Aktiviteter

Farkas, J. & Vaarala, V. (2025). ‘A Systematic Review of Discourse Analysis in Journalism Research.’ Nordmedia 2025. Odense, Danmark. 13.–15. august 2025.

Bengtsson, M. & Farkas, J. (2025). ‘Just a PR Effort for Platforms? Exploring Tensions Between European Fact-Checkers and Tech Giants’. Nordmedia 2025. Odense, Danmark. 13.–15. august 2025.

Farkas, J. & Driessens, O. (2025). ‘Tech Industry Manifestos: A Workshop’. Nordmedia 2025. Odense, Danmark. 13.–15. august 2025.

Vaarala, V. & Farkas, J. (2025). ‘The Theoretical Deficit of the Discursive Turn in Journalism Studies: A Systematic Literature Review’. ICA 2025. Denver, Colorado, USA. 12.-16. juni 2025.

Farkas, J. (2024). ‘The Rhetorical Construction of Factchecking as a Democratic Practice’. NKRF9 (Nordisk Konference for Retorikforskning). København, Danmark. 9.–11. oktober 2024.

Farkas, J. & Xia, Y. (2024). ‘The ‘Troll’ Metaphor and its Problems’. ECREA ECC 2024. Ljubljana, Slovenien. 24.–27. september 2024.

Farkas, J. (2023). Making Democracy More Truthful? Examining the Construction of Credibility Among Fact-Checkers in Hungary, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. ICA 2023 Pre-conference, The Global Fact-Checking Movement: Regional, Comparative, Organizational, and Institutional Perspectives. Toronto, Canada. 24. maj 2023.

Bengtsson, M., Schousboe, S. & Farkas, J. (2023). Ontological and epistemological foundations of fact-checking: A reading of fact-checkers’ policy documents. ICA 2023 Pre-conference, The Global Fact-Checking Movement: Regional, Comparative, Organizational, and Institutional Perspectives. Toronto, Canada. 24. maj 2023.

Farkas, J. (2023). ‘We Return to the Old Virtues:” Exploring Tensions in Imaginaries around Fake News and Journalism. Media Imaginaries 2023. Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sverige. 16. marts 2023.

Farkas, J. (2022). Fake News and Metajournalistic Discourse: “There is Now Work for Us to Do Again”. Democracy & Digital Citizenship Conference, Roskilde Universitet, Roskilde, Danmark. 29. september 2022.

Bastos, M. & Farkas, J. (2019). “Donald Trump is my President!” The Internet Research Agency Propaganda Machine. 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference: Communication Beyond Boundaries, Washington DC, USA. 24.–28. maj 2019.

Farkas, J. & Matamoros Fernández, A. (2019). Racism on Social Media: A Critical Review of Methodological Challenges. Critical Digital and Social Media Research Conference, Umeå, Sverige. 6.–8. marts 2019.

Farkas, J. & Bastos, M. (2018b). State propaganda in the age of social media: Examining strategies of the Internet Research Agency. 7th European Communication Conference (ECC, ECREA), Lugano, Schweiz. 31. oktober – 3. november 2018.

Farkas, J. & Matamoros Fernandez, A. (2018). The implications of social media disinformation in reproducing systemic forms of oppression like racism. Locked out of Social Platforms: An iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation, IT-Universitetet i København, Danmark. 27.–28. oktober 2018.

Farkas, J. & Bastos, M. (2018a). IRA Propaganda on Twitter: Stoking Antagonism and Tweeting Local News. 9th Annual International Conference on Social Media and Society, Copenhagen Business School, Danmark. 18.–20. juli 2018.

Farkas, J. (2018b). Multi-sited online ethnography and critical discourse studies: Exploring disguised propaganda on social media. 7th Biannual Conference on Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, Aalborg Universitet, Danmark. 4.–6. juli 2018.

Farkas, J. (2018a). Fact-based democracy or agonistic pluralism? A critical examination of the idea of a post-truth era. Media Freedom Symposium, Lunds Universitet, Sverige. 15. marts 2018.

