Timothy Caulfield
@caulfieldtim
Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and TV host. #GoScience #ScienceUpFirst
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Both vaccine hesitancy & belief in harmful bunk increasing. A big reason? Politics. And it's killing people. My NEW article: Politics & vaccine misinformation: A horrifyingly bad mix healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topic/… "As anti-vaccine movements become more mainstream in conservative
Politics and vaccine #misinformation: A horrifyingly bad mix, by Timothy Caulfield healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topic/… via Healthy Debate #vaccination #infodemic
Love this. A much needed book! And nice to see a great person (and a good friend) thrive. Thx for all you do, Dr. Jonathan N. Stea!🙏
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online? hbswk.hbs.edu/item/is-it-eve… Best to focus on the clearly harmful & hateful? Scott Kominers: "Due to human nature & the sheer amount of misinformation expressed on platforms, 'it’s not surprising that moderation has
Most Americans consume at least some local crime news — but TV news watchers probably see the most niemanlab.org/2024/09/most-a… via Nieman Lab Pop culture & news coverage a big driver of the fear of crime & belief that it is increasing. Fear exploited (and heightened) by
Key!👇 The algorithmic knowledge gap within and between countries: Implications for combatting misinformation misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-al… "Our findings indicate that algorithmic knowledge can empower social media users to combat misinformation and address social inequalities."
Want to fight misinformation? Teach people how algorithms work niemanlab.org/2024/09/want-t… via Nieman Lab "At the heart of this issue lies social media algorithms — those mysterious computational formulas that determine what content appears on our feeds." #ScienceUpFirst
Warning labels from fact checkers work—even if you don't trust them—says study phys.org/news/2024-09-f… From study: "Warning labels were on average effective at reducing belief in (27.6% reduction), and sharing of (24.7% reduction), false headlines" (by David G. Rand et al).
"The scoping review identified that misinformation significantly impacted mental health, vaccine hesitancy, & health care decision-making." A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID #Misinformation, Public Health Impacts, & Communication Strategies: jmir.org/2024/1/e56931 via JMIR Publications
Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research theconversation.com/mobile-phones-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand "No association between mobile phone use and brain cancer, or any other head or neck cancer, was found."