Event Date:
Apr 17 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual
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Media Policy for an Informed Citizenry: Revisiting the Information Needs of Communities for Democracy in Crisis
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 11:00 AM EDT
In the past two decades, the centrality of the Internet and networked social media in the news and information environment has changed the economics of journalism, and dramatically reconfigured how and where citizens obtained news and information. A crisis in journalism has engendered a crisis of information needs: it has become more difficult for citizens to effectively learn what they need to know to be well-informed participants in the democratic process.
Join the AAPSS and the Social Science Research Council for a webinar based on volume 707 of The ANNALS, “Media Policy for an Informed Citizenry: Revisiting the Information Needs of Communities for Democracy in Crisis.” An expert panel will lay out the stakes for communities whose traditional sources of reliable community information, such as local newspapers, have been disrupted by both digital platforms and the changing economics of local journalism.
Panelists
- Kjerstin Thorson, Michigan State University
- Lourdes Cueva Chacón, San Diego State University
- Amelia Gibson, University of Maryland
- Patricia Posey, University of Chicago
Moderator
Molly Laas, Social Science Research Council
