As the nation continues to grapple with the pandemic, we’ve also had to manage a rising “infodemic,” an overabundance of…
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Info-Deficiency in an Infodemic: The Gender Digital Gap, Arab Women and the COVID-19 Pandemic | Arab Media & Society
by Sahar Khamis & Eliza Campbell
2 days ago
This commentary tackles the complex struggles faced by Arab women, including multiple layers of invisibility, marginalization and inequality,[1] all of…
The Future of Democracy: Science, technology, and social inequality
6 days ago
How is the pandemic changing our nation’s social structures? Does access to technology change who can succeed now and in…
Young People More Likely to Believe Virus Misinformation, Study Says | The New York Times
by Adam Satariano
6 days ago
As public health officials raise alarms about surging coronavirus cases among young people, new research suggests that Americans under 25…
A 50-STATE COVID-19 SURVEY
by Matthew A. Baum, Hanyu Chwe, Roy H. Perlis, James Druckman, Jennifer Lin & Matthew Simonson
7 days ago
From August 7 to 26 a group of researchers from Northeastern University, Harvard University, Rutgers University, and Northwestern University conducted…
Why COVID-19 misinformation spread faster than pandemic in early March | Phys.org
by Stefan Stevenson
September 23, 2020
In early March, when the true scope of the coronavirus pandemic was still widely unknown to the public, misinformation was…
U.S. Public Now Divided Over Whether To Get COVID-19 Vaccine | Pew Research Center
by Alec Tyson, Courtney Johnson & Cary Funk
September 21, 2020
As efforts to develop and test a COVID-19 vaccine spur debate around the timing and release of a federally approved…
COVID-19 Conspiracies: Making Sense of a Global Pandemic | Psychology Today
by Shauna Bowes
September 21, 2020
In 2020, the world found itself in a precarious position unlike any other in the modern era. The novel coronavirus…
For COVID-19, as with everything else, Americans on the right and left live in different universes when it comes to trusting the media | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Joshua Benton
September 18, 2020
There are certain kinds of news stories that are really just iterations of an Ur-text, the defining statement about human…
Sustained Online Amplification of COVID-19 Elites in the United States | Cornell University
by Ryan J. Gallagher, Larissa Doroshenko, Sarah Shugars, David Lazer, and Brooke Foucault Welles
September 17, 2020
The ongoing, fluid nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires individuals to regularly seek information about best health practices, local community…