Research by Professor Ghose and graduate students maps the harm of COVID-19 misinformation on social media

The research of Professor Rina Ghose and graduate students Amir Forati and Rachel Hansen was recently featured in the UWM Report and a WUWM podcast. Their research found a direct correlation between locations where Twitter misinformation originated and subsequent spikes in COVID-19 infections and deaths in those areas weeks later.

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