Slide Presentations
- Brendan Nyhan, “The Problem of Social Media Misinformation and How to Address It”
- Lisa Fitzpatrick, “Credible Messengers in the Community: Lessons Learned in a Pandemic”
On April 5, 2021, the NAM hosted a public webinar to gather information for its project on Defining & Verifying the Authority of Online Providers of Health Information.
AGENDA
1:00 pm | Welcome – Raynard Kington, Head of School, Phillips Academy in Andover
1:05 pm | Perspective from YouTube – Garth Graham, Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health Partnerships, YouTube
1:20 pm | What’s at Stake? How Social Media Misinformation, Disinformation, & Echo Chambers Impact Health & Society – Brendan Nyhan, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
1:35 pm | Intersection of Health Communication, Community, & Health Equity – Lisa Fitzpatrick, Founder and CEO, Grapevine Health
1:50 pm | Unintended Consequences of Large-Scale Content Curation Strategies – Zeynep Tufekci, McColl Term Associate Professor, University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science
2:05 pm | Q&A (members of project advisory group ask questions of panelists; audience submits questions in writing to be addressed post-event)
2:30 pm | Adjourn
