It's the end of the world as we know it...or not

Live Science quotes Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor in the Department of Religion, who comments on the impact that the internet has on spreading doomsday rumours. This article is reprised by Yahoo! News, Christian Post, Fox News, Oregon Herald and The Moscow News.

DiTommaso is also quoted by Agence Science Presse in an article about the end of the world in the internet era. 

Le Devoir publishes an op-ed written by DiTommaso that discusses why the Mayan calendar does not spell the end of the world and why people are so drawn to doomsday prophesies. Articles on the same issue that also quote DiTommaso appear in MSNBC, two separate articles in The Globe and Mail and The Globe and Mail. DiTommaso will also appear on Forum (no audio currently available) a radio program on NPR San Francisco to discuss a similar topic.

DiTommaso also appeared on Al-Jazeera’s The Stream(appearance begins at 4:20) to discuss why people believe in doomsday prophecies. The Globe and Mail interviews DiTommaso on the same topic and he is quoted in an article by LiveScience that is reprised by Yahoo! News Canada, Yahoo! News and Oregon Herald. This morning, DiTommaso appeared on CJAD’s The Tommy Schnurmacher Show (no link currently available) and he also spoke with China Radio International Today (audio).