ECU guest speaker to discuss “Fake News, Misinformation & Democracy in America”

On April 18 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Adam Berinsky, professor of political sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be on campus to discuss “Fake News, Misinformation and Democracy in America.” Berinsky studies the political behavior of ordinary citizens.
While Berinsky is primarily concerned with questions of representation and the communication of public sentiment to political elites, he also studied public opinion and foreign policy, the continuing power of group-based stereotypes, the effect of voting reforms, the power of the media and survey research methods.
The event is co-sponsored by the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science and the ECU Center for Survey Research. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in Rivers Building, room A-102, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
For additional information about Berinsky, visit: http://web.mit.edu/berinsky/www/index.html.

 

-by Lacey Gray, Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences