What is a viral scare and where do they come from? This episode we look at internet urban legends and how hoaxes spread in the age of online misinformation.

Featuring:

Marcella Tambuscio - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia - Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida.

Anne Kruger - Bureau Editor of First Draft Australia, University of Technology Sydney.

Produced by Jake Morcom and Victor Petrovic.