How is Modern Media Changing the Way We Think?

500 Locust Street,Des Moines IA 50309

14 January, 2023

Description

The fast-paced, endless scroll of TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram, the flood of cable TV news clips, and the constant stream of articles and headlines now fill our quiet moments. Whether in line at the store, between tasks at work, or lying awake at night, our experience of the world has been changed by modern media. The media critic Neil Postman famously argued that the way we receive information changes the way we think. How has modern media changed our own patterns of thought and behavior, for better or for worse? What should be our response to it? Featuring Ryan Stoldt, Assistant Professor of Journalisma nd Mass Communication at Drake University Pat Rynard, Founder, Iowa Starting Line