Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus

Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus, features Kelly Born, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center, in conversation with Professor David Broniatowski, from George Washington University, Professor Kathleen M. Carley, from Carnegie Mellon University, and Professor Jacob N. Shapiro, from Princeton University. Professor Broniatowski discusses the results of new studies regarding bots and trolls in the vaccine debate, as well as what makes messages go viral from the standpoint of Fuzzy Trace Theory. Professor Carley explores how information moves from country to country, with a look at both the differences in who is broadcasting certain types of disinformation and the role bots play in the spread. Professor Shapiro speaks to trends and themes we are seeing in coronavirus disinformation narratives and in news reporting on COVID-related misinformation.