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Infodemic: Global Conversations on Science and Misinformation
When Governments Ignore Science
Season 1
Episode 4
Investigate disinformation and pseudoscience propagated by governments. In India, learn about efforts to combat superstitions and black magic. In Brazil, learn how public measures against COVID, including those by the drug lords of the favelas, were more effective than the government’s.
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Two scientific risk communicators expose examples of bad science communication during crises and examine lessons in risk communication that apply to a global pandemic.
14:56
Follow two myth-busters from Italy and Germany as they reveal their scientific approaches to debunking conspiracy theories, fake news, supernatural claims, and pseudoscience.
14:33
Investigate the politicization of science across the United States and Saudi Arabia.
12:08
Explore climate action and solutions for Sudan, France and the world with journalist and climate activist Lina Yassin and climate scientist François-Marie Bréon.
16:26
Investigate the roots and repercussions of science denial, propaganda, and information suppression in the United States and China.