Farkas, J. & Neumayer, C. (2017). Clickbait Propaganda: How Far-right Readers’ Letters Became Headline News in Social Media. AoIR 2017: Networked Publics, Universitetet i Tartu, Estland. 18.–21. oktober 2017.

Farkas, J. (2017). Disguised as News: Exploring Fear-mongering Online Commentaries Camouflaged as Journalism. Media and Fear – International Symposium, Lunds Universitet, Sverige. 16. marts 2017.

Farkas, J. & Schou, J. (2016). Cloaked Facebook Pages and Xenophobic Propaganda: Exploring the Computational Architecture of Fake-Information. AoIR 2016 – Internet Rules!, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Tyskland. 5.–8. oktober 2016.

Schou, J. & Farkas, J. (2015b). Inside or in sight? Cloaking Strategies of Political Activists on Facebook. Spaces and tactics of politics: Transnational connections, neoliberalisation and the reshaping of civil society, Universitetet i Turku, Finland. 11.–12. december 2015.

Schou, J. & Farkas, J. (2015a). Disguised as Islamists: Cloaked Facebook Pages and Danish Right-wing Groups. ECREA Communication and Democracy Conference 2015: Political Agency in the Digital Age: Media, Participation and Democracy, Copenhagen Business School, Danmark. 9.–10. oktober 2015.

Farkas, J. & Hjelholt, M. (2015). Moderating Participation: Utilizing Social Network Sites in the 2015 Danish Election. ECREA Political Communication Conference 2015: Changing political communication, changing Europe?, Syddansk Universitet. 27.–28. august 2015.

Farkas, J., Schou, J. & Hjelholt, M. (2015). The Historical Shaping of Public Service Television and Digitalization. NordMedia 2015: Media Presence – Mobile Modernities, Københavns Universitet, Danmark. 13.–15. august 2015.

Schou, J. & Farkas, J. (2015). “Take Action Now and Share This”: Mapping the Micro-dynamics of Political Participation through Facebook. NordMedia 2015: Media Presence – Mobile Modernities, Københavns Universitet, Danmark. 13.–15. august 2015.

Farkas, J., Schou, J. & Klastrup, L. (2015). Riding the Algorithms? Exploring the Socio-material Practices and Tactics of Mundane Danish Activists on Facebook. Protest Participation in Variable Communication Ecologies, Alghero, Italien. 24.–26. juni 2015.

Keynotes og gæsteforelæsninger

‘Källtillit och demokrati: Ett komplicerat förhållande’, Malmö Bibliotek. Malmö, Sverige. 25. marts 2026

‘Fact-Checking and Democracy, Policing and Politics’. Resilient Democracy Online: Reimagining Civic Debate on Social Media. SoMe4Dem stakeholder event. Bruxelles, Belgien. 2. december 2025.

‘The Democratic Deficit of Misinformation Solutions’. 1st Workshop on Misinformation Detection in the Era of LLMs (MisD). ICWSM ’25. Aalborg Universitet, København. 23. juni 2025.

‘Disinformation and Fake news’, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication. København, Danmark. 25. marts 2025.

‘Misinformation, Democracy and Animal Welfare’, Aarhus Universitet, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 16. januar 2025.

‘Digital propaganda og kampen om demokrati’, Aabenraa Bibliotek, Aabenraa, Danmark. 15. januar 2025.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood’, Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center, Institute for Rebooting Social Media. 4. december 2024.

‘Kampen om demokrati og de falske nyheder’, Filosofisk Forum, København. 11. november 2024.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy’, Avignon University, Political, Economic and Social Sciences Department, Avignon, Frankrig. 23. februar 2024.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy’, Stora PR-dagen 2024, Stockholm, Sverige. 1. februar 2024.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy’, Politics Week 2024. Department of Political Science and Public Management, Syddansk Universitet. 29. januar 2024.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy’, Lunds Universitet, Department of Communication and Media, Lund, Sverige. 15. december 2023.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy’, Aarhus Universitet, School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus, Danmark. 6. december 2023.

