#Infodemic

Dear Pandemic

DearPandemic

1/ Q: So the CDC just released data that said 94% of U.S. COVID-19 deaths had underlying medical conditions?A: FALSE.We’ve heard this interpretation is making the rounds, but it’s just

Damon Kiesow

dkiesow

Let’s talk about media literacy for just a sec. First, read the attached tweet - responding to the Wired reporter who wrote that no, there is no evidence that Tuscaloosa

Jaraparilla

jaraparilla

Another appalling @RealDonaldTrump presser. He says he hasn’t seen a recent study that said coronavirus patients taking hydroxychloroquine had higher death rates. Why not? Surely SOMEBODY around him should be

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

TRUMP IS THE TOP MISINFORMATION source on #COVID19. @Cornell researchers analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-media. Trump made up nearly 38% of overall “misinformation conversation,” making Trump

Sara Chang

ChangSara

1/5 I’ve been tracking #COVID19 data in #Lebanon for 5 months now. It’s been enlightening, rewarding, & frustrating, & the response from community members, journalists, & academics has surprised me.

Forum @ NED

ThinkDemocracy

The #COVID19 pandemic has revealed how actors in the information space respond to times of crisis. We asked five leading experts for their insights into what the present crisis reveals

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Unqualified self-promoters jumped to exploit the inherent uncertainty in scientific research to pretend at prophecy, that scientists were wrong and they were right because they plowed ahead, unhindered by uncertainty,

Oni #BraylaStone Blackstock

DrOniBee

A recent poll showed that “22% of white and Latino respondents and 42% of Black respondents said they agreed with this statement:“The coronavirus is being used to force a dangerous

WBUR

WBUR

LIVE AT 6 P. M.:How do we stay on top of the truth when we’re learning new things about #COVID19 daily? @Endless_Thread’s @TheBrockJohnson & @amorymusic speak to @BostonJoan & @EpiRen

Critical Sway

CriticalSway

In a few days, officials from your country are meeting to discuss a "Pandemic Treaty".A draft proposal sits before the WHO in Geneva. 56 pages of acronyms, obscure references &

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Communications research has much to offer during the coronavirus crisis. But are we offering it? Short piece on how invisible media+communications research seem to be even as societies struggles w/understanding

🔬Samantha Yammine, PhD (aka Science Sam)

heysciencesam

“The “expert view” vs “the misinformation” is a false dichotomy.It can be tempting to offer only certainty in times of crisis — but part of being an expert is knowing

Steve Katz

steve_katz

From the @nytimes editorial today on what the feds must do: "What’s needed is a blank-check promise to provide the money necessary for employers to pay workers." Organized philanthropy has

Neal Haddaway

nealhaddaway

Check out our new paper on the need for better understanding of academic searching: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jrsm.1457#InformationRetrieval #MedLibs #EvidenceSynthesisA thread with our key points... (1/20) We agree with o

RRI Tools

RRITools

Several projects & initiatives have been launched to study how #COVID19 is affecting people, either through in-depth interviews or surveysWe tried to collect some outstanding examples, in case you are

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

People who disagree with my take on (hydroxychloroquine/masks/Trump/whatever) looooove quote tweeting this back at me, presumably to underscore that I was WRONG and lack credibility. So I’d like to take