Science, misinformation and digital technology during the Covid-19 pandemic
1Departamento de Filosofía I, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. anibalmastobiza@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Three interdependent factors are behind the current Covid-19 pandemic distorted narrative: (1) science´s culture of "publish or perish", (2) misinformation spread by traditional media and social digital media and (3) distrust of technology for tracing contacts and its privacy-related issues. In this short paper, I wish to tackle how these three factors have added up to give rise to a negative public understanding of science in times of a health crisis, such as the current Covid-19 pandemic and finally, how to confront all these problems.
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