Department of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Commentary
Rethinking the Internet as an Institution: Shifting Our Ideas about the Digital to Combat Medical Disinformation and Distrust
Author(s): Gina Marie Longo*
Despite the medical community’s attempts to provide sound information and research to the public, medical disinformation and anti-
science sentiments continue to spread at alarming rates. We must rethink our strategies and approaches to combat these problems successfully. The author recommends a first step: reconceptualizing the Internet as an institution to center it more prominently in medical research and reassessing how patients and providers interact in digital spaces... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2322-3308-23.12.3.004
