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ANTISOCIAL: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation: A sweeping, unsettling portrait of today’s America

Special Event | October 16 | 7-8:30 p.m. |  Alumni House

Featured Speaker:  Andrew Marantz, Author, New Yorker Magazine

Panelist/Discussants:  Carol Christ, Chancellor, UC Berkeley; Ed Wasserman, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley

Sponsor:  Office of Chancellor

New Yorker magazine reporter, Andrew Marantz, will discuss the chilling trends and discoveries described in his powerful new book, “ANTISOCIAL: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation.”

Marantz, whose past reporting about Free Speech issues on the Berkeley campus won wide acclaim, will also participate in a panel discussion with Chancellor Carol Christ, and Ed Wasserman, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism. “ANTISOCIAL” is already being called necessary reading for those who want to understand our current political moment as we prepare for the 2020 elections.

Target audience:  All Audiences

Open to audience:  All Audiences

Registration recommended: Free Free

Registration info:   Register online

Event contact:  Dan Mogulof, UC Berkeley, CA, dmogulof@berkeley.edu