The Information, Medium & Society: Eighteenth International Conference on Publishing Studies is pleased to announce Jayson Harsin as a 2020 Plenary Speaker.

Professor Harsin is currently the vice-chair of the Philosophy, Theory & Critique research division of the International Communication Association. A scholar of what has popularly been called post-truth politics and of “fake news,” Harsin’s current research focuses on questions of trust, deception, and factuality in public life driven by digital media, big data, and amateur especially social media communication. His work theorizes, critiques and empirically analyzes communication and culture dynamics between professional and amateur-citizen political communicators, journalists, and social movements. His first of two books on post-truth politics is under editorial review for publication.

See registration options for the 2020 conference here.