The University of Iowa Lecture Committee and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication presents:

Why We Can't Fact-Check Our Way Out Of Misinformation

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: R. Wayne Richey Ballroom, IMU
Tickets: Free and open to the public.

Zeynep Tufekci is Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Center for Information Technology Policy. She is a New York Times Opinion columnist who writes about sociology and the social effects of technology and has closely examined the impact of and responses to the Covid pandemic. Her research revolves around politics, civics, movements, privacy and surveillance, as well as data and algorithms. She has been published widely on the interaction of new technologies with society, science, politics and culture. She is the author of “Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.”