COVID-19
The relation between media consumption and misinformation at the outset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the US
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Dolores Albarracín
A US national probability-based survey during the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 spread in the US showed that, above and beyond respondents’ political party, mainstream broadcast media use (e.g., NBC News) correlated with accurate information about the disease’s lethality, and mainstream print media use (e.g.,
COVID-19
Using misinformation as a political weapon: COVID-19 and Bolsonaro in Brazil
Julie Ricard and Juliano Medeiros
With over 30,000 confirmed cases, Brazil is currently the country most affected by COVID-19 in Latin America, and ranked 12th worldwide (John Hopkins University & Medicine, 2020). Despite all evidence, a strong rhetoric undermining risks associated to COVID-19 has been endorsed at the highest levels of the Brazilian government, making President Jair Bolsonaro the leader of the “coronavirus-denial movement” (Friedman, 2020.