Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19

Nguyen, An; Catalan-Matamoros, Daniel

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%T Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19
%A Nguyen, An
%A Catalan-Matamoros, Daniel
%J Media and Communication
%N 2
%P 323-328
%V 8
%D 2020
%K COVID-19; Coronavirus; anti-5G; anti-vaccination; conspiracy theories; healh controversies; infodemic; misinformation; science controversies
%@ 2183-2439
%U https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3352
%X 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 understand these developments and what can be done to mitigate their impacts on public engagement with health and science controversies.
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