Communication Studies

LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES: TEACHING IN THESE DIFFICULT AND DIVISIVE TIMES

Monday, September 25, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm

Location:
MZ 240 -- Aronstam Library
Cost:
Free

LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES:
TEACHING IN THESE DIFFICULT AND DIVISIVE TIMES

Twitter Bots, Facebook Ads, and Info-wars, Oh My! Social Media, Fake News, and Public Argument in the Wake of the 2016 Election"
DR. JOHN KEPHART

THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTION SAW AN UNPRECEDENTED SPIKE IN THE USE OF ONLINE ADVERTISING, AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCE OF "FAKE NEWS" INTO THE CULTURAL LEXICON. THIS TRANSITION TO AN INCREASINGLY DIGITAL PUBLIC SPHERE HASN'T ELIMINATED ARGUMENT IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA BUT HAS BEGUN TO RECONFIGURE THE TERMS ON WHICH PUBLIC ARGUMENTS ARE MADE, CONTESTED, AND ACCEPTED. 

USING THE 2016 ELECTION AS A CASE STUDY, WE WILL CONSIDER HOW THE INCREASED USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, PROMULGATION OF FAKE NEWS, AND UTILIZATION OF ONLINE ADVERTISING CHANGES THE USE OF THE CLASSIC RHETORICAL CONCEPTS OF ETHOS, PATHOS, AND LOGOS IN CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENT CULTURES, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC ARGUMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM AMID THE CHALLENGES THESE CHANGES PRESENT.

Sponsored by the Department of Communication Studies

Performance Date:
Monday, September 25, 2017 at 2 p.m. 


Venue:

MZ 240 -- Aronstam Library


Poster for Sept 25 lecture