Guest speaker: Dr. Dannagal Young

In this talk, based on her new book, "Wrong," Dr. Dannagal Young unpacks how our social identities (how we think of ourselves as part of our political teams) encourage us to believe things that are untrue. She explores how our media system fuels "us versus them" dynamics in ways that reinforce and distill these identities, keeping our demand for identity-reinforcing falsehoods high. Fortunately, there are ways out of this doom loop, and Dr. Young will explain what we all can do to reduce our appetite for "wrongness."

Dr. Dannagal Young is a professor of communication and political science at the University of Delaware, award-winning scholar and teacher, TED speaker and improvisational comedian. Her presentation is sponsored by the Political Science Department.