Location: Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability (111 Cummington Mall)
Content Confusion reveals how fossil fuel advertisers and news outlets blur the line between journalism and ads. Join a discussion on the new book on how mainstream news outlets are being leveraged by advertisers to blur the boundaries between journalism and advertising, making it increasingly difficult for audiences to distinguish fact from spin. Featuring author Michelle Amazeen, Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Associate Dean of Research, and Director of the Communication Research Center at the Boston University College of Communication (COM), and core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and moderated by Jill Abramson, Distinguished Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow at Northeastern University and former Executive Editor at The New York Times, with opening remarks by Arunima Krishna, Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations, and Associate Dean, Faculty Development at COM, and an Associate Director at IGS.
Hosted by Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability and co-sponsored by the College of Communication, College of Communication, School of Law, and Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets, and Society.
Lunch to be served.