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Contagion Media and COVID-19
Beyond the Hedges
English - May 26, 2020 20:55 - 48 minutes - 55.1 MBEducation lifelonglearning education rice riceuniversity Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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COVID-19 is constantly on our minds and on our screens. How has the history of contagion media shaped the way we respond to and think about pandemics like this? How do we handle the shifting paradigm of health communications in a digital age? In this episode, Kirsten Ostherr, director of Rice’s Medical Humanities Program and Medical Futures Lab, discusses representation, social media, marginalized communities and the dangers of misinformation around the global crisis.