Riding on the heels of the vaccine rollouts, this mini-series begins to explore and investigate how institutions led to vaccine mistrust in America. It is a problem that needs to be analyzed if we hope to reach our goal of herd immunity. This podcast series is produced by Alexandra Pere, a science journalist at the University of Arizona.
Part 2 - Psychology's role in misinformation and how to be a fact-check investigator
Welcome back to (Un)Vaccinated. In this episode, we are going to analyze how psychology plays a role in the spread of misinformation and how understanding psychology can help us communicate health information in better ways. Whether it be scientists talking to the public or you, the listener, sharing information with friends or family, we can approach fact-checking through new communication methods.
We are also going to learn some ways to fact-check online content with free resources. With these tools, you can be your own fact-checker and make better decisions about who/what to trust.
Thank you to Dr. John Cook and Investigator Daniel Acosta Ramos for joining us on part 2. This podcast was created and produced by Alexandra Pere for the Daily Wildcat, UA’s award-winning student newspaper, online all the time at dailywildcat.com. Music in this episode is provided by Bensound.
Fact-checking tools and vaccine resources (hyperlinked in text):
First Draft News toolbox (https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-first-draft-toolbox-for-newsgathering-and-verification/)
The Conversation: Between Us, About Us (https://www.greaterthancovid.org/theconversation/?utm_source=betweenusaboutus.org&utm_medium=vanity%20url/)
See where online content has been shared across platforms (https://www.crowdtangle.com/resources)
My favorite extension: RevEye (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reveye-reverse-image-sear/keaaclcjhehbbapnphnmpiklalfhelgf?hl=en)
Podcast on COVID-19 Vaccines (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Yxn7kwjOsnBBoaMuLIBU1?si=8MK_T1nYTaCSgzxhk0LPwg)
Thank you for listening and follow Alex on Twitter and Instagram: @alexperepress
Or visit Alex's personal website: https://alexandrapere.wixsite.com/portfolio.
5 Apr 2021
Part 1 - American Institutions & Vaccine Misinformation
In part one, this podcast looks at deeper societal contexts for the rise in COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. On one hand, our American healthcare institution historically mistreated communities of color. This precedent helps us answer why marginalized communities are the most hesitant to get a vaccine. It is also a factor in the rise of vaccine misinformation. Institutional mistrust leads citizens to find alternative sources of health information.
But, it isn't just historical malpractice on communities of color. Vaccine misinformation is spread quickly with the help of technology and American science education hasn't prepared us for the influx of online health information. How can Americans determine what is pseudoscience if we were never taught the signs?
We interview Dr. Charles Senteio and Dr. Denise Meeks to shed light on these topics.
This podcast was created and produced by Alexandra Pere for the University of Arizona journalism school and the Daily Wildcat, UA’s award-winning student newspaper, online all the time at dailywildcat.com
Music in this episode is provided by Bensound.
1 Apr 2021
(Un)Vaccinated Trailer
Welcome to (Un)Vaccinated, a mini-series where we begin to explore and investigate how institutions, like education and healthcare, produced vaccine mistrust in American society. This mistrust intensified the online vaccine misinformation we see today. (Un)Vaccinated is meant to be a resource for listeners who are fatigued by the influx of COVID-19 content and want to learn about free resources for fact-checking vaccine information.
This podcast was created and produced by Alexandra Pere for the Daily Wildcat, UA’s award-winning student newspaper. Online all the time at dailywildcat.com (https://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/). Thank you for listening and stay tuned for the next two episodes.
Music in this series: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music)
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