20
Sep
Starts:
2:00 pm
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Ends:
3:00 pm
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Online Only
How does disinformation about the climate crisis spread through social media and deceptive advertising? What influence does it have on public attitudes? And what can be done about it? A panel of Boston University researchers, who just concluded a year-long study, will seek to provide some answers in this hour-long, interactive discussion. Panel: Panel: Chris Wells, COM Associate Professor, Journalism and Emerging Media Studies; Michelle Amazeen, COM Associate Professor, Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relation; Arunima Krishna, COM Associate Professor, Public Relations. Moderator: Emily Greenhalgh (COM’11), science writer and Digital Media Manager at the Marine Biological Laboratory.