Disinformation and trolling are new additions to our shared vocabulary.

This development reflects a new political reality where the use of fake news as well as (internet) harassment are threatening to undermine political conversation as we have known it.

This seminar offers a perspective on this development – and suggestions for how to deal with it.

The speakers are Zaneta Ozolina, a prominent security theorist from the University of Riga, Latvia, who works on strategic communication, and Jessikka Aro, investigative journalist at Yle, Finland's national public-broadcasting company, and the world’s most famous victim of trolling. 

Trolling er et fænomen, der huserer på internettets debatfora, bl.a. i nyhedsgrupperne (også benævnt Usenet), hvor vedkommende skriver indlæg egnet til at provokere folk og fremkalde en hidsig diskussion. En troll mener ikke nødvendigvis, hvad han skriver; hans primære formål med sine indlæg er ikke at argumentere for en påstand, men at få folk til at hidse sig op og "bide på krogen".

Speakers

Zaneta Ozolina, Professor, University of Riga, Latvia (Letland)

Jessikka Aro, Journalist, Yle, Finland

Flemming Splidsboel Hansen, Senior Reseacher, DIIS

Programme

13.00-13.30

The use of comedy against disinformation

Zaneta Ozolina

13.30-14.00

My life with trolls

Jessikka Aro

14.00-14.20

Coffee break

14.20-15.30

Q&A

Moderated by Flemming Splidsboel Hansen