DDC Conversations: Recent Episodes
Digital Democracy Centre
DDC Conversations is an online-based series to discuss relevant topics around digital democracy, such as civility, misinformation, polarization, and trust. It aims to approximate scholars and practitioners to stimulate them to think together about the challenges interposed to democracy worldwide. Here you will find lectures and interviews derived from the live sessions. Marília Gehrke hosts DDC Conversations at the Digital Democracy Centre (DDC)/University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
In this episode, you will listen to Rachel Baig, a multimedia journalist and fact-checking specialist at Deutsche Welle (DW). In her talk, she explains how the pandemic accelerated the misinformation spread and the team's effort to spot and correct disinformation in several languages and countries covered by DW. The original audio of this podcast comes from the webinar “Journalism to protect democracy: lessons from news organizations,” which occurred on November 17th, 2022. This is the second of two parts.
Check out the fact-checking video format on YouTube and other relevant resources:
Fact-check at DW: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check/t-56584214
Climate change and the floods in Pakistan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9lfUqbwBTU
Disarming disinformation: https://akademie.dw.com/en/disarmingdisinformation-dw-akademie-launches-new-social-media-campaign/a-62909791
Music: Five to one (Steve Poloni)
Host: Marília Gehrke
Text and audio edition: Marília Gehrke
In this episode, you will listen to Gustavo Faleiros (Environment Investigations Editor of the Rainforest Investigations Network and creator of InfoAmazonia). In his talk, Gustavo tells us how he started covering environmental issues using satellite imagery and public data. He also explains how deforestation and climate change are connected with democratic interests. The original audio of this podcast comes from the webinar “Journalism to protect democracy: lessons from news organizations,” which occurred on November 17th, 2022. This is the first of two parts.
Check out the projects mentioned in his talk and other valuable sources:
Smoke Screen: https://rainforestjournalismfund.org/stories/multimedia-smoke-screen
Disinformation and environmental issues: https://infoamazonia.org/en/2022/01/26/telegram-extrema-direira-fake-news-meio-ambiente/
Investigating rainforest destruction: https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/investigating-rainforest-destruction-how-trace-cattle-raised-amazon-us-car-seats
Four years of Bolsonaro’s Amazon destruction: https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/investigating-rainforest-destruction-how-trace-cattle-raised-amazon-us-car-seats
Music: Five to one (Steve Poloni)
Host: Marília Gehrke
Text and audio edition: Marília Gehrke
In this episode, you will listen to Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University). In her talk, Karin explains the conceptualization of angry populism and why this is a prominent form of discourse used by politicians. Spoiler alert: social media’s architecture has to do with it, given that people are compelled to behave in a certain way. The original audio of this podcast comes from the online panel “Emotions and (in)civility in political conversations,” which occurred on September 8th, 2022. This is the first of two parts.
Music: Five to one (Steve Poloni)
Host: Marília Gehrke
Text and audio edition: Marília Gehrke
In this episode, you will listen to Clara Iglesias Keller (WZB Berlin Social Sciences Center and Leibniz Institute for Media Research/Hans-Bredow-Institute). She talks about what platform regulation means and how the policies regarding this topic can be discussed in a disinformation scenario. The original audio of this podcast comes from the online panel “Factual beliefs, polarization, and platform regulation in the democratic society”, which occurred on April 26th. This is the second of two parts.
Music: Five to one (Steve Poloni)
Sound effects: Zapsplat
Host: Marília Gehrke
Text and audio edition: Marília Gehrke
In this episode, you will listen to Jason Reifler (University of Exeter). He talks about rabbit roles, echo chambers, and algorithmic recommendations on social media. Jason presents empirical evidence on misinformation exposure and fact-checking efficacy. The original audio of this podcast comes from the online panel “Factual beliefs, polarization, and platform regulation in the democratic society”, which occurred on April 26th, 2022. This is the first of two parts.
Music: Five to one (Steve Poloni)
Sound effects: Zapsplat
Host: Marília Gehrke
Text and audio edition: Marília Gehrke
In this short audio, you will find a brief explanation of how the podcast works and how it is different from the live sessions.
Music: Five to one (Steve Poloni)
Sound effects: Zapsplat
Host: Marília Gehrke
Text and audio edition: Marília Gehrke