Hotung Faculty Dining
•Please join the O’Neill Institute on Wednesday, November 13, from 1:20 – 3:20 p.m. ET for the final session of the 2024 Colloquium Series titled “Social Media and Health Misinformation.”
As social media continues to transform how health information is shared, it has fueled the rise of health misinformation. In this crucial discussion, experts in digital communication, public health, and media studies will discuss how misinformation spreads through social media, its impact on public perception of health, and strategies for combating incorrect or deliberately deceptive information online.
Speakers:
- Leticia Bode, Research Director, Knight-Georgetown Institute, Georgetown School of Continuing Studies
- Scott Ratzan, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives; Distinguished Lecturer, Community Health and Social Sciences, City University of New York School of Public Health
- Naomi Mezey, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Culture, Georgetown Law
Moderated by: Vishakh Unnikrishnan, Associate, Center for Global Health Policy and Politics, Georgetown University