3:30 PM - Faculty Author Talk: J.J. Sylvia IV

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Hammond Hall | University Archives (Room S03)

The Center for Faculty Scholarship, Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, and Communications Media Department invite you to join us as we celebrate the most recent book published by Professor J.J. Sylvia IV. 

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The event will be held on February 12 at 3:30pm in the University Archives (S03-Hammond Hall). Light refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public. 

Professor J.J. Sylvia IV (Communications Media) will discuss his recently published book, LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025). 

Sylvia "demonstrates how epistemic sabotage became central to the Kremlin's efforts to manipulate truth, and more broadly, how the ever-increasing reach of the internet and social media platforms can be weaponized by authoritarian regimes to disrupt knowledge systems and destabilize democracies". Click here to read more about the book.