Description of impact *
I am working with the WHO's Infodemic Management team on projects related to young people, social media, and health misinformation. To date, these have included the following:1. Policy brief on Young People and the Infodemic (under internal review)
2. Framework & Toolkit for Analysing Youth Interactions online (under review)
3. Textbook chapter on Ethics in Infodemic Management (under review)
4. Lectures for WHO Global Infodemic Management Training in 2020 and 2021(on my research with young people, and on ethical considerations in infodemic management design. )
5. Panel for Global Health Literacy Summit (on information overload--forthcoming, Oct 4 2021)
6. Presentation for Global Health Literacy Summit (title: The Case for Teaching Influence Literacy--forthcoming, Oct 5, 2021)7.
| Impact date | 1 Sept 2020 → 1 Sept 2023 |
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| Category of impact | Policy impacts, Health impacts, Technology impacts |
| Impact level | Emerging (pre) |
Related content
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Activities
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Tular Nalar Keynote: Let's Talk about Influence Literacy
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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World Health Organization (WHO) Committee to Study the Global Burden of the Infodemic. (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Nothing About Us, Without Us: Research Ethics for Infodemic Activists
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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SBCC Summit Training Intensive: Empowering Teens to Investigate Pressing Social Issues and Advocate for Change
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Young People & the Infodemic
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Global Health Literacy Summit Presentation: Introducing Influence Literacy
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Global Health Literacy Summit Presentation: When Good Information Goes Bad--Managing Information Overload at the WHO's First Global Infodemic Management Training
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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AoIR Roundtable: Building (And Burning) Bridges: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Research Partnerships With Government And Nongovernment Organisations And Industry
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Group for Ethics of Social Listening and Infodemic Management (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Ethics in Planning Interventions in Infodemic Research Management
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Research Outputs
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Policy brief: young people and the infodemic
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Internal Report: First WHO Infodemic Manager Training: Evaluation of the Design and Implementation of a Global Copresence-Based Training to Strengthen COVID-19 Infodemic Response in Countries
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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People's experience of information overload and its impact on infodemic harms
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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WHO Toolkit for Rapid Community Online Interaction Analysis: (Young People edition)
Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
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Projects
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Expert advisor: Young people, social media use, and infodemic management.
Project: Consultancy
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Papers on First WHO Infodemic Manager Training
Project: Consultancy
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WHO Toolkit: Analysing online interactions and trends on youth-favoured platforms
Project: Consultancy
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Impacts
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Senior Expert Advisor, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)--ongoing
Impact: Health impacts, Policy impacts, Technology impacts, Society impacts