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Interesting programme this morning on BBC World Service's The Compass (available for download):
Across Europe, activists fearful of 5G technology have attacked phone masts. Science journalist and former BBC Science correspondent Sue Nelson teams up with science reporter Hidde Boersma in the Netherlands to find out how conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them. She also hears how scientists can improve their communication and what they have learnt from debates around climate change.
Toxic debates - The Public Misunderstanding Of Science
How do conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them?Across Europe, activists fearful of 5G technology have attacked phone masts. Science journalist and former BBC Science correspondent Sue Nelson teams up with science reporter Hidde Boersma in the Netherlands to find out how conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them. She also hears how scientists can improve their communication and what they have learnt from debates around climate change.
BBC World Service - The Compass, The Public Misunderstanding of Science, Toxic debates
How do conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them?
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