‘Fake News og Journalistik,’ Roskilde Universitet, Roskilde, Danmark. 12. december 2022.

‘Fake News, Journalism, and the Democratic Paradox,’ Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sverige. 7. december 2022.

‘Diskursteori og kritisk desinformations-analyse,’ Københavns Universitet, Department of Communication, København, Danmark. 6. oktober 2022.

‘The Truth Alone Will Not Save the Democracies,’ Biblioteken i Kungsbacka, Kungsbacka, Sverige. 22. september 2022.

‘Media Discourses on Fake News and their Limits,’ The Finnish Conference for Media and Communication (MEVI2022). Turku, Finland. 23. april 2022.

‘Post-Truth Discourses and Anti-Democratic Measures,’ Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy, København, Danmark. 11. november 2021.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ The University of Antwerp (remote lecture), Antwerpen, Belgien. 5. marts 2021.

‘”We Try to Avoid Fake News”: Examining Journalistic Reflections on Fake News Coverage,’ International Symposium on Journalism, Media and the Normalization of (Right-Wing) Populism and Nativist Authoritarianism. Organised by Gothenburg University and Uppsala University. 5. februar 2021.

‘Disguised Propaganda, Fake News and Democracy,’ Fojos Faktajouren, Linnéuniversitetet, Kalmar, Sverige. 11. november 2020.

‘Sluta jaga sanningen på bekostnad av demokratin,’ Sanning, lögn och språk, Värmland läser, Karlstad, Sverige. 8. september 2020.

‘Online Disinformation and Post-Truth Discourses,’ Syddansk Universitet, Department for the Study of Culture. Odense, Danmark. 30. april 2020.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Swedish Ministry of Culture, Stockholm, Sverige. 12. februar 2020.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Lund Universitet, Symposium on Social Information and Hybrid Power: A Strategic Platform for Political Communication, Helsingborg, Sverige. 13. december 2019.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Södertörn Universitet, School of Culture and Education. Stockholm, Sverige. 6. december 2019.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Goto10, Internetstiftelsen. Stockholm, Sverige. 5. december 2019.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Temple University, Klein College of Media and Communication. Philadelphia, PA, USA. 24. oktober 2019.

’Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Rutgers University, Department of Communication. New Brunswick, USA. 23. oktober 2019.

‘Disguised Propaganda, Fake News and Democracy,’ University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication, Center on Digital Culture and Society. Philadelphia, PA, USA. 22. oktober 2019.

’Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Brown University, Watson Institute, Brown Journal of World Affairs. Providence, RI, USA. 21. oktober 2019.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Fordham University, McGannon Center. New York, NY, USA. 18. oktober 2019.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Syracuse University, School of Information Studies. Syracuse, NY, USA. 25. september 2019.

‘Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination,’ Cornell University, Department of Information Science. Ithaca, NY, USA. 12. september 2019.

‘Assessing the Threat of Disinformation,’ Altinget. København, Danmark. 3. juni 2019.

‘Disguised propaganda on social media,’ University of Gothenburg, Brännpunkt Europa. Göteborg, Sverige. 22. januar 2019.

‘Disguised propaganda in the digital era,’ Deep Cuts #1: Copy/Truth Fake/Original, OBRA Gallery.
Malmö, Sverige. 19. november 2018.

‘Hitting the wall: How social media companies inhibit the struggle against political deception,’ University of Gothenburg, Centrum för Europaforskning. Göteborg, Sverige. 12. oktober 2018.

‘Disguised Propaganda on Social Media: Addressing Democratic Dangers and Solutions,’ University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG). Göteborg, Sverige. 12. oktober 2018.

‘Fake News Literacy? Understanding the potentials and challenges of spotting, classifying and contesting “fake news”,’ TechFestival 2018. København, Danmark. 5. september 2018.

