Social media has given everyone a voice, but it has also unleashed a storm of negative effects. In this week's issue, Science explores how scientists are grappling with the radically altered information landscape. Learn more: ScienceAndSocialMedia
—may have undermined trust in science, says Kolina Koltai, a misinformation researcher at the University of Washington, Seattle. “You feel like your life is being ruined because of these scientists,” she says. “You want to direct that hate to someone.”of COVID-19 researchers, the most common types of harassment reported were insults, attacks on professional capabilities, and accusations of dishonesty or corruption.
Accusations of immorality are particularly bruising, some researchers say. Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, has been vocal about the need to protect children from infections, but her message has been twisted into accusations of being “pro–school closure,” she says, and then to “people claiming that I encourage child suicide.
That should start with a thorough assessment of the threat of harassment before you enter the fray, says Cornell University computational social scientist J. Nathan Matias. Researchers should ask themselves what needs protection—like personal details, or family members—who wants to cause harm, what tactics they might use, and what can be done to minimize risks. Researchers should not underestimate the threat—or overestimate it, which can make them stay silent unnecessarily, Matias says.
Whitney Robinson, an epidemiologist at Duke University, has found an unusual outlet that avoids abuse. In the past, she studied and worked at a public university in a conservative state where retaliation against outspoken faculty is not uncommon, she says. That, and the vitriol she knows she would attract as a Black woman, has made her cautious on social media. But a newsletter in her historically Black neighborhood has welcomed her expertise on COVID-19.
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