Trying to make sense out of chaos: science, politics and the COVID-19 pandemic

As tentativas de explicar o caos: a ciência, a política e a pandemia da COVID-19

Intentos de explicar el caos: ciencia, política y la pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract:

This essay discusses the proliferation of discourses about the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting the challenges both to science and public policies that such an information overload present, having Collins’ sociology of expertise as a theoretical framework.

Keywords:
Science; Communications Media; Internet; Social Media