Mitigating Infodemics: A Study Launched in Partnership with MCFA
The Institute of Media Research and Training in the Lebanese American University has launched a quantitative study “Mitigating Infodemics” examining the patterns of media and information uses in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic on 30 June 2020 at LAU’s Irwin Theater in Beirut. A number of academics participated in this study, which its results have been released in a report, as follows, Dean of Faculty of Mass Communication and Fine Arts, Al-Maaref University, Dr. Ali El-Takach IMRT’s Director, LAU, Dr. Jad Melki Head of Emergency Medicine Department, AUB, Dr. Eveline Hitti Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Corporate Communication, Lebanese University, Dr. Mirna Abou Zeid.
Access the study here.