Johan Farkas

  • Karen Blixens Plads 8

    2300 København S

  • Source: Scopus
20152024

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My research explores the intersection of digital media, journalism, disinformation, and democracy. I have published on these issues in journals such as New Media & Society, Journalism Studies, Social Media + Society, and Critical Discourse Studies

The second edition of my monograph, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood, was published by Routledge in December 2023. Written with Jannick Schou, the book presents a critical examination of discourses around fake news and the so-called post-truth era.

In June 2023, I succesfully defended my PhD thesis: This Is Not Real News: Discursive Struggles over Fake News, Journalism, and Democracy.

I am currently part of the project ‘Tell Me the Truth: Fact-Checkers in an Age of Epistemic Instability' funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.

In the past, I have been a Visiting Researcher at Cornell University, Chair of the Young Scholars Network of the European Communication Research and Education Association (YECREA), and a speaker at institutions such as the Council of Europe, the Swedish Ministry of Culture, and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.

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Academic Employment

2024- : Tenure Track Assistant Professor

2023-2024: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Copenhagen, Department of Communication

2018-2023: PhD Student in Media and Communication Studies.  Malmö University, School of Arts and Communication

Research stays (during PhD):
Cornell University, Information Science (2019)
Aalborg University, Media and Communication Studies (2020-21)

2016-2017: Assistant Lecturer and Scientific Assistant, IT University of Copenhagen

2017: Research Assistant, University of Bergen, Faculty of Social Sciences

Education/Academic qualification

Media and Communication Studies, PhD, Malmö University

Award Date: 2 Jun 2023

Digital Design and Communication, Master of Science in Information Technology, IT University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 19 Dec 2016

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Disinformation
  • Journalism
  • Fake news
  • Democracy
  • Digital media
  • Political communication
  • Social media
  • Discourse theory
  • Fact-checking

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