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DESCRIPTION:Join MISC for the Winter 2024 Eakin Lecture\, delivered by Raph
 aël Melançon.\n\nThis lecture focuses on how the advent of the Internet an
 d social media has\, in the past two decades\, contributed to amplifying s
 ocial tensions\, polarizing public opinion\, and radicalizing political di
 scourse in Canada. Through recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic\, t
 he Freedom Convoy protests\, as well as the Black Lives Matter\, Idle No M
 ore and #MeToo movements\, the talk will highlight how social and digital 
 media have played an active role in the growing popularity of far-right (“
 alt-right”) and far-left (“woke”) movements and parties amongst Canadian v
 oters\, as well as the social and political circumstances that allowed the
 se movements to emerge. In a comparative approach\, Raphaël Melançon will 
 also demonstrate how the situation in Canada is similar or different from 
 that of other liberal democracies in the world and offer a look at how thi
 s new phenomenon could evolve in the future and further impact Canadian po
 litics.\n\nRaphaël Melançon is an experienced practitioner working as a co
 nsultant and journalist specializing in public affairs\, government relati
 ons\, strategic communication and crisis management.\n\nThis lecture will 
 be followed by a Q&A and a reception.\n\nThis event will be livestreamed a
 nd recorded: https://youtube.com/live/REpNRL35rBk\n\nFree event\, registra
 tion required.\n
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LOCATION:Billiards Room\, Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 345
 0 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Social & Digital Media Polarizing Public Opinion in Canada
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/channels/event/melancon-eakin-lecture
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