I'm giving a free public lecture in Malmö next week!
Will talk about the relationship between democracy and trust.
The talk will be in English, with a Q&A in 'Scandinavian' 😊.
Looking forward to being back in Malmö!
Johan Farkas
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Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. Author of 'Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy' (https://t.ly/1JHye). #FirstGen 🎓. he/him. Free access to my work: http://www.johanfarkas.com/research
What is propaganda? And what can the 20 most cited texts in political science from the past decade teach us about it?
I address these questions in a new open access entry in IPSA Companion to Political Science.
How do journalism scholars apply discourse analysis? Find out in our new article in Journalism Studies!
Spoiler: We find a theoretical deficit, as 28% of articles apply discourse analysis (DA) without reference to any major theoretical school.
A Discursive Turn in Journalism Studies? A Systematic Review of Discourse Analysis in Leading Journalism Journals
Discourse analysis has a long history within journalism studies, representing a key area of theoretical cross-fertilization with linguistics, semiotics, continental philosophy, and political theory...
Presented a poster for 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction' at our department seminar: Can you guess the metaphors?
My first encyclopedia article is now out! It's in Danish and about content moderation ('indholdsmoderation') - in Medie- og Kommunikationsleksikon.
https://medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk/indholdsmoderation/
Indholdsmoderation - Medie- og kommunikationsleksikon
Samfundslitteraturs Medie- og kommunikationsleksikon er et uomgængeligt opslagsværk med mange artikler om centrale begreber, teorier, metoder og fænomener af forskere inden for medieteori, mediehistorie, organisationskommunikation, kommunikationsteori, fortælleteori, journalistik, diskursteori, digitale medier, mediesociologi, receptionsanalyse, visuel teori, lingvistik, radio, tv og film.
Back from holidays 😊
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service media in the US. Starts at 47.18:
https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-live/k-live-20251/en-modeuge-helt-uden-trends-11032517321
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service media in the US. Starts at 47.18:
https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-live/k-live-20251/en-modeuge-helt-uden-trends-11032517321
I will give a keynote lecture on Monday at the 1st Workshop on Misinformation Detection in the Era of LLMs (MisD) - in conjunction with ICWSM-2025.
My talk is titled 'The Democratic Deficit of Misinformation Solutions'
Looking forward!
More about the workshop and speakers here: https://sites.google.com/view/misd-2025/invited-speaker?authuser=0
In Danish: Contributing to this article in Politiken about pro-Israeli ads placed in Danish media by Israel’s Government Advertising Agency via Google Ads.
politiken.dk/kultur/medie...
New commentary out in Communication, Culture and Critique!
Aurelien Mondon and I explore "The Roots of Reactionary Tech Oligarchy", a critical reflection on how liberal institutions enabled the unprecedented concentration of infrastructural, discursive, and monetary power in the hands of tech billionaires.
Now, more than ever, we need genuine democratic counter-movements.
📝 Pre-print (open access): https://www.johanfarkas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PrePrint-FarkasMondon2025.pdf
📚 Published version: https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaf011
