Description:
Reversing Misinformation shows non-experts how to reverse toxic misinformation and decrease its spread.
Brief description: Dr. Miller is an expert in health care communications, policy, and advocacy. He has decades of experience improving access to and affordability of innovations, and coaching people to communicate effectively about complex issues. During the pandemic many friends asked him how to respond to people spreading misinformation about vaccines and COVID. Because he couldn't find any practical guidance to help them, he wrote Reversing Misinformation for them - and people like them. Reversing Misinformation encompasses what he learned from over 30 years of working on health and science communications and policy, and my experience during the pandemic focusing on vaccine, science and election misinformation.His focus since the start of the pandemic has been on vaccine confidence and misinformation, and he helped groups and individuals understand the science of vaccines, the human immune system, and COVID-19. He continues to manage the Scientific Advisory Board for a vaccine advocacy non-profit, and has contributed to the World Vaccine Congresses in 2021-2024 on the topic of vaccine misinformation. Dr. Miller is a graduate of Williams College and Yale School of Medicine. More about Dr. Miller is on his website here: https: //www.healthpolcom.com/about/
Review Quotes:
It is incredibly ironic that the creators of the internet and social media platforms were motivated by the hope of bringing individuals unprecedented access to the giving and receiving information that would make the world a better and more informed place would end up being a cesspool of misinformation, disinformation, criminality, corruption, and harm on a personal, social, political, and cultural basis. "Reversing Misinformation: How to Help Your Family, Friends & Community" is a clarion call to moderating the damage by helping the non-specialist general reader to communicate more effectively with friends, family, and colleagues who have been misinformed and ill informed by the ubiquitous digital age in which we now live. Exceptionally 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, "Reversing Misinformation" is an unreservedly recommended pick for the personal reading lists of political activists and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject, as well as an addition to professional, community, and college/university library Contemporary Social Issues collections and Communications/Social Skills curriculum studies lists. Midwest Book Review, October 2025
As a mental health therapist, I've noticed more clients struggling to communicate with loved ones about health policies, environmental issues, and politics in general.... That's why I've recommended Michael Miller's Reversing Misinformation: How to Help Your Family, Friends & Community [to clients]. [The ask-tell-ask approach has] proven helpful in fostering meaningful conversations .... [and] creating space for empathy and a kinder, more compassionate dialogue. My clients have found this meaningful, and it has aided my ability to support them through these interpersonal challenges with their loved ones. Mental Health Therapist
Dr. Mike Miller is an absolute treasure in the field of public health communications, and his book, Reversing Misinformation, is a great asset for anyone who wants to help address one of the greatest modern threats to health and safety. I wholeheartedly support and recommend this book! Lawyer, author, and professor who specializes in vaccine law
Dr. Miller's insights and guidance in Reversing Misinformation on how to have productive discussions with people who are infected with misinformation about vaccines is critically important at this time. Misinformation is a clear public health threat, and Dr. Miller's recommendations will help people build up resistance to the spread of misinformation among their friends and family, and across their communities. Immunologist and vaccinologist with extensive experience in government, academia, and industry
I have encountered from time to time individuals seeking to spread misinformation and believe it remains a daily challenge both nationally and locally. Your carefully crafted analysis will serve to instruct many readers of how to address such information. Misinformation remains a big challenge that I believe can be tempered but requires continued efforts. Reversing Misinformation will be an important and daily guide. Email from Former Senior Career White House Official
Words cannot express how relevant the topic has become, and I am very grateful that Michael took the initiative to write such a clear, pragmatic and useful manual for everyday interactions with our peers, family members, friends. LinkedIn post from Biotech Industry Executive
I have read it! Highly recommend. Thoughtful and practical! It is full of reasoned, principled and caring advice. Facebook Comment