The rule of truth: how fallacies can help stem the Covid-19 infodemic
ECarmi, E., Musi, E. & Aloumpi, M.
(8 January 2021)
The rule of truth: how fallacies can help stem the Covid-19 infodemic.
Impact of Social Sciences Blog.
Alongside COVID-19 as a viral pandemic, the World Health Organization was quick to declare COVID-19 an infodemic, a superabundance of online and offline information with the potential to undermine public health efforts. Here, Dr. Elinor Carmi, Dr. Myrto Aloumpi and Dr. Elena Musi discuss how philosophical fallacies can be instrumentalised in response to the COVID-19 infodemic and assist those coming into contact with fake news resist its rhetorical appeal.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2021 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 01 Mar 2021 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108777 |