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March 16, 2023

“Digital warfare in the Sahel: popular networks of war and Cultural Violence”

This spring, Mirjam de Bruijn starts a new research project funded by NWO. The…

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March 16, 2023

Mirjam de Bruijn reports on political violence in Chad

In a recent

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March 13, 2023

TikTok and the Tigrayan Conflict

Master student Chiara Cozzatella and Research Master student Pieter Roden wrote a blog as…

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March 7, 2023

Factforward: reflections on a future of disinformation

Stories on artificial intelligence, such as deepfakes, Google voice generators, and the impact of…

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February 28, 2023

Samba Dialimpa Badji writes blog for Africa Check

PhD candidate Samba published a

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January 24, 2023

DDMAC team publishes article on the future of disinformation studies

On May 25th 2022, a pre-conference at Sciences Po in Paris was held, where…

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December 19, 2022

Luca Bruls publishes journal article on Algerian TikTok in CyberOrient

Luca Bruls has published her first lengthy academic paper based on nethographic research she…

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December 13, 2022

Luca Bruls presents DDMAC at LeidenASA Annual Meeting

On Monday December 12th, junior researcher Luca presented a short pitch on DDMAC at…

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December 8, 2022

Mirjam de Bruijn interviewed about Mali and the UN mission

On December 1st, Dutch newspaper Trouw featured an article in De Verdieping about the…

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December 5, 2022

Kristin Skare Orgeret awarded with OsloMet’s Research Dissemination Prize

On 30 November, OsloMet awarded four awards to individual researchers and a research group.…

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November 21, 2022

Loretta van der Horst makes three short documentaries on the information disorder in Ethiopia

DDMAC proudly presents you the visual results of a

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November 16, 2022

Call for papers: DDMAC panel at ECAS9 Conference 2023

DDMAC will participate with a panel at the ECAS9 Conference on African Futures in…

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November 8, 2022

A panel discussion by DDMAC at the conference on the safety of journalists

On Wednesday November 2nd the DDMAC research group participated in the 8th annual conference…

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November 7, 2022

Mirjam de Bruijn works on ‘Tchadoblog’

This blog was originally published on The workshop also introduced new methods for structuring…

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October 31, 2022

DDMAC welcomes PhD student Samba Dialimpa Badji

Samba Dialimpa Badji is the newest member of the DDMAC project as a research…

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October 24, 2022

DDMAC participates in Conference on the Safety of Journalists

The DDMAC team participates in the 8th International Conference on the Safety of Journalists.…

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October 13, 2022

Kristin Skare Orgeret writes on the Nobel Peace Prize for Press Freedom

Kristin Skare Orgeret and her colleague Julie Posetti reflect on this year's peace prize,…

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September 26, 2022

Bruce Mutsvairo a delivers keynote speech at SACOMM2022

The annual South African Communications conference took place at Wits University in South Africa…

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August 31, 2022

Call for Panels ECAS 2023

The DDMAC team would like to draw your attention to the call for panels…

Our Insights

“Digital warfare in the Sahel: popular networks of war and Cultural Violence”

Mirjam de Bruijn reports on political violence in Chad

TikTok and the Tigrayan Conflict

Factforward: reflections on a future of disinformation

Samba Dialimpa Badji writes blog for Africa Check

DDMAC team publishes article on the future of disinformation studies

Mirjam de Bruijn co-writes two chapters in the edited volume Drylands Facing Change

Luca Bruls publishes journal article on Algerian TikTok in CyberOrient

Chad’s Transition: Easing Tensions Online

Luca Bruls presents DDMAC at LeidenASA Annual Meeting

Mirjam de Bruijn interviewed about Mali and the UN mission

Kristin Skare Orgeret awarded with OsloMet’s Research Dissemination Prize

Loretta van der Horst makes three short documentaries on the information disorder in Ethiopia

Call for papers: DDMAC panel at ECAS9 Conference 2023

A panel discussion by DDMAC at the conference on the safety of journalists

Mirjam de Bruijn works on ‘Tchadoblog’

DDMAC welcomes PhD student Samba Dialimpa Badji

DDMAC participates in Conference on the Safety of Journalists

Kristin Skare Orgeret writes on the Nobel Peace Prize for Press Freedom

Bruce Mutsvairo a delivers keynote speech at SACOMM2022

Digital media in Ethiopia at a glance

Daniel Thilo Schroeder gives a talk at the summer academy “The Geopolitics of Disinformation”

Bruce Mutsvairo participates in a panel at the Freedom of Expression Conference in Oslo

Call for Panels ECAS 2023

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