In 2014, a deadly Ebola virus outbreak caught the world’s attention. At the height of this crisis, future president of the United States, Donald Trump, tweeted about Ebola’s threat to Americans.Throughout the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the vibrant nature of, and public familiarity with, apocalyptic frames allowed the rhetoric of social media users, like Trump, to constitute an apocalyptic counterpublic where unsubstantiated claims increased public panic in the United States. This article demonstrates that health crises, like the 2014 Ebola outbreak, can be exaggerated through communication from traditional media, government institutions, and social media.

中文翻译：

---

唐纳德特朗普在推特上发布了 2014 年埃博拉疫情：世界末日反公众言论的传染性和夸大健康危机的构成

2014 年，致命的埃博拉病毒爆发引起了全世界的关注。在这场危机最严重的时候，未来的美国总统唐纳德特朗普在推特上发布了埃博拉对美国人的威胁。 在 2014 年埃博拉爆发期间，世界末日框架的活跃性质和公众对世界末日框架的熟悉允许社交媒体用户发表言论，像特朗普一样，构成一个世界末日的反公众，未经证实的说法加剧了美国的公众恐慌。本文表明，可以通过传统媒体、政府机构和社交媒体的传播来夸大健康危机，例如 2014 年的埃博拉疫情。