“Media Literacy in an Age of Disinformation” will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. CENTRAL TIME on Thursday, Nov. 4.
The webinar will focus on how to determine if news is credible, how to improve the relationship between the media and the public, and the importance of the First Amendment.
The webinar will feature Tobin Beck, an assistant professor of journalism and political science at Concordia University with more than 30 years of experience in journalism, including United Press International; Peggy Rupprecht, an associate professor of journalism and public relations in the Department of Computer Science, Design and Journalism at Creighton University, where she teaches classes on media and digital literacy; Ryan Teten, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, who studies the impact of social media on information consumption; and Mason Walker, a research analyst focusing on journalism and media at the Pew Research Center.
REGISTER: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceGvrzwjHd0SybM4d8Apoqmmp49bgMUm