Format: Online Course
What: Davidson Now Course
Course(s): The Story of Fake News
Who: Faculty, Amanda Martinez and Mark Sample
Description: Digital studies professor Dr. Sample and sociology/ communication studies professor Dr. Martinez collaborated together to teach a two-week Davidson Now course on fake news. In the course, they pose questions such as,
What do we make of this phenomenon?
Why is fake news so prevalent these days
How should we respond?
Bringing in voices from scholars, working journalists, and media pundits, the course was designed to be timely and publicly available to anyone interested in exploring these questions.
More information: Davidson Now
Link to course: The Story of Fake News