5:30 pm

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This winter, the Atlantic Human Rights Centre, St. Thomas University's Department of Human Rights, St. Thomas University's Department of Journalism and Communications, the NB Media Co-op and RAVEN invite the public to the Human Rights & the Media Lecture Series. We will hear from scholars of the media and law, media makers and grassroots activists on how our media landscape is changing. We will hear about what they are doing to make this media landscape a more safe, just and equal space.

Erin Steuter, Professor of Sociology at Mount Allison University, will deliver the lecture, "How to Spot Fake News," on Tuesday, February 8 at 5:30 pm (Atlantic) by Zoom.

Erin Steuter will discuss her book Won't Get Fooled Again: A Graphic Guide to Fake News and provide insight into the role of the mainstream media in perpetuating misinformation.

Erin Steuter is a professor of sociology with a focus on critical media studies and ideological representations in news and popular culture. She has won multiple awards for her teaching and research and is the author of three books about the media and the war on terror including Pop Culture Goes to War: Enlisting and Resisting Militarism in the War on Terror. She regularly offers workshops for schools and community groups that engage the public in contemporary media literacy issues.

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