbul Medical Faculty,Istanbul University,Istanbul 34093,Turkey [2]Department of History of Medicine and Ethics,School of Medicine,Marmara University,Istanbul 34854,Turkey.

出　　处：《History & Philosophy of Medicine》2022年第3期6-8,共3页医学史与医学哲学

摘　　要：The world is facing a once-in-a-lifetime situation:the COVID-19 pandemic.During the pandemic,the World Health Organization announced an infodemic as well.This infodemic caused infollution and sparked many controversies.Pandemics as extraordinary occurrences are always attractive to historians.However,infodemics and biased information threaten objective history-writing.Objectivity as it regards historians is already a much-discussed subject.In this commentary,the fundamental theories about objectivity are delineated.Second,the relationship between the infodemic and COVID-19 pandemic is explained.Lastly,the problems regarding objectivity in the historiography of the COVID-19 pandemic are explored.

关 键 词：COVID-19 PANDEMIC infodemic HISTORIOGRAPHY OBJECTIVITY fake news 

分 类 号：O35[理学—流体力学]