Forskningsophold

Aalborg Universitet
Department of Communication and Psychology
september 2020 – januar 2021
Vært: Associate Professor Bolette Blaagaard

Cornell University
Department of Information Science
september–oktober 2019
Vært: Professor Steven J. Jackson

Andre aktiviteter

Deltager, Rethinking Fact-checking: For Your Information Network Inaugural Workshop. Københavns Universitet. København, Danmark. 21.–22. april 2026,

Deltager, CDR Network Symposium 2026, The Communication Dimension of Democratic Resilience in Europe, Helsingborg, Sverige, 5.–6. marts 2026,

Ordstyrer, ‘What does it take to have a resilient information environment?’. Resilient Democracy Online: Reimagining Civic Debate on Social Media. SoMe4Dem stakeholder event. Bruxelles, Belgien. 2. december 2025.

Forelæsning, Book launch for Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction, Center for Tracking and Society, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, 29. januar.

Deltager, ‘Methods of Misinformation’, Amsterdam University, Amsterdam, Nederlandene. 22. november 2024.

Paneldeltager, US Election Night at Politiken (Danish newspaper), 5. november 2024.

Forelæsning, ‘Fact-Checking Europe: Exploring the Democratic Role and Potential of Fact-Checking Journalism’, Department Seminar. Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen. 22. august 2024.

Forelæsning, ‘Tech-giganternes trussel mod det monitorerende demokrati’, Magtudredningen 2.0, Odense, Danmark. 13. marts 2024.

Gæsteforelæsning, ‘Digital Media, Journalism, Disinformation, and Democracy’, Section of Media Studies, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, København, Danmark. 28. januar 2024.

Paneldeltager, ‘Malmö snackar’, Panel on disinformation and democracy, Malmö, Sverige. 13. marts 2024.

Forelæsning, Bogreception: Post-Truth, Fake News, and Democracy (2nd Edition). Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, København, Danmark. 26. januar 2024.

Arrangør, Digital Methods in Social Media Research: A Workshop on Potentials and Limitations. University of Copenhagen, Department of Communication, Danmark. 5. december 2023.

Paneldeltager, En ifrågasatt demokrati. Conference. Linnaeus University. 15. november 2023.

Ph.d.-forsvar: Malmö Universitet, Malmö, Sverige. 2. juni 2023.

Ekspert-udtalelse, Cognitive Intrusions: Opening Symposium, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, Helsinki, Finland. 9. marts 2023. Læs ekspert-udtalelse.

90% Ph.d. seminar, Malmö University, Opponent: Eva Mayerhöffer, oktober 2022.

Deltager, ‘Master class with Professor Zizi Papacharissi: Affective publics and social connection in the digital age,’ Roskilde University, Roskilde, april 2022.

Forelæsning, ’Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination’, Malmö University, Malmö University Library. Malmö, Sverige. oktober 2019.

50% ph.d. Seminar, Malmö Universitet, Opponent: Aske Kammer, Malmö, Sverige. oktober 2020.

Forelæsning, TRAIN Conference, Online due to COVID-19, august 2020.

Deltager, Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2020, Online due to COVID-19, juni 2020.

Paneldeltager, Paneldebat om ‘Post-Truth, Fake News, and Democracy’, Goto10, Internetstiftelsen, Stockholm, Sverige. februar 2020.

Forelæsning: ’Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood’, Malmö Universitet, School of Arts and Communication. Malmö, Sverige. november 2019.

Ekspert-udtalelse, Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Berlin, Tyskland. november 2019. Læs ekspert-udtalelse.

Deltager. Academic Information Expert Pool Meeting. Hybrid CoE, The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, To-dags seminar, Helsinki, Finland, november 2019.

Medarrangør, Workshop on threats, doxing and online harassment against media scholars and media professionals, NordMedia, Malmö University, Sverige, august 2019.

Deltager, Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2019, The Royal Danish Playhouse, København, Danmark. juni 2019.

Deltager, Datafication, Digital Inequalities and Data Justice, Netværkskonference i København, Danmark. juni 2019.

