Webinar: Media, Social Media, and COVID-19

April 23, 2020
4:00pm

This seminar will explore the roles that media and social media have played in shaping both the national and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how media will shape our health in the pandemic’s aftermath.

Hosted by Boston University School of Public Health in collaboration with WBUR.

Agenda

4:00 – 4:05 pm
OPENING REMARKS

Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health


4:05 – 4:15 pm
THE CENTRAL ROLE OF MEDIA

Margaret Low, Chief Executive Officer, WBUR


4:15 – 4:25 pm
MEDIA EXPOSURE AND HEALTH

Roxane Cohen Silver, Professor of Psychological Science, Medicine, and Public Health, University of California Irvine


4:25 – 4:35 pm
COMMUNICATION DURING GLOBAL TRAUMA

Elana Newman, McFarlin Professor of Psychology, University of Tulsa


4:35 – 4:45 pm
THE ROLE OF MEDIA GOING FORWARD

Mariette DiChristina, Dean, Boston University College of Communication


4:45 – 5 pm
MODERATED DISCUSSION AND Q&A