The other pandemic: how global leaders have failed to counter the spread of fake news and conspiracy theories about Covid-19

Bârgăoanu, Alina and Radu, Loredana (2020) The other pandemic: how global leaders have failed to counter the spread of fake news and conspiracy theories about Covid-19. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (28 Apr 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The spread of fake news and conspiracy theories has been a key concern during the Covid-19 outbreak. Drawing on survey research in Romania, Alina Bârgăoanu and Loredana Radu explain that the inability of global leaders to tackle the spread of false narratives illustrates the shift toward a so called ‘G-Zero world’, in which there is a growing vacuum in global governance.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
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:	30 Jun 2020 13:21
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105259

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