Deltager, TRAIN Conference, Örebro, Sverige. april 2019.,

Deltager, Network Meeting on the Risk of Foreign Interference in the Danish National Elections, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, København, Danmark. marts 2019.

Deltager, Keynote by Professor Jay David Bolter, Augmented and Virtual Reality-enhancing our understanding of cultural heritage, Malmö Universitet, Sverige. november 2018.

Ordstyrer, Panel on discursive struggles in national and European media, 7th European Communication Conference (ECC) , Lugano, Schweiz. oktober 2018.

Medarrangør, Three Young Scholar Workshops: Methods, Writing and Activism, Pre-conference event to the 7th European Communication Conference (ECC) in Lugano, Schweiz. oktober 2018.

Deltager, Cph150 – a two-day think tank, TechFestival, København, Danmark. september 2018.

Deltager, Datafication, Digital Inequalities and Data Justice, Workshop at Tampere University, Finland. august 2018.

Bidrag til udstilling, Förnuft eller känsla? Fakta, forskning och föreställningar, Malmö University Library, Sverige. april–oktober 2018.

Paneldeltager, Keynote by Professor Pille Pruulmann Vengerfeldt, Digital parenting: How social media helps push the boundaries of being normal, Malmö Universitet, Sverige. april 2018.

Deltager, TRAIN Conference, Kristinehamn, Sverige. april 2018.

Ordstyrer, Panel on civic engagement and civic experiences in datafied societies, Digital Democracy: Critical Perspectives in the Age of Big Data, ECREA Communication and Democracy conference, Stockholm, Sverige. november 2017.

Ordstyrer, Panel on digital activism, Digital Democracy: Critical Perspectives in the Age of Big Data, ECREA Communication and Democracy conference, Stockholm, Sverige. november 2017.

Medarrangør, Open Lecture on Racist Propaganda in the Digital Age, w. Professor Jessie Daniels, IT University of Copenhagen, Danmark. maj 2017.

Medarrangør, Conference on Digital Social Inclusion, IT University of Copenhagen, Danmark. april 2017.

Medlemskaber og repræsentation

Forperson for Young Scholars Network of the European Communication Research and Education Association (YECREA) – 2018–2021.

Medlem af Datafication, Digital Inequalities and Data Injustice (Nordic research network) – 2018–2021.

Medlem af Udenrigsministeriets Netværk om Desinformation, 2018–2021.

PhD repræsentant på Board of Supervisors, School of Arts and Communication, Malmö Universitet – 2018–2019.

Medlem af Association for Swedish Media Researchers (FSMK) – 2018–2023

YECREA Representative in the Communication and Democracy section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) – 2017–2018.

Medlem af Democracy and Citizenship in Digital Society (DECIDIS), strategic research initiative at the IT University of Copenhagen – 2016–2018.

Fagfællebedømmelse

Jeg har været fagfællebedømmer for følgende akademiske tidsskrifter (i alfabetisk rækkefølge):
Big Data & Society
Canadian Journal of Communication
Contemporary Political Theory
Convergence
Cooperation and Conflict
Diffractions
Digital Culture and Education
Digital Journalism
Emotion, Space and Society
European Journal of Communication
First Monday
Globalizations
Globalisation, Societies and Education
Global Policy
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
Human Communication Research
Journalism
Journalism Practice
Journalism Studies
Journal of Communication
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Journal of Language and Politics
Media, Culture & Society
Media International Australia
MedieKultur
New Media & Society
Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Nordicom Review
Politica
Political Communication
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy
Science as Culture
Television & New Media
Theory, Culture & Society
The Communication Review

Bevillinger

Rejsestipendium, 2018 – 58 000 SEK, Reidar Peters Internationaliseringsfond

Rejsestipendium, 2018 – 2000 SEK, Swedish Association for Media and Communication Research (FSMK)

Rejsestipendium, 2018 – 1000 DKK, Carlsberg Foundation

Rejsestipendium, 2015 – 2000 DKK, IT University of Copenhagen, august 2015

Rejsestipendium, 2011 – 20 000 DKK, Erasmus+