Dr. Kate Pounders (The University of Texas at Austin) // January 30th, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 A large body of work has documented exposure to idealized and unattainable imagery in the media in the form of body size has a negative impact on young women. Previous research has […]
Dr. Talia Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 22nd, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC 5.102) Some think our democracy is in trouble, and that our news media hold the key to fixing our problems. How can our scholarship guide news media in such a role? Does what […]
Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 27th, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:15pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 Is fighting fake news as simple as it seems to be? What ethical challenges will our efforts to stomp out fake news create? More and more attention is being directed at […]
