Fake News and Civic Education: Engaging the Next Generation of Voters, Readers, and Media-Makers

Fake News and Civic Education: Engaging the Next Generation of Voters, Readers, and Media-Makers

Symposium with presentations on:

• Lamboozled! | A news literacy game for adolescents.
• Podcasting and Translating Research | Stemming the tide of misinformation about issues that impact civic engagement.
• Media Literacy and Younger Children | Curricular perspectives.

WHERE
The Sockman Lounge at the Interchurch Center
Adjoining the Columbia University Campus
61 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027

WHEN
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WHO
Panelists include:

• Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology and Chair of the Ph. D. program in Communications at Columbia University
• Ioana Literat, Assistant Professor of Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design at Teachers College, Columbia University
• Lalitha Vasudevan, Professor of Technology and Education Director, Media and Social Change Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University
• Haeny Yoon, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
• Detra Price-Dennis, Assistant Professor in Elementary Inclusive Education at Teachers College, Columbia University

Nonprofit media literacy organizations will have information tables before and after the symposium to help attendees learn more about ways to get involved.

EVENT SPONSORS
THE AMERICAN ASSEMBLY fosters public conversations that lead to more just, equitable, and democratic societies.  It does so by bringing research to bear on public problems, by creating new resources for public understanding, and by strengthening the forms of trust and deliberation that make democracy work. For more information, visit: www.americanassembly.org

THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, founded in 1880, promotes nonpartisan, scholarly analysis of political, social, and economic issues by sponsoring conferences and producing publications. Published continually since 1886, the Academy’s journal, Political Science Quarterly, is edited for both specialists and informed readers with a keen interest in public and international affairs.  For more information, visit: www.psqonline.org.

With additional support from the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics.