7th September Kate Hannah The Spinoff @TheSpinoffTV Together with colleagues on The Disinformation Project, Kate Hannah has been studying the vectors and … Read More
INGSA/Koi Tū EXCLUSIVE COVID-19 is the perfect storm for Science Communication, combining urgency, fast-evolving information, a high level of uncertainty, and truly global scope. What is the role, risks and pitfalls for Communication during the crisis
14th May 2020 Jacqueline Malaret and John Chrobak @DFRLab Medium Numerous governments, some democratic, have capitalized on the COVID-19 infodemic to … Read More
26th April 2020 Tanja Traxler, David Rennert, Klaus Taschwer, Peter Illetschko Der Standard In Zeiten der Pandemie brauchen Regierungen … Read More
In the midst of the COVID-19 “infodemic,” efforts to counter misinformation by narrowly focusing on “accuracy” and “the facts” are likely to backfire. Scientists, policy-makers, and journalists must equally attend to social values and scientific uncertainties.… Read More
While countries have different governance mechanism, it was found that a few governance decisions in respective countries made a difference, along with strong community solidarity and community behavior.… Read More
12th April 2020 Sylvia Richardson and David Spiegelhalter on The Guardian Sylvia Richardson, director, MRC Biostatistics Unit; David Spiegelhalter, chairman, Winton … Read More
25th March 2020 apolitical.co @apoliticalco When pandemics like the coronavirus (COVID-19) strike, authorities and governments are often fighting on two … Read More
We all know the risk of crying wolf: if we do it too often then people will stop believing us. As a result, risk communicators must not cry wolf too often—but not too rarely either.
This is a probable reason for the reluctance of the WHO to declare a pandemic when it appeared clear to many of us that the new virus was both severe and spreading to far-away places… Read More
“We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic”, said WHO Director–General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Munich Security Conference on 15 February 2020. WHO Information Network for Epidemics (EPI-WIN) was launched as a new information platform after WHO declared COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The goal was to share customized information with specific target groups… Read More
