Media in a Post-Truth Era: From Trump to Malaysia

The Monash SASS Alumni Association convene the association's inaugural event on Media in a Post-Truth Era: From Trump to Malaysia on Friday, 31 March 2017.

The forum consisted of SASS Alumni members and panel members made up of Dr. Joel Moore, senior lecturer in Global Studies and Deputy Head of School (Education) in Monash Malaysia; as well as media industry representatives Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, assistant news editor for MalayMail Online, and Iqbal Fatkhi, writer and project manager of CILISOS Media.

Moderated by alumni member Farlina Md Said, the forum proceeded with input from Dr. Moore as well as Kamal and Fatkhi being people familiar with the procedures in researching and releasing political stories. 

The event came to a close with a Q&A session from the attendees to the panel, dissecting the discussion further and exploring how the attendees as audiences for the media could affect the production of news reports. 

Please click here to find out more about the event.