Media, Technology, Infrastructure, and Community: Building a Connected Communication Ecosystem for Social Good

In an era marked by rapid technological advances and evolving societal needs, forging meaningful connections across media, technology, infrastructure, and community is imperative. Our panel will explore how these diverse yet interdependent domains can come together to foster a holistic communication ecosystem that effectively addresses the multifaceted challenges of our times.

By bringing together distinguished scholars and community leaders from varied fields, this panel seeks to facilitate a dialogue aimed at closing the gaps between academic research, technological advancements, infrastructural growth, and community engagement. Our objective is to highlight collaborative avenues for these sectors to work together, leveraging shared knowledge and resources to cultivate healthy communities that are resilient, just, and equitable, with a vision for a sustainable future.

Panelists:

• Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems and Industries at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
• Itzhak Yanovitzky, Professor of Communication and Public Health and Chair of the SC&I Health and Wellness Faculty Cluster at Rutgers University
• Julie Pryde, Administrator of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
• Cherie Avent, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A reception will follow. Register by March 22.

Questions? Contact the iSchool

Related events on March 28:

The Institute of Communications Research will be hosting Joseph Turow's talk, "Marketers' Cultivation of Digital Resignation in an AI Media Era" at 12:30 p.m. in 66 Main Library.

The Department of Communication will be hosting Itzhak Yanovitzky's talk, "Health Communication in a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons Learned and Implications to Research and Practice," at 12:30 p.m. in 100 Gregory Hall.