According to zhejiang Rumor refuting platform, on April 23, pictures and video information about "Hangzhou Raffles positive mother and daughter were formally arrested today" circulated on the Internet, the matter caused a huge response after the report, after official verification, it is not true information. The mother and daughter are still in isolation and the case is being further handled. The "Raffles positive mother and daughter" became a hot topic online in early April. Ning and Dang, a mother and daughter, came to Shanghai from other places on March 25, just in time for the outbreak in Shanghai, and they were isolated near the train station. On April 4, the mother and daughter left the hotel at 3 a.m. and walked to a nearby train station to buy standing room tickets to Hangzhou.
After arriving in Hangzhou at 6 am on April 4, the mother and daughter went shopping in several crowded places in the city. The mother and daughter did not wear masks during the visit. The mother and daughter were not found by staff until a little after 9 p.m.
This matter was reported, attracted numerous netizens hot discussion. And the official refuting rumors, let numerous netizens focus on "Raffles mother and daughter".
According to the public opinion report issued by Qinglang Public Opinion Monitoring system, from 0 o 'clock on April 23, 2022 to 14 o 'clock on April 25, 2022, the amount of information of "Raffles positive mother and daughter were formally arrested" in the whole network covered multiple types of websites including Internet news, wechat and Weibo at home and abroad.
During the monitoring period, a total of 1,403 pieces of relevant information (excluding comments and comments) were posted online, including 1,288 pieces on Sina Weibo. Public sentiment peaked at around 13 o 'clock on July 24 after the news of the arrest of raffles positive mother and daughter was denied.
Qinglang public opinion monitoring system also took the entire network information sentiment trend data. According to the data, the online public opinion on the raffles positive mother and daughter were officially arrested was mostly neutral. Among them, neutral information accounted for 57.59%, mainly because netizens believed that the incident was false and not worth paying too much attention. Negative messages accounted for 6.345, mainly from a small number of netizens who hoped that the rumor that "mother and daughter were arrested" was true. Since the outbreak in Shanghai, all kinds of false news have been flying in the sky.
Some time ago, it was reported that most people in Shanghai "fled" in order to "poison" everywhere. There are also sources that suspected people disguised as volunteers, provoking conflicts between Shanghai residents and outsiders, in fact, behind the "foreign forces".
For example, a video posted online claimed that Shanghai's food was not cared about even if it rotted. In fact, the owners near where the video was shot refuted the rumor, saying that the dishes were not neglected, but that there were positive cases among the sorting and packaging staff, and they needed to be screened silently. The person who shot the video just happened to come to the surrounding area on that day. Some netizens broke the news, saying that they received calls from abroad, the other party encouraged to give up the fight against the epidemic.
And the "Raffles mother and daughter were formally arrested" together with the hot search, there are "Raffles mother and daughter suspected of receiving $20,000 poisoning" and other false news.
So why do sensational "insider" stories spread on the Internet during the epidemic? Some people boil conspiracy theories down to "the malevolent speculation of the weak." But the more fundamental reason is that conspiracy theories don't need evidence. First, sudden crisis events often cause widespread public anxiety. The panic that many people feel in the face of the outbreak, coupled with the economic damage caused by measures such as lockdown, has also added to public anxiety.
Second, psychologically speaking, people's perception of events more blurred, the demand for information, the more intense, if the sudden or complexity of the event itself lead to the audience the information is missing, at the same time, the official explanation lag or not clear, so the claims caused by the mysterious power in the presence of the conspiracy theory can "just right" to be accepted, To fill the void of information.
As in the case of raffles, it is not clear whether the mother and daughter knew they were positive or how they bought tickets for the train. Therefore, the public will find a "suitable" excuse for the mother and daughter's behavior. The excuse does not hold water, but it satisfies people's curiosity and is a breeding ground for rumors.
Finally, when an emergency has an impact on public life and order, many people will constantly get the latest news through the Internet and other media. However, when faced with massive amounts of information, most people tend to lose their sense of authenticity, which also gives rise to rumors.
Rumors are false information, and these false information will have a great impact on people's psychology and social order. So, when we are faced with specious information, we should remain calm and believe in rumors.