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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 19, 2021
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In the article, HSOC associate professor Amit Prasad discusses the misinformation and conspiracies that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Amit PrasadIn the article, HSOC associate professor Amit Prasad discusses the misinformation and conspiracies that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. He argues that these conspiracies, although on the surface they seem anti-science, commonly utilize idealized constructs of science. By studying how these conspiracies are interpreted and spread, he shows, for example, that the same conspiracy was being interpreted differently by different social/racial groups.
The article, "Anti-science Misinformation and Conspiracies: COVID-19, Post-Truth, and Science & Technology Studies (STS)" is available (open-source) here.
