Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse/iSchool Seminar Series Will Explore Social Media’s Influence on Politics

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new seminar series at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity will explore how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States.

The series, Social Media & Democracy, is co-sponsored by the and the . It will comprise three panel discussions held over the course of the fall semester. Follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #SUSocialDemocracy.

Tuesday, Sept. 25: Activism in the Digital Age

Moderator:

  • , assistant professor of public relations in the Newhouse School

Panelists:

  • , associate professor of communication studies at Widener University
  • , assistant professor of religion in SU’s College of Arts and Sciences
  • , professor of strategic, legal and management communications at Howard University

Tuesday, Oct. 16: Fake News, Language Analysis and Online Influence

Moderator:

  • , associate professor in the iSchool

Panelists:

  • , director, Information Warfare Working Group, Stanford University
  • , professor of computer science and information science at Cornell University
  • , professor of information and media studies at the University of Western Ontario

Wednesday, Nov. 14: How Social Media Impacted the November Midterms

Moderator:

  • , assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School

Panelists:

  • , assistant professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University
  • , professor of communications studies at SUNY Oswego
  • , senior research fellow in the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University

All events will be held at 6 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3.

For more information, contact Luttrell at rmluttre@syr.edu, Xiao at lxiao04@syr.edu or Jon Glass at jnglass@syr.edu.