{"647462":{"#nid":"647462","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Associate Professor Amit Prasad Talks Covid Conspiracy Theories on WABE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssociate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/amit-prasad\u0022\u003EAmit Prasad\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;appeared on\u0026nbsp;the 90.1 FM WABE radio show \u0026quot;Did you wash your hands?\u0026quot; on Thursday, May 13th.\u0026nbsp;The 23-minute episode, hosted by Sam Whitehead,\u0026nbsp;explored the \u0026ldquo;cultural and historical reasons why people believe misinformation about the pandemic.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Prasad, people believe Covid conspiracy theories\u0026nbsp;for more than just \u0026quot;anti-science\u0026quot; reasons\u0026nbsp;and understanding that\u0026nbsp;can help address the spread of misinformation more effectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EListen to the full episode online: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/episode\/the-value-of-understanding-why-people-believe-covid-19-misinformation\/\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;The value of understanding why people believe Covid-19 information.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E Or, read more about Prasad\u0026rsquo;s research in our feature story \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/647365\/covid-conspiracy-theories-spread-understanding-human-behaviors-behind\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Why Covid Conspiracy Theories Spread: Understanding the Human Behaviors Behind the Pandemic.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The episode explores why people believe misinformation about the pandemic."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2021-05-14 13:57:45","changed_gmt":"2021-05-20 21:01:33","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"646483":{"id":"646483","type":"image","title":"Covid-19 Vaccine Card","body":null,"created":"1618492290","gmt_created":"2021-04-15 13:11:30","changed":"1618492290","gmt_changed":"2021-04-15 13:11:30","alt":"Covid-19 Vaccine Card","file":{"fid":"245400","name":"DSC_1530-web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_1530-web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_1530-web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":692607,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DSC_1530-web.jpg?itok=EXk_3jDH"}}},"media_ids":["646483"],"groups":[{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edi.minardi@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["di.minardi@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}