Join the LWV Moscow for a Speaker Series event, Political Communication and Misinformation: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?, on Wed., Nov. 2 at noon in the Lecompte Auditorium at the 1912 Center in Moscow, presented by Dr. Porismita Borah.

In the current political environment of hyper-partisanship and high-tech communications, how does misinformation spread? What are some of the consequences of misinformation; why do people believe in misinformation; and what can we do to combat misinformation?

Dr. Borah is an Associate Professor at the Edward R. Murrow of Communication, and a member of the graduate faculty in the Prevention Science program, at Washington State University. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She primarily studies message effects in digital environments in the context of both politics and health. Dr. Borah is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. As a nationally published scholar, she has received funding for her research from multiple sources including the national Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Poynter Institute. Further information about her research is available at http://promismitaborah.com.