RAND Research Topic: Media Influences on Health2024-01-02T19:29:06ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/media-influences-on-health.htmlBad Actors in News ReportingChristian Johnson; William Marcellinohttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA112-21.html2021-11-15T08:00:00Z2021-11-15T08:00:00Z<p>Researchers found that both Russia and China appear to have manipulated information during the pandemic in service to their respective global agendas. This second report in a series describes these efforts and the workflows used to uncover them.</p>How Truth Decay Is Fueling Vaccine HesitancyRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2021/05/how-truth-decay-is-fueling-vaccine-hesitancy.html2021-05-14T13:45:00Z2021-05-14T13:45:00ZA recent poll found that more than a quarter of Americans will not try to get vaccinated. The spread of misinformation and disinformation, which is rampant over social media, is one of the factors fueling vaccine hesitancy. And in turn, it's threatening our ability to end the pandemic for good.