Join the Andrea Mitchell Center's Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy's Series for a discussion with Anthony DiMaggio about media literacy, class, and democracy. We will explore questions such as "fake news," and how it can be countered through improved media literacy. We will also discuss the ways in which class inequalities intersect with media literacy, thinking about the ways in which producing a more equitable society could solve some of the problems with political education our democracy faces, more generally. Moderated by Heather Swadley.

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Dr. Anthony DiMaggio is a Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University. He has authored a dozen books focusing on American politics, the media, social movements, and inequality. Among his most recent is Fake News in America: Contested Meanings in the Post-Truth Era (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Heather Swadley is a DC-based attorney and civil rights scholar. In her scholarship, she explores the relationships between medicine, politics, and the law, currently focusing on health populism and the MAHA movement. She has published work in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, Nebraska Law Review, and the UCLA Disability Law Journal, among others. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Temple Beasley School of Law.