Date & time
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Is Fake News Threatening our Democracy?
Speaker(s)
Fenwick McKelvey, Jeff Yates, Camille Lopez, Eve Beaudin, Greg Nielsen
Cost
Free
Organization
SCPA
Contact
Where
John Molson Building
1450 Guy
Room CD9
Accessible location
Yes
Panel Discussion
Panel Name: Is Fake News Threatening our Democracy?
Cost: Free
Who: Panel Name: Is Fake News Threatening our Democracy?
When: February 13th from 6pm-8:30pm
Where: MB Building room CD9, Sir George William Campus
Cost: Free
Who: The panel will feature four guest speakers and be moderated by Fenwick McKelvey, a Communications and Journalism Studies professor at Concordia University. The four guest speakers are: Jeff Yates, a journalist at Métro Montreal and Radio-Canada, Camille Lopez, also a journalist at Métro Montreal, Eve Beaudin, a journalist and specialist in fake news as well as Greg Nielsen, professor of Sociology and Anthropology and co-Director of the Concordia Centre for Broadcasting studies.
Event organized by: Zoe Zeitouni, Sri Devi Mardaymootoo, Kery Leahy, Homa Khairi
The panel "Is Fake News Threatening our Democracy?" will address this question and discuss the impact fake news has on our society when it influences public opinion.