Project "Science Journalism in The Infodemic" is featured on UAL's official website
MA Media, Communications and Critical Practice graduate featured on WIRED Japan
The global pandemic has made a profound impact on the personal, the public and the political. In addition to affecting the ways in which we work, live and connect with each other, Covid-19 has also catalysed conversations across wider society, resulting in huge shifts in both public opinion and behaviours.
One of the most prominent contemporary issues highlighted by the pandemic involves the proliferation of information. As audiences gain access to more channels and forms of media than ever before, the sheer volume of content disseminated by a range of conflicting sources has resulted in an ‘infodemic’, where unverified conjecture can be easily communicated and shared as fact.
Recent MA Media, Communications and Critical Practice graduate at London College of Communication (LCC), Akihiko Mori, is a science journalist and media researcher based in Kyoto. With an interest in the ‘collision’ between emerging technology and humanity, he chose to develop his Master’s dissertation in response to the issues of the current climate, asking: ‘What opportunities and challenges does the Covid-19 infodemic pose to science journalism?’