COVID-19 Series: When Misinformation Goes Viral
Well Rounded
English - May 18, 2020 13:00 - 40.3 MBEducation Business Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dan and Isobel talk with Renée DiResta about how (mis)information spreads online and the implications on the public understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how certain narratives “go viral” and why propaganda, pseudoscience and conspiracies sometimes thrive on the internet.
Hosts: Dan Arteaga and Isobel Rosenthal.
Guest: Renée DiResta.
Production: Lauren Tronick.
Engineering: Tommy Bazarian.
Theme Music by R.O. Shapiro and Micah Motenko.