Media Literacy, Civic Engagement and Democracy Project
Understanding the Great Replacement
Network on YouTube
November 10, 2022
Cole Cinema at 5 p.m.
Presented by Shauna Siggelkow
Director of Digital Storytelling for Define America
For more information please contact democracy@smcm.edu
Hilda C. Landers Library
and
Center for the Study of Democracy
at
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
The Library’s Annual Book Sale on October 6 was a great event this year! Big thanks to everyone who came out to browse books, make buttons, and enjoy the beautiful weather. Check out some pics from the event!
Browsing the selection
Fiction for sale on a sunny day
Students making buttons!
IT’S BACK!
The Annual Library Book Sale will be held ONE DAY ONLY Thursday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On the path outside the Hilda C. Landers Library
Used books on a wide variety of topics
$1 for hardbacks, 50 cents for paperbacks
Cash only
Media Literacy, Civic Engagement and Democracy Project
MLCED is a multiyear project to inform and engage the southern Maryland community on the important relationship between the media and American democracy.
September 27, 2022
The Devil is in the Details:
When Conspiracies are Good,
Bad and Ugly
Presented by Brandi Collins-Dexter
Associate Director of Research,
Technology and Social Change
Project Shorenstein Center on Media,
Politics and Public Policy (Harvard University)
Glendening Annex at 5 p.m.
October 24, 2022
MEMES Workshop
Presented by SMCM Faculty
Glendening Annex at 11:30 a.m.
November 10, 2022
Anti-immigrant Misinformation
Campaigns
Presented by Shauna Siggelkow
Director of Digital Storytelling
for Define America
Cole Cinema at 5 p.m.
Please contact democracy@smcm.edu for more information.
Hilda C. Landers Library
Center for the Study of Democracy
St. Mary’s College of Maryland,
the National Public Honors College
The Media Literacy, Civic Engagement and Democracy Project of the Center for the Study of Democracy and the Hilda C. Landers Library presents Dr. Cathy Buerger of the Dangerous Speech project on March 1.
Dr. Buerger will speak at 12:00 pm in the Blackistone Room on “Dangerous Disinformation: The Rhetoric of January 6th and Where We Go From Here”.
Dr. Buerger will also conduct a workshop on March 1 at 2:30 pm entitled “Countering Hateful Speech Online: An Introduction to Counterspeech”. The workshop will be held in Anne Arundel Hall N110.
The LAMC and the Center for the Study of Democracy welcome Dr. Joan Donovan of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. Dr. Donovan, who researchers online extremism and disinformation campaigns, will discuss disinformation in our media ecosystem, and its impact on American democracy.
This is a virtual event. Please register at: http://bit.ly/drjoandonovan
This event will kick off the Media Literacy, Civic Engagement, and Democracy Project. The project is a collaboration between the LAMC and the Center for the Study of Democracy. Expect to see further announcements for lectures, film screenings, and workshops in the Fall! For more information on media literacy, check out this guide.
Brace yourselves, the book sale is coming…
The annual library book sale is Tuesday and Wednesday, October 1 & 2.
We will be selling books from 9am-4pm, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects, so come early and often to get your favs!
This year we will have a FREE button making table!
Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. Cash only! Sorry no OneCard, debit or credit cards 🙁 [Thankfully there’s an ATM conveniently located in the library lobby. Coincidence or conspiracy????? You decide.]
