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Climate Change in the Media Revolution: W. Lance Bennett

The third installment of the Town Hall/University of Washington Communication Department series, The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World, will feature W. Lance Bennett, Professor and Director of the UW's Center for Communication and Civic Engagement. Each program in the four-part series zeroes in on a different "top story"; this installment's topic is "Manufacturing Climate Controversy: Why the News Doesn't Work for Many Citizens in the Digital Age." Bennett will discuss climate change and how the media have fanned doubts and controversies while evidence of deteriorating global conditions continues to mount, address problems with the news that relate to these patterns, and illustrate how information and citizen engagement on issues such as the environment are beginning to change online. Series supported by the True-Brown Foundation.