Davar M. Abdulla
Davar Mohammad is a Kurdish journalist based in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. With a great interest in social media analysis, he also closely follows local media for identifying dis/misinformation in the digital sphere. He has been part of a six-month-long pilot project intended to identify, map, analyze, and intervene in a pressing social media issue in Iraq. He also closely follows Iraqi social media platforms for dis/misinformation.
Vorträge
Hate speech, disinformation, and affective polarisation can exacerbate conflict and division on social media. This talk will run you through peacebuilding in the digital era, what problems we face when trying to identify where conflicts are, and how we use participatory research to find the right interventions for the local context.