Late last week, the world started to hear about a new coronavirus variant that had already started to worry scientists:…
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From COVID-19 to culture wars: The growing hostility of education politics | The Brookings Institution
3 days ago
For education policymakers, the last two years have been among the most tumultuous and challenging in U.S. history. Issue after…
Center for Media at Risk Symposium: Image-Based Abuse | Annenberg
3 days ago
Image-based abuse is a public health crisis that silences marginalized groups and degrades public discourse. Ranging across the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Why the Elderly Are More Susceptible to Social Media Misinformation | The Wire
by Mitali Mukherjee
4 days ago
Dutta (name changed) is 75 years old and lives in a middle-class residential cluster in South Delhi. Throughout, his phone…
News literacy lessons on Covid-19 misinformation | The Washington Post
by Valerie Strauss
November 19, 2021
Here is the latest installment of a weekly feature I have been running for some time on this blog —…
COVID Misinformation and How to Stop It | Syracuse University News
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley
November 19, 2021
The Surgeon General just released a toolkit to help people fight misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. It is geared specifically for…
The Mercury Project | Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
by SSRC
November 16, 2021
The Mercury Project is a global consortium of researchers dedicated to combating the impacts of mis- and disinformation on public…
Covid-19 Misinformation Goes Unchecked on Radio and Podcasts | The New York Times
by Tiffany Hsu and Marc Tracy
November 15, 2021
On a recent episode of his podcast, Rick Wiles, a pastor and self-described “citizen reporter,” endorsed a conspiracy theory: that…
TikTok and Instagram campaign aims to tackle Covid jab misinformation | BBC News
by BBC News
November 15, 2021
A campaign to tackle false information around Covid-19 vaccines for youngsters aged 12 to 15 has been launched on TikTok…
COVID Misinformation Plagues California’s Indigenous Speakers | North Coast Journal
by Hannah Getahun
November 12, 2021
Ismael Patia and his family arrived at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in downtown Fresno on a recent Saturday afternoon. His…