An Evening with Kara Alaimo, Author

Next date: Thursday, March 06, 2025 | 06:30 PM to 08:00 PM

Kara Alaimo, PhD, will speak about her book, Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls -- and How We Can Take It Back, the issues that motivated her to write the book, and answer questions from the audience.  This is a hybrid program: audience members may attend in-person or via Zoom.  Registration is required for either mode of attendance.  Registration will open in January.

About the Book:  In Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take It Back, communication professor Kara Alaimo demonstrates how social media affects every aspect of the lives of women, girls and nonbinary people — from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental wellbeing.

About the Author:  Kara Alaimo, PhD is author of the book Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back, as well as Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street, a textbook in use at universities around the world that explains how to adapt communication strategies for different countries and cultures.  She is a communication professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, where she created the university’s programs in social media, and has been writing for CNN Opinion about the social impact of social media and issues affecting women and girls since 2016.  Her academic research on social media and international and political/advocacy communication has been published in academic journals, including the International Journal of Communication, Journal of Communication Management, Journal of Public Affairs, Case Studies in Strategic Communication, and Social Media & Society.  She earned her Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, and Masters of Arts degrees at the City University of New York, and her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Women’s Studies at N.Y.U.  For more about Ms. Alaimo, please see her website link to the right.

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via Zoom OR in-person at Morris County Library Public Meeting Room, 30 E. Hanover Ave., 07981, View Map