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I was awarded a Knowledge Synthesis Grant in 2017, “Safeguarding democracies: An interdisciplinary synthesis of digital media studies and the politics of emotion to understand identity, belonging and trust in the post-truth media landscape.”  Working with doctoral student Elizabeth Davis, our research resulted in the following publication: “The Affective Politics of Post-Truth Era: Feeling RulesContinue reading ““The Affective Politics of Post-Truth Era”: New Findings: SSHRC KSG”

This podcast features an interview Dr. Thompson conducted with me, highlighting how I came to focus on questions of emotion and affect in educational theory; questions of media and democracy; and related dialogue on my recent research on democratic possibilities of digital communications. http://www.pipeline.fm/podcast/episode-032-megan-boler This podcast is but one from Dr. Thompson’s podcast series, Pipeline.Continue reading “Podcast: Affect and Emotion in Philosophy and Education, Megan Boler in conversation with Winston Thompson”

(1) Video of my January 30, 2018 McLuhan Salon Keynote sponsored by the Canadian Embassy of Germany and transmediale Megan Boler, “The Affective Politics of Information Warfare” (2) Links (two options) to listen to the Unmasking Cyberwar Panel, February 2 2018 at the transmediale conference in Berlin.  (My talk begins at 43:40) . (Talks co-authoredContinue reading “Links to Boler in Berlin: McLuhan Salon Keynote Lecture, and transmediale panel on Unmasking Cyberwar”

Link to my keynote at the Media Meets Literacy Conference hosted by the Evens Foundation, held in Sarajevo in September 2017.  

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/26/how-emotion-trumps-rationality-in-the-world-of-trump.html How emotion trumps rationality in the world of Trump Society is not benefitting from research into how emotions are abused for the sake of profit or ideology, while social media giants and other purveyors of spectacle profit handsomely. “As reported in The New York Times, NYU psychologists studied how ‘moral emotional language’ moves moreContinue reading “Latest Op-Ed: “How emotion trumps rationality in the world of Trump””

I have been invited to give a Keynote on the topic of “truth as event,” sponsored by the Canadian Embassy and the transmediale festival in Berlin at the end of January.  I will also participate in a transmediale panel addressing cyberwar. Also excited to participate in an invited 3-day session at the Modern Language AssociationContinue reading “NYC and Berlin: Upcoming Invited Sessions/Keynotes”

I am very excited to have been invited to deliver a keynote at the Media Meets Literacy Conference this September organized for media education specialists from across the EU.  The other Keynote Speaker is Evgeny Morozov, whose work addresses the limits and risks of using internet and social media as explored in his book TheContinue reading “Keynote in Sarajevo September 21”

Hot Off the Press! Boler’s news analysis on How Media Produced Trump just published by Truthout.org: “Can Journalism Save Democracy? Salvaging Public Trust in News Media” http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/40377-can-journalism-save-democracy-salvaging-the-us-public-s-trust-in-news-media This news piece reflects 3 months of my intensive analysis of news coverage and recent studies from think tanks and  watchdog orgs.  I aim to catalyze debate on questions largely […]

Selected Media Appearances, 2016 On Air/Broadcast: Boler, M. Featured Expert, CBC News with Dwight Drummond, December 6, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/is-there-a-trump-effect-with-syrian-refugees-in-canada-1.3884454 Boler, M. Featured Expert, Effects of Social Protest Alberta@Noon CBC Radio One Calgary Thursday, November 17, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/programs/albertaatnoon/a-noon-for-thursday-november-17-2016-1.3855844 Featured Expert, CBC, The National News, “Facebook Decision to Restrict Fake News” November 16, 2016. Published News Analyses: Boler, M.Continue reading “2016 Wrap: boler in media”

Many of us are struggling to make sense of the changing relationship of news media, collective emotions, public crisis of trust, and information warfare in this era of Trumpiness.  My new research brings together the studies I have pursued throughout my career. In this frightening historical and political moment, I am working hard to bring together my inquiriesContinue reading “From Truthiness to Post-Truth: Trumpiness and its Casualties, or, bye-bye to post-Enlightenment affect studies…”