#Infodemic

Darius Kazemi

tinysubversions

Just came across a really great paper about bots and misinformation. "Middle East Twitter bots and the covid-19 infodemic", by @abulkhaezuran @nouraaljizawi at @citizenlab. I think it's a preprint?PDF: http://workshop-proceedi

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

We are all being exposed to a huge amount of #COVID19 information on a daily basis, and not all of it is reliable.Here are tips for telling the

Imran Khan

imrankhan

What if the way we think about fixing #misinformation is wrong? My team at @wellcometrust's has done some work with @shift_org.A thread on how we should look at the conditions

Sam Wineburg

samwineburg

History teachers, from high school to college: Worthwhile things to do in the history classroom, Episode #1. Assessment. I know, it’s dreaded word. Bad reputation well-deserved. 1/14 I’ve long been

Dr Kit Byatt

Laconic_doc

@bmj_latest #CovidUnknowns conference just started global comparisons- review of NZ experience by Michael Baker NZ strategy effective and preserved the economy. #covidunknowns Good science plus effective leadership are both needed

Dear Pandemic

DearPandemic

1/ In this week's Meet Those Nerdy Girls, we meet Dr. Sandra Albrecht (@S_AlbrechtPerez), PhD. Dr. Albrecht is a regular contributor here at Dear Pandemic, & is also the Editor-in-Chief

Hervé Lemahieu

HerveLemahieu

Thread. Purpose of our study is to draw out some sensible (if still early) trends from publicly-available and comparable data. And to challenge the ‘infodemic’ of narratives and counter-narratives about

Dear Pandemic

DearPandemic

1/ Q: Any “information hygiene” tips for tomorrow?A: Don’t expect resolution on election night. Fact-check (!!!). Take a purposeful pause prior to sharing information. 2/ Tomorrow’s going to be a

Thomson Reuters Foundation

TRF

We are live-tweeting from our online panel deep-diving into our report on the impact of #COVID on journalism in emerging economies and the global south. We recently released our #COVIDReport

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

INFODEMIC: So tax deadbeat Robert Mercer funds anti-science movements and lo, so does Putin.“Putin played a principal role in the spread of false information as part of his wider effort

A.M.

bhalomanush

Every media outlet is doing a best-of-list of books of 2020. It's a shame that few of them include even a SINGLE popular-science book (and NY Times has only one

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

An excellent open letter from @Stanford student @malar0ne to Dr. @MLevitt_NP2013, a leader of #COVID_disinformation:https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/12/13/dr-levitt-your-words-have-power-use-them-carefully/Few serious scientists have made

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

The Two Faces Of The US Empire"The empire needs both faces. Without the murder face, it could not exist as an empire. Without the grinning face, the public would never

Malik Khurram Khan Dehwar

KhurramDehwar

The College of Information and Cyberspace known as the "Cyber War College," at USA’s National Defense University, located on historic Fort McNair in US capital Washington DC, hosted their 7th

Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫

BostonJoan

What should we do about medical misinformation?It goes without saying that everyone who calls themselves an expert on “misinformation” is NOT a topical expert in scientific communication, nor does applying

Pramesh CS

cspramesh

The WHO’s chief scientist on a year of loss and learning https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03556-y For anyone remotely involved in healthcare, these are life lessons from @doctorsoumya. A must read.For those of you

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