Global Digital Futures: Demystifying Conspiracies & Infodemics

This week, we are speaking to Samuel Olaniran, and Dr Stephanie Diepeveen, who have worked on the article, “Demystifying the COVID-19 infodemic: Conspiracies, context and the agency of users,” which has just been published in Social Media & Society. Samuel Olaniran is a PhD Candidate in the department of media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, and has lectured at Plateau State University in Nigeria. His research focuses on digital dis/misinformation, social media and politics, computational propaganda and digital culture. Dr Stephanie Diepeveen is a Research Fellow at ODI and a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, where she also obtained a PhD in Politics and International Studies. Her work focuses on the social and political implications of the increasingly digital world. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Deirbhile Ni Bhranain Editor: Eliza Bacon Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-31-demystifying-conspiracies Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: https://globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome