The Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and Society
Daiva Repečkaitė and Eva von Schaper
47 episodes
3 weeks ago
A podcast that explores the intersection of anti-vaccine beliefs, technology, and politics. We report on how misinformation, disinformation, and fake news are constructed and how they spread. We talk to researchers to find out how serious the threat of disinformation is, and how politics and politicians use antivaxx-views to score points with voters. We look for examples of people who successfully navigate misinformation. The show is hosted by Eva von Schaper and Daiva Repeckaite, journalists with two decades of reporting experience between them. You can sign up for our weekly newsletter, Inoculated, at www.theinoculation.com. Transcripts are available at www.theinoculation.com.How vaccination went from being a question of science to a question of beliefs and how this change will shape our future. Follow The Inoculation on Twitter at @TInoculation
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A podcast that explores the intersection of anti-vaccine beliefs, technology, and politics. We report on how misinformation, disinformation, and fake news are constructed and how they spread. We talk to researchers to find out how serious the threat of disinformation is, and how politics and politicians use antivaxx-views to score points with voters. We look for examples of people who successfully navigate misinformation. The show is hosted by Eva von Schaper and Daiva Repeckaite, journalists with two decades of reporting experience between them. You can sign up for our weekly newsletter, Inoculated, at www.theinoculation.com. Transcripts are available at www.theinoculation.com.How vaccination went from being a question of science to a question of beliefs and how this change will shape our future. Follow The Inoculation on Twitter at @TInoculation
How Russia Exploits Antivaxx Sentiment to Spread Energy Disinformation
The Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and Society
26 minutes
3 years ago
How Russia Exploits Antivaxx Sentiment to Spread Energy Disinformation
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
The Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and Society
A podcast that explores the intersection of anti-vaccine beliefs, technology, and politics. We report on how misinformation, disinformation, and fake news are constructed and how they spread. We talk to researchers to find out how serious the threat of disinformation is, and how politics and politicians use antivaxx-views to score points with voters. We look for examples of people who successfully navigate misinformation. The show is hosted by Eva von Schaper and Daiva Repeckaite, journalists with two decades of reporting experience between them. You can sign up for our weekly newsletter, Inoculated, at www.theinoculation.com. Transcripts are available at www.theinoculation.com.How vaccination went from being a question of science to a question of beliefs and how this change will shape our future. Follow The Inoculation on Twitter at @TInoculation
