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UnavailableInfectious, Pt. 3: Going Viral
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Infectious, Pt. 3: Going Viral

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Infectious, Pt. 3: Going Viral

FromEndless Thread

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

You can’t tell the story of today’s anti-vaccine — or “vaccine hesitant”— movement without telling a story of technology and social media. Part 3 of our "Infectious" series looks at the spread of anti-vaccine messaging online and how the Internet and social media have made it possible for vaccine-related misinformation and hoaxes to reach further and faster than ever before.
Released:
May 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (20)

The front page of the Internet--also known as Reddit--is making noise. Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the site's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities, collaborating with Reddit's 330 million users and over 140 thousand communities to find all kinds of jaw-dropping narratives. A collaboration between WBUR and Reddit.