Information Anarchy: A Discussion of Media Consumption & Misinformation || Fairfield University
Channel: Fairfield University
Date: 09/11/2021

"Information Anarchy: A Discussion of Media Consumption & Misinformation" took place on October 28th, 2021 on Zoom and was organized as part of the DiMenna-Nyselius Library’s 2021 Media Literacy Event Series. The panel discussion brought together faculty and librarians  to discuss the ways that media literacy is relevant to their respective disciplines and was moderated by Molly Lamendola ’22.

Panelists:

Dr. Gayle Alberda, Assistant Professor of Politics & Director of the Masters of Public Administration Program

Dr. Michael Andreychik, Professor of Psychology and Faculty Liaison with the Center for Academic Excellence

Dr. Adam Rugg, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication

Dr. Jennifer Schindler-Ruwisch, Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Egan School of Nursing and Health studies

Matt Schirano, Senior Research Librarian and Instruction Coordinator for the DiMenna-Nyselius Library

Professor Matt Tullis, Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Journalism, Co-Director of Sports Media, and Associate Director of the Integrated Media Labs

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