Bluffton professor to present social media forum

BLUFFTON — Marathana Prothro, assistant professor of communication at Bluffton University, will present Bluffton’s annual Civic Engagement Day Forum titled, “Echo Chambers and Fun-House Mirrors: Navigating an Age of Alternate Facts, Distorted Reality and Fractured Relationships,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Prothro draws from communication and media scholarship to explain our media ecosystem and to suggest practices of engagement that foster connection rather than amplify polarization.

Civic Engagement Day is the conclusion of a year-long exploration of the civic engagement theme, “Please Don’t ‘Ghost’ Me!: Creating Space for Authentic Conversations.”

The forum is free and open to the public.

Reach Dean Brown at 567-242-0409

Dean Brown
Dean Brown joined The Lima News in 2022 as a reporter. Prior to The Lima News, Brown was an English teacher in Allen County for 38 years, with stops at Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Heir Force Community School. So they figured he could throw a few sentences together about education and business in the area. An award-winning photographer, Brown likes watching old black and white movies, his dog, his wife and kids, and the four grandkids - not necessarily in that order. Reach him at [email protected] or 567-242-0409.