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Today, I had the pleasure to talk about one of my ongoing research at the University of Houston, Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. The Research Talk was titled: “Facebook Campaigns in the Era of Covid-19: The Mobilizing Power of Visual Populism in the Global East”. This project is a collaboration with Professor Lindita Camaj…

Nowadays, almost anybody can create audio or video recordings of celebrities or regular people acting and talking in ways they never would have by using simple, widely accessible artificial intelligence software. The rights of the persons whose voices and images are being appropriated will need to be more seriously protected. Big tech-companies have teamed up…

A pleasure to present my research on propaganda against NATO and Kosovo at the Conference on the 25th Anniversary of NATO Intervention in Kosovo “Democracy, Human Rights, and PeaceBuilding International Conference” organized by the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” and the University of Arkansas. The event was held in Prishtina, Kosovo in a hybrid format,…

A pleasure to be part of the “Local Journalism Research Workshop” organized by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy – Duke University.An opportunity to discuss about Media and Journalism in Southeast Europe and also meet great scholars from across the US. The event was held in Durham, North Carolina, USA on March 25-27,…

I had the honor to be a speaker at the #Connexions24 Conference “Extreme in the Mainstream: Information Disorder, (Dis)engagement, & Digital (R)evolution” organized by the University of Texas at Austin. The conference was held in Austin, Texas, USA on March 18-20, 2024. Panel title: Red Flags: Russia’s and China’s Influence Operations Around the World