What Should We Be Worried About?: Information and Media in the Trump Era

Come to a joint event hosted by SILS and the School of Journalism that will discuss various aspects of information, journalism, and media in the age of Trump. This event will feature a plenary panel, breakout sessions, and a closing speaker.

Here is the schedule draft thus far (subject to change):

Overall Event Schedule

1:15pm – Welcome
1:30pm-3:00pm—Opening Plenary
3:15-4:00pm—Breakout Sessions
4:15-5:15pm—Closing Plenary
 

Opening

Gary Marchionini (Dean, School of Information and Library Science) and Susan King (Dean, School of Media and Journalism)

Opening Plenary Panel – 1.5 hours total

Breakout Sessions – 45 minutes

-Fake News
-Information and the New Civil Society Organizations
-The Changing Legal Contexts of Journalism
-The Future of Public Records
-Governmental Information Production and Access
-Media and the Politics and Production of Fear
-The Changing Context of Citizenship and Social Movements

Closing Plenary Kilgore Speaker – 1 hour