{"id":797,"date":"2026-02-18T11:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/?post_type=bu-event&#038;p=797"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:49:32","slug":"seminar-on-media-and-public-trust-beyond-the-left-right-divide","status":"publish","type":"bu-event","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/event\/seminar-on-media-and-public-trust-beyond-the-left-right-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Media and Public Trust: Beyond the Left-Right Divide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> College of Arts &amp; Sciences @ 725 Commonwealth Ave. Room 200 Boston, MA 02215<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tischcollege.tufts.edu\/people\/faculty\/peter-levine\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Levine<\/a> of Tufts University&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tischcollege.tufts.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life<\/a> is a philosopher and researcher who studies civic life, young people\u2019s participation, and civic education. This talk will focus on how researchers study civic and political beliefs, and how these models have contributed to polarization. It will offer a novel framework for civics research that gets beyond the left-right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSclUDKSeI-nruQkHejkbZs6PLcOKLZQxsIfukGaLyQWknevTA\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free REGISTration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/misi\/files\/2026\/02\/MISI_MEDIAANDPUBLICTRUST_0302_SocialFlyer-2-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/files\/2026\/02\/MISI_MEDIAANDPUBLICTRUST_0302_SocialFlyer-2-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/files\/2026\/02\/MISI_MEDIAANDPUBLICTRUST_0302_SocialFlyer-2-509x636.png 509w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/files\/2026\/02\/MISI_MEDIAANDPUBLICTRUST_0302_SocialFlyer-2-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/files\/2026\/02\/MISI_MEDIAANDPUBLICTRUST_0302_SocialFlyer-2-800x1000.png 800w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/files\/2026\/02\/MISI_MEDIAANDPUBLICTRUST_0302_SocialFlyer-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: College of Arts &amp; Sciences @ 725 Commonwealth Ave.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_event_starts":"1772478000","_editor_event_starts":"2026-03-02T14:00:00","_event_ends":"1772483400","_editor_event_ends":"2026-03-02T15:30:00","_url":"","_event_id":"","_online_event":false,"_featured_event":false,"_api_data":""},"interest":[],"discipline-type":[],"event-topic":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event\/797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interest?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"event-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-topic?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}