Infodemic now: how do we know when the news is fake?

Baines, Darrin and Elliott, Robert J R (2020) Infodemic now: how do we know when the news is fake? LSE COVID-19 Blog (04 May 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbated by the infodemic that ensued – false information about the virus is spreading rapidly worldwide. But how do we know when the news is fake, ask Darrin Baines (Bournemouth University) and Rob Elliott (Birmingham Business School)?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	School of Public Policy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
Date Deposited:	11 May 2020 10:12
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:38
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104323

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