Mohan Dutta
7.30 pm Tuesday, 18 November, Palmerston North Central Library, George Street, Palmerston North
As digital platforms increasingly shape public discourse, they simultaneously serve as engines of disinformation and exclusion—particularly for marginalized communities. Algorithmic echo chambers and targeted hate speech reinforce structural inequities and incite real-world violence. I advocate for transformative communication strategies that dismantle disinformation networks, democratize platform ownership, and reclaim democracy as a space of cultural resistance against neoliberal and authoritarian regimes.
Mohan J. Dutta is Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication and Director of the Centre for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Massey University, New Zealand. Through collaborations with indigenous, migrant, working class and hyper-precarious communities, Dutta co-creates participatory communication strategies that resist colonial extractivism and algorithmic repression.
The talk will be proceeded by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Manawatū Branch 2025 AGM, starting at 7.00pm.