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Handle With Care: Your Mask Is A Potential Covid-19 Infection Hub!
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the wearing of masks and other protective protocols have been imposed on citizens…
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Unpacking Fake News: Brief on Media Organisations in the Frontline of Combating Information Disorder in Ghana
Abstract The role of the media in informing and educating its audiences has not only been achieved through traditional reporting…
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Yes, studies support possibility of temperature as factor in transmission and spread of Covid-19
Claim: Temperature and enclosed spaces affect the transmission of coronavirus. Mostly True. Although some literature supports the claim that temperature…
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Tips for fact-checking images
One of the most common forms misinformation or disinformation come is in images. Over the years, fact-checkers have observed how…
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Fighting Misinformation on Twitter: Intricacies of Twitter’s latest pilot feature ‘Birdwatch’
The preponderant influx of misinformation on social media and its injurious effects on audiences have been a prominent drive for…
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Dealing With the New Phase Of COVID-19 Infodemic – The Vaccine Misinformation Wave
The concerted efforts by scientists and medical experts across the world in rolling out vaccines for COVID-19 has been met…
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International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize
By the International Fact-Checking Network The International Fact-Checking Network, housed at the non-profit Poynter Institute for Media Studies, has been…
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Ghana Survives a Fractious Election But Will the Centre Hold for West Africa’s Model Democracy?
Ghana’s fourth Republic plods on, jerkily, but the nation that first ushered Africa into independence and democratic rule came to…
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Fake News and Implications for Democratic Governance
Ahead of Ghana’s 2020 elections, concerns of spiraling rise of fake news and its osmotic penetration into public discourse was…
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Online shopping during the festive season: separating the real from the fake
In recent times, online shopping has gained prominence with many physical shops moving to get online presence to take advantage…
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