Purpose of Meeting
Each spring, The University of Michigan Club of Tampa Bay invites a U of M visiting professor to speak to our club and community members, to fulfill our educational mission. Here is the description of this year's free public presentation:
America is under attack and the weapon is disinformation. So says Barbara McQuade, legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, former U.S. District Attorney of Eastern Michigan, and University of Michigan law professor.
Barbara writes about how authoritarians throughout history have manipulated the truth to advance their own agendas in her new book, Attack From Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America – the psychological tactics they use, why they work, and how the digital age is making the threat more potent every day. She also offers solutions and aims to inspire a national conversation about renewing this country to a democracy.
Please join Barbara and moderator Dave (Doc) Dockery, in what’s sure to be a compelling conversation.
The conversation starts at 2:00 p.m. and is followed by a book signing.