In this podcast, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schüz (Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research at the University of Bremen) speaks with Rasmus, Cloes (Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)) about misinformation on the internet and associated health risks:
- What is misinformation? How does misinformation differ from disinformation and how do we recognize it?
- Psychological effects: What psychological effects does misinformation have on individual and collective behavior?
- Social media and algorithms: Why does misinformation spread so quickly and what role do social networks and their algorithms play in this?
- Strategies to combat misinformation: What measures can we take to better protect ourselves and our society from misinformation?
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Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schüz
University of Bremen
Faculty 11
Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP)
Head of the department prevention an health promotion
Benjamin.schuez@uni-bremen.de
https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/institute-of-public-health-and-nursing-research/departments-working-groups/public-health-research/prevention-and-health-promotion
