Truth Decay and Civil Discourse

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Program

The shrinking role of facts and evidence-based analysis in American public life poses a threat to democracy, to policymaking, and to the very notion of civil discourse. RAND has launched an ambitious research project to define and study Truth Decay, with the goal of working toward innovative solutions. RAND's Jennifer Kavanagh will address the connection between Truth Decay and the erosion of civil discourse, as well as Truth Decay's effects on policymaking and the future of democracy.

Featured Speakers

Jennifer Kavanagh

Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Associate Director of the Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program in the RAND Arroyo Center

Nicholas Goldberg

Editorial Page Editor, Los Angeles Times

Further Inquiries

This event is by invitation only. For further information, contact events@rand.org.