CPIPR organized this invited session at the 2017 Population Association of America Annual Meeting to address the changing media landscape and the growth in communication through social media channels such as Twitter, blogs, and podcasts. Five researchers who are successfully disseminating demographic data and research findings through social media shared their experiences and advice for using these new tools to communicate effectively with policy and media audiences. The speakers were:

D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center (Slides: PDF)

Philip Cohen, University of Maryland, College Park (Slides: PDF)

Mathew Hauer, University of Georgia (Slides: PDF)

Mark Mather, PRB (Slides: PDF)

Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University (Slides: PDF)