Conspiracy theorists falsely claim coronavirus pandemic is an elaborate hoax. Really?
In the midst of coronavirus pandemic, conspiracy theorists are sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the pandemic.
Anatoliy Gruzd
Ryerson University
Anatoliy Gruzd is a Canada Research Chair and director of research at the Social Media Lab, and professor of information technology management at Ryerson University in Toronto. His research interests focus on how social media data can be used to tackle a wide variety of societal problems such as fighting COVID-19 misinformation to helping teachers navigate social media for teaching and learning. He holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree from Syracuse University.
