Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19
Digital media, while opening a vast array of avenues for lay people to effectively engage with news, information and debates about important science and health issues, have become a fertile land for various stakeholders to spread misinformation and disinformation, stimulate uncivil discussions and e...
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| description | Digital media, while opening a vast array of avenues for lay people to effectively engage with news, information and debates about important science and health issues, have become a fertile land for various stakeholders to spread misinformation and disinformation, stimulate uncivil discussions and engender ill-informed, dangerous public decisions. Recent developments of the Covid-19 infodemic might just be the tipping point of a process that has been long simmering in controversial areas of health and science (e.g., climate-change denial, anti-vaccination, anti-5G, Flat Earth doctrines). We bring together a wide range of fresh data and perspectives from four continents to help media scholars, journalists, science communicators, scientists, health professionals and policy-makers to better undersand these developments and what can be done to mitigate their impacts on public engagement with health and science controversies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9922cdd7fe9743fbb630af5a684d59cb2022-12-22T00:51:59ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392020-06-018232332810.17645/mac.v8i2.33521474Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19An Nguyen0Daniel Catalan-Matamoros1Department of Communication and Journalism, Bournemouth University, UKDepartment of Communication Studies, University Carlos III of Madrid, SpainDigital media, while opening a vast array of avenues for lay people to effectively engage with news, information and debates about important science and health issues, have become a fertile land for various stakeholders to spread misinformation and disinformation, stimulate uncivil discussions and engender ill-informed, dangerous public decisions. Recent developments of the Covid-19 infodemic might just be the tipping point of a process that has been long simmering in controversial areas of health and science (e.g., climate-change denial, anti-vaccination, anti-5G, Flat Earth doctrines). We bring together a wide range of fresh data and perspectives from four continents to help media scholars, journalists, science communicators, scientists, health professionals and policy-makers to better undersand these developments and what can be done to mitigate their impacts on public engagement with health and science controversies.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3352anti-5ganti-vaccinationcovid-19conspiracy theoriesdisinformationhealh controversiesinfodemicmisinformationscience controversies |
| spellingShingle | An Nguyen Daniel Catalan-Matamoros Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19 Media and Communication anti-5g anti-vaccination covid-19 conspiracy theories disinformation healh controversies infodemic misinformation science controversies |
| title | Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19 |
| title_full | Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19 |
| title_fullStr | Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19 |
| title_short | Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19 |
| title_sort | digital mis disinformation and public engagment with health and science controversies fresh perspectives from covid 19 |
| topic | anti-5g anti-vaccination covid-19 conspiracy theories disinformation healh controversies infodemic misinformation science controversies |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3352 |
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