/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11377/all en /newsroom/channels/news/americans-are-super-spreaders-covid-19-misinformation-330229 <p>Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.648646/abstract">study</a> led by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them.</p> Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:06:04 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 258602 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/covid-19-social-media-users-more-likely-believe-false-information-323390 <p>A new study led by researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely to follow public health recommendations like social distancing.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:15:35 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 230567 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-fake-newspaper-sites-298965 <p>Two websites claiming to be the pages for newspapers located in Quebec are the latest in a series of fake sites.  The sites have extensive mastheads with staff titles, pictures and names.  Stories posted on this site are translations or rewrites of original stories posted by other media outlets.  These sites are earning revenue with little effort through Google AdSense.  <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/quebec-fake-newspapers-1.5228905?cmp=newsletter-news-digests-montreal">CBC</a></p> Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:07:05 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 183389 at /newsroom /newsroom/kimiz-dalkir Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24444 at /newsroom