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The Skeptic’s Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media. Episode 8, The Media and the Internet

2020
Computer Files, Websites

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You’d never believe people who told you they lived off air only, never eating. Yet one “Breatharian” couple received widespread media coverage on the internet, broadcast sites, and in print. Why are we so gullible? Learn how to think like a skeptic when reading news in any medium, remembering that while internet “clickbait” races continue to be faster and faster, real science is slow and steady.
Author:
Benaroch, Roy, film directorThe Great Courses (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2019.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2019.In English
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
427712
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