Friends,

Welcome back to our Saturday coffee klatch, where Heather Lofthouse (executive director of Inequality Media Civic Action, and my former student) and I discuss the highlights and lowlights of the week.

Today we share with you our discussion before a live audience at the San Francisco Arts and Lectures series. We focus on:

— Parallels between what occurred in the midterm elections of 2022 and the midterms of 1954 (the first election I focused on, when I was eight years old).

— How political communication has changed over the last half-century.

— Why and how I got involved in social media, film, and video, including TikTok.

— How young people are processing information online, especially information about public issues.

— Questions from the audience.

Please join us, and feel free to take today’s poll.

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