Media, Social Media, and COVID-19.

Thursday, April 23, 2020

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

A Local, National, and Global Story




Is Bad News Bad for Our Health?




We Can Help Make News More Credible




Next Steps and Best Practices




This seminar will explore the roles that media and social media have played in shaping both the national and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how media will shape our health in the pandemic’s aftermath.

Hosted in collaboration with WBUR.

Agenda

4 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
OPENING REMARKS

Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health


4:05 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
THE CENTRAL ROLE OF MEDIA

Margaret Low (@WBUR), Chief Executive Officer, WBUR


4:15 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
MEDIA EXPOSURE AND HEALTH

Roxane Cohen Silver (@Social_Ecology), Professor of Psychological Science, Medicine, and Public Health, University of California Irvine


4:25 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
COMMUNICATION DURING GLOBAL TRAUMA

Elana Newman (@elananewman), McFarlin Professor of Psychology, University of Tulsa


4:35 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
THE ROLE OF MEDIA GOING FORWARD

Mariette DiChristina (@mdichristina), Dean, Boston University College of Communication


4:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.
MODERATED DISCUSSION AND Q&A

 

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