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23 September, 2022

National University of Singapore (@NUSingapore)

Organised by the LRF Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (@ipur_nus) & The Centre for Trusted Internet and Community (CTIC) (@nuscticnus)

Presenting as a guest lecturer, Prof Heidi Larson will join Lisa Robinson, Head of Advisory & Policy, BBC Media Action, to talk about ‘Rumours, myths & misinformation: Why they stick in the world today and how to shift them’.

In this seminar, Prof Larson will discuss why and how misinformation, myths and rumours proliferate and linger within society and how society can become more resilient to its negative influences.

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