Publications Archive - 2021
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The Hydroxychloroquine Twitter War: A case study examining polarization in science communication
Our new study, "The Hydroxychloroquine Twitter War", found that social media debate was both highly polarized and mostly about politics. Increasingly, the spread of misinformation is about ideological flags/in-group signaling.
BMC Medical Ethics: Privacy and artificial intelligence: challenges for protecting health information in a new era
"Regulation should emphasize patient agency and consent, and should encourage increasingly sophisticated methods of data anonymization and protection."
BMJ Open: ‘Gut health’ and the microbiome in the popular press: a content analysis
Bottom line: lots of GUT HYPE and little good science. "‘Gut health’ and the microbiome in the popular press: a content analysis"
Preprint JMIR: COVID-19 and Vitamin D Misinformation on YouTube: A Content Analysis
COVID19 and Vitamin D Misinformation on YouTube.
Health and Social Care in the community: A taxonomy of risk-associated alternative health practices: A Delphi study
A need understand alternative health care "not necessarily risk-free endeavours..."
Springer: Peddling promise? An analysis of private umbilical cord blood banking company websites in Canada
Our new study found private cordblood banking companies pushed idea of high value for current future use. Websites did not typically foreground the likelihood of use (which is slight).
Facets: Let’s do better: public representations of COVID-19 science
Let’s do better: public representations of COVID19 science
Journal of Patient Safety: Compelled Disclosure of Confidential Information in Patient Safety Research
The protection of confidential research data is of key importance to clinical patient safety research.
American Public Health Association: Crowdfunding Campaigns and COVID-19 Misinformation
To understand whether and how crowdfunding campaigns are a source of COVID-19–related misinformation.
BMC Public Health: Media representations of COVID-19 public health policies: assessing the portrayal of essential health services in Canadian print media
The study assessed how the Canadian print media represented essential healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the controversial decision to include liquor and cannabis stores in essential services lists.