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The internet, and especially social media, offers a space for everyone from experts to quacks to have their say on emotive, controversial issues like vaccinations. This has blurred the lines between fact and opinion, making it difficult to tell whether information is credible or not. Marina Joubert and Francois van Schalkwyk explain how this has empowered the anti-vaccine movement.
As Americans come to terms with the extent of Russian disinformation efforts in the U.S., it’s important to remember that this is a global campaign. Arabic scholar Nathaniel Greenberg explains what’s happening in Egyptian media – and it looks familiar.
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Vaccines are an important health intervention.
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Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University; Francois van Schalkwyk, Stellenbosch University
Effective communication strategies will be crucial if scientists want to counter the worrying anti-vaccination trend.
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The presidents of Russia and Egypt.
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Nathaniel Greenberg, George Mason University
Russia's efforts to sow discord, discontent and chaos extend far beyond the US, including into leading media outlets in the Arab world.
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Arts + Culture
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Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg
Nigerian poets and novelists have compared the Igbo massacres in the 60s to the Holocaust as a way to drive international attention to the atrocities.
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Carla Tsampiras, University of Cape Town; Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, University of the Witwatersrand
Medical and Health Humanities conversations and collaborations about health are growing and gaining momentum in Africa.
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Politics + Society
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Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
Mugabe is gone, but chaos reigns.
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Jamie S. Davidson, National University of Singapore
Even though almost impossible to achieve, the goal of national rice self-sufficiency remains deeply ingrained in Indonesia's national psyche.
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