The Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and Society
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The prospect of a cold winter makes energy a hot topic in Europe. Russia, aiming to chip away at Western support for Ukraine, has an interest in stoking people’s fears. And where does Russia find enthusiastic supporters? You guessed it — among public health skeptics.
This is the first episode of our 4th season, in which we will focus on Germany and the ways various health, energy and climate conspiracies link up there. For this episode we talked to GMFUS’s Bret Schafer and Kristine Berzina to learn about how Russia goes about shaping public opinion abroad.
Here are some of the information sources used for this episode:
Polling Nordstream 2: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1282647/umfrage/festhalten-am-projekt-nord-stream2/
Germans’ opinion now: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Mehrheit-ist-gegen-Offnung-von-Nord-Stream-2-article23536541.html
Share of Russian gas in Europe: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201743/russian-gas-dependence-in-europe-by-country/
Dependency on Russia:
https://www.statista.com/chart/26768/dependence-on-russian-gas-by-european-country/
Russian gas reserves: https://www.statista.com/topics/6207/russian-natural-gas-industry/#dossierKeyfigures
Imports: https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/russian-gas-imports-in-the-eu-threat-or-a-chance.html
and: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/business/russia-gas-europe.html
How Russia cut gas supplies: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60131520
Our earlier episodes:
Episode 25 - Are Antivaxxers More Likely to be Pro-Putin?
Episode 21 - The Falsehood Firehose: How Russian Disinformation Actors Spread Propaganda
Episode 18 - How Anti-Vaccination Movements Pull Parents In
Episode 17 - Fight Against Vaccine, Climate Disinformation Linked: Expert
Episode 11 - Social Media, Russia, Disinformation -- GMFUS' Bret Shafer
Episode 10 - 'Superspreaders of Malign' -- Disinformation Expert Miriam Matthews Talks About Russian Information Manipulation
Portugal: Is Europe’s Vaccine Hero Losing Its “Special Balance”, Allowing Right-Wing Parties to Flourish?
The French Elections are Coming up. Right-Wing Politicians Are Dominating the Vaccine Debate on Twitter.
The Falsehood Firehose: How Russian Disinformation Actors Spread Propaganda
Will Super-Powerful Artificial Intelligence Turbocharge Disinformation? Episode 22
Spotify, Disinformation and Joe Rogan – Disinformation on Social Audio, Podcasts
How Anti-Vaccination Movements Pull Parents In
Happy holidays – new season – coming up in January: how people get pulled into anti-vaccination movements
Romania‘s Covid Jab Lag: a Country Trapped in Mistrust, Faulty Infrastructure and Trauma (Episode 19)
Fight Against Vaccine, Climate Disinformation Linked: Expert
How A WhatsApp-based Immigrant News Service Tackles Spanish-language Misinformation in Peru
How Malta Beat Vaccine Disinformation and Hesitancy to Become a COVID-19 Overachiever
Who Believes Misinformation? Are Liberals More Susceptible?
How Anti-Vaccination Movements Make Money and Serve Hostile Actors
The Inoculation’s September Round-Up:Vaccine Mandates, Idar Oberstein Mask-Murder And More
Mandatory vaccination: Can it backfire?
Social Media, Russia, Disinformation -- GMFUS' Bret Shafer talks to The Inoculation
‘Superspreaders of Malign‘ -- Disinformation Expert Miriam Matthews Talks About Russian Information Manipulation
Disinformation in Spain, Heidi Larson, Social Media and EU Vaccine Hesitancy: The Inoculation’s Press Review
Russian Vaccine Disinformation and the Collapse of Slovakia's Government
On the Fence -- We talk to parents who are mulling vaccination
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