For our final Mis/Disinformation report in this format, we look into social media conversationsfrom two platforms – Facebook and Twitter – beginning from late-February into mid-March.Conversations were largely driven by the developments in the Ukraine/Russia War,developments around the Pfizer vaccine, mistrust about vaccine effectiveness and generalconfusion Read full report
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversations from two platforms –Facebook and Twitter. Conversations were largely driven by developments in vaccine mandatesand regulations, unverified claims which lead to misinformation, conspiracy theories and fear. Read full report
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversations from two platforms – Facebook over the last month and Twitter over the last week. Conversations relative to the vaccine seem to be largely driven by mistrust, misinformation, and fear. Read full report
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversation driven by:controversies around vaccine mandates and rhetoric that attempts to deter people from gettingvaccinated. Read full report
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenlargely by fringe conspiracy theories. Read full report
Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency Read full report
As company pursues growth on continent, it stands accused of not putting enough money into moderating content Read full article
Here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak: Watch full video
This Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report looks into the last four weeks of social mediaconversations. These were driven by: conspiracy theories, ways to apparently cleanse oneselfof the vaccine, vaccine mandate controversies, and questions about the vaccine’s effectiveness. Read full report
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenby Ramaphosa’s positive COVID-19 test result, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine skepticism,frustrations related to inequality, and uncertainty regarding the Omicron variant. Read full report
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