A live, bilingual public discussion by US and Korean journalists and media experts on news coverage and the impact of disinformation in the COVID-19 crisis.
News coverage of Covid 19 and “infodemics” - Jung, Jun Hee, Professor, Hanyang University
10:00~10:20
“A Nearly Perfect Weapon”: How COVID-19 and the Public Health Response Are Hurting Publishers and Journalists." - Joshua Benton, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University
10:20~10:40
“How people use news media/SNS to perceive corona outbreak” - Lee, So Eun, Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation
10:40~11:00
News Literacy: Giving Facts a Fighting Chance." - Alan Miller, Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project
11:00~11:25
Panel discussion
11:25~12:00
Floor discussion and questions taken online
Join East-West Center and the Korea Press Foundation for a special public online conference in English and Korean:
A live, bilingual public discussion by US and Korean journalists and media experts on news coverage and the impact of disinformation in the COVID-19 crisis.
News coverage of Covid 19 and “infodemics” - Jung, Jun Hee, Professor, Hanyang University
10:00~10:20
“A Nearly Perfect Weapon”: How COVID-19 and the Public Health Response Are Hurting Publishers and Journalists." - Joshua Benton, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University
10:20~10:40
“How people use news media/SNS to perceive corona outbreak” - Lee, So Eun, Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation
10:40~11:00
News Literacy: Giving Facts a Fighting Chance." - Alan Miller, Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project