Dr. Stephanie Edgerly is a Professor and Associate Dean of Research at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University. As a premier researcher of U.S. media who specializes in audience insight and focus, Stephanie Edgerly examines today’s media environment and the risks it poses to an informed citizenry. In an age of endless news and current-events information, Edgerly sheds light on the power of the media to manipulate perception and guides attendees to consider their own media decisions.