The Skeptic’s Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media. Episode 17, Infections in the Headlines.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 7119984 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2019Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2019.
While the media has played an important role in educating the public about hygiene and the avoidance of disease, it has also been known to spread false rumors resulting in very real health consequences. Learn what the media got right and wrong in covering the recent outbreaks of Ebola and influenza, and why we shouldn’t be skimming headlines.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English