Resources on Fact Checking COVID-19-related Misinformation
Many African fact-checking organizations have been making sure that misinformation related to COVID-19 on social media does not go unchecked. There are several very useful resources that are regularly upated with examples of inaccurate or false posts circulating on social media. Here is a rolling list of some of...
Researchers at Cardiff University find that people in the UK can spot fake news on COVID-19
Researchers at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture have found that the UK public can spot fake news about COVID-19, but but don’t realise the UK’s death toll is far higher than in many other countries. In a small-scale, exploratory study, Stephen Cushion, Nikki Soo, Maria Kyriakidou...
[Media Contribution] Chat with the China in Africa Podcast on Chinese Media, COVID-19 and Misinformation
One of the lead researchers of the Misinformation, Disinformation & False News Research Project, Dani Madrid-Morales (University of Houston), joine the China in Africa Podcast to discuss some of the strategies that Chinese media have been implementing in recent weeks to push back against prevalent narratives around COVID-19 and...
New Research Grant to Study Misinformation on COVID-19 and China in South Africa
One of the lead researchers of the Misinformation, Disinformation & False News Research Project, Herman Wasserman (University of Cape Town), has been awarded a Research Grant by South Africa’s National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Funds from this twelve-month project, that will start in April 2020, will...