Join the Kirwan Institute for a fireside chat with Dr. Ray Block (Pennsylvania State University), part of the the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Forum Series and co-sponsored by C-SPAM.
Democracy, Trust, and the Information Ecosystem will explore how people make sense of politics and public life in a rapidly changing information environment. The conversation will examine trust, misinformation, polarization, and the ways institutions and citizens respond to a fragmented media landscape. Drawing on research about the information ecosystem, the discussion will also consider what these trends mean for democratic life, civic participation, and the future of public discourse.
Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served
Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and C-SPAM: Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation
Inaugural Michael D. Rich Distinguished Chair for Countering Truth Decay, and an Affiliated Adjunct Staff at RAND
Laurence and Lynn Brown-McCourtney Endowed Career Professor at Penn State University’s McCourtney Institute for Democracy
Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Africana Studies at Penn State University
