"Deciding What's True in a Polarized Society": In-Person Badger Talk in Mount Horeb, WI
Schedule
Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
105 Perimeter Rd, Mt Horeb, WI 53572, United States | Mount Horeb, WI
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This is a free, in-person talk hosted on April 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM CST by Mount Horeb Public Library in Mount Horeb, WI. No registration necessary for this event. This talk will not be available virtually. The talk reviews research on fake news, fact-checking, selective exposure to like-minded media outlets and describes the implications for democracy.
Michael W. Wagner (Bachelor of Journalism, University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Indiana University) is William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair of the Wisconsin Idea and Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he directs the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. His work, exploring how individual interactions in the information ecology affect what people believe, what they want, and what they do has been published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Communication, the International Journal of Press/Politics and in books he has co-authored at Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, and Sage Press. He is Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly, the Founding Editor of the Forum in Political Communication, a member of the General Social Survey’s Board of Advisors and a winner of five university-wide teaching awards.
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