RDS Library Speaker Series 2023 - Shifting Sentiment: Media Influence on Public Opinion

Shifting Sentiment: Media Influence on Public Opinion
Eileen Culloty, Dermot Meleady and Jade Wilson in conversation with Donal Fallon

Join us for this insightful panel event that looks to the past and the present to ask: Is public opinion reflected or led by media coverage?
Featuring Dermot Meleady (author of Shifting Sentiment: Press Opinion in Ireland's Revolutionary Decade 1914-23), Eileen Culloty (DCU School of Communications), Jade Wilson (reporter for The Irish Times) and chaired by Donal Fallon (author of Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets), this variety of expertise provides a lively discussion on the role the media plays in reflecting or shifting majority sentiment.

About the panel:
Dermot Meleady is an author and historian.
Eileen Culloty is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communications and deputy director of the Institute for Media, Democracy and Society.
Jade Wilson is an Irish journalist based in Dublin, reporting for The Irish Times.
Donal Fallon is an author, presenter of the Three Castles Burning podcast and former Historian in Residence to Dublin City Council.

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