March Pub Talk

Science Pub: “Navigating Misinformation in the Digital Age: Media Influence and Cultivating our Relationship to Critical Reading”
March 19th, 2024 | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Sip your favorite brew, while you learn a thing or two! Science Pub is an opportunity to enjoy learning about interesting topics in an informal atmosphere. Just bring your curiosity and a thirst to learn!

There are 2 ways to be at this event:

1. In Person – Paradise Creek Brewery will be seating indoors at 100% capacity and the pub talk will be broadcast/projected on a the large projection screen in the pub/restaurant area.
2. On Zoom – Register for the Zoom Talk HERE. Place a food/drink order for pick up at Paradise Creek Brewery’s Downtown Restaurant – 245 SE Paradise St, Pullman. Local delivery is also available. Tip: Place your order early so it’s ready by Pub talk time.

See the Facebook event here

This month’s speakers:

Join Porismita Borah, Amir Gilmore and Bimbisar Irom on March 19th for their pub talk, “Navigating Misinformation in the Digital Age: Media Influence and Cultivating our Relationship to Critical Reading”.

Porismita Borah’s talk will begin with a brief introduction to recent research on misinformation and disinformation. She will then present solutions to the problem of misinformation. Bimbisar’s talk will focus on the crucial role played by the media in representing forced migration. What prominent discourses and themes are used by the media while engaging with forced migration? Media representations influence public perceptions and, therefore, ultimately affect state policies towards issues related to forced migration such as aid and resettlement in host societies. Amir’s talk asks the question: Within our digital media age, what is our relationship to reading? Through classroom reflections as a teacher educator, Amir will discuss some of the potential challenges surrounding reading in education. In the end, he hopes to inspire the audience to metacognitively think about their relationship to reading and think through ways to strengthen it.

Dr. Porismita Borah (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is a Professor at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication and a graduate faculty in the Prevention Science program at Washington State University. Borah primarily studies discourses on digital platforms as well as message effects in the context of both politics and health. Borah’s most recent work focuses on problematic information including mis/disinformation, hate speech, and incivility. She has received funding from multiple sources including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Poynter Institute for her research. Learn more about Borah’s research at  http://porismitaborah.com/

Dr. Amir Gilmore is an assistant professor in Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education at Washington State University. Amir is also the Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion for Student Success and Retention within the College of Education. Amir’s interdisciplinary background in Cultural Studies, Africana Studies, and Education allows him to traverse the boundaries across the social sciences, the arts, and the humanities. Amir’s broad research interests are Black Aesthetics, Black Masculinities, Afrofuturism, AfroPessimism, and the political economy of schooling. Learn more about Amir’s research at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amir-Gilmore.

Dr. Bimbisar Irom (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Production at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University. Irom’s research primarily studies the relationships between communication systems and humanitarianism which include issues of forced migration, refugee resettlement, media critique of representations, use of emergent technology in humanitarianism, and prominent discourses employed by the media while engaging with humanitarian crises.