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march, 2022

sun13mar11:00 am12:00 pmRecorded WebinarVirtual EventThe COVID infodemic: The rise of fearmongering through fake news.11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online

Time

(Sunday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

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Topic

  • The webinar focuses on how various important stakeholders are trying to assuage fears and ensure that Indians get authentic information.
  • Understanding the threat that fake news poses to the society 
  • The pandemic saw the rise of a wide variety of fake news categories including promotion of homemade remedies to cure COVID, false reporting on the number of cases and deaths and vaccine conspiracy theories. The webinar will discuss on how to deal with this rising menace of fake news.  
  • Several factors have been implicated in the spread of fake news, such as political polarization, post-truth politics, motivated reasoning, confirmation bias, and social media algorithms. How can one reduce the spread of such news?

Speakers

Shivnath Thukral Public Policy Director at WhatsApp Inc. India

Dr Chandrakant Lahariya Public Policy and Health Systems Expert

Dr Gagandeep Kang virologist and professor in CMC Vellore

Organizer

Timestreamtimestream@timesgroup.com

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