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Words matter when talking about COVID-19
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So much has been said and written about the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve been flooded with metaphors, idioms, symbols, neologisms, memes and tweets. Some have referred to this deluge of words as an infodemic.
These parameters are the lenses we look through. According to literary theorist Kenneth Burke, “terministic screens”
are defined as the language through which we perceive our reality. The screen creates meaning for us, shaping our perspective of the world and our actions within it. The language acting as a screen then determines what our mind selects and what it deflects.
This selective action has the capacity to enrage us or engage us. It can unite us or divide us, like it has during COVID-19.