When we think about public health communication, we often imagine peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, policy briefs, or national media appearances. Yet today, many people encounter public health information not through traditional channels, but through social media, digital storytelling, and informal online spaces.
This interactive webinar is an invitation to think more honestly about power, responsibility, and what public health communication asks of us right now.
We will reflect on what it means to communicate about public health in the current era. A significant era shaped by misinformation, political polarization, algorithmic platforms, and growing calls for antiracist and anti-oppressive practice.
Rather than offering a checklist of “best practices,” this session will pose critical and sometimes uncomfortable questions like:
- What does credibility mean when public health knowledge circulates outside academic institutions?
- Can public health communication ever be apolitical, and should it be?
- How do power, race, class, and access shape who is heard, trusted, or dismissed?
- What responsibilities do public health professionals hold when communicating in public, digital spaces?
Drawing on public health scholarship, social justice frameworks, and lived experiences this session blends reflection, discussion, humor, and interactive exercises. Participants will be invited to engage through live prompts, chat reflections, and Q&A.
This webinar is designed for faculty, students, practitioners, and community members interested in reimagining public health communication as a practice rooted in evidence, and in justice, accessibility, and collective care.
