Marília Gehrke, Ph.D.

Check out our Call for Papers on "Digital #Journalism in the Age of #Technogarchy", guest edited by @curdknupfer.bsky.social, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, & @gehrke.bsky.social. The deadline for abstract submission is fast coming up, on 15 Sep!

Interested in discussing how big techs and their powerful owners shape journalism and its processes? Take a look at this Special Issue call for papers! I particularly encourage my colleagues in Latin America to read the call and think of a proposal. Abstract submissions by September 15.

Still time to submit for a PhD position, working in a team with @gehrke.bsky.social @seldridge.com and myself! Submit in the link below!

📣 Fully-funded PhD position on the project "Visual Gendered Disinformation"

Come work with me and this fantastic supervisory team @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social and @seldridge.com at the University of Groningen!

Info: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Time to strike! The University of Groningen (RUG) staff is joining the national relay today (March 18) and we are already by the Harmony Building to fight against the budget cuts in the higher education.

This event would never be possible without @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social and the Jantina Tammes School at the University of Groningen. 💫

Thanks to all who have joined and supported “Counting What Should Count: a Data Feminism Workshop” last Friday, particularly the amazing keynote speaker @kanarinka.bsky.social, the panelists Aranka Ballering, Lisa Gaufman & Loes Aaldering and all the participants.

@gehrke.bsky.social & @olpasi.bsky.social explore group dynamics in disinformation, focusing on Identity propaganda, logics of exclusion, and gendered disinformation.
Their piece highlights how groups shape info flows.
politicalcommunication.org/article/gehr...

Just in time (be)for a holiday break: our contribution with brilliant @gehrke.bsky.social Marília Gehrke is out in polcomm report: politicalcommunication.org/issue/fall-2...! Proud to be a part of this vibrant community💪🏽 and thanks a lot to @curdknupfer.bsky.social for bringing us together!

Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders Pakistani politician Azma Bukhari is haunted by a counterfeit image of herself -- a sexualised deepfake video published to discredit her role as one of the nation's few female leaders.

#GBD gender-based disinformation exploits societal norms to harm #women 🚺

In countries like Pakistan, #deepfakes suggesting improper interactions with men can ruin women’s reputations and pose real safety threats ⚠️

Understanding context is crucial to fight #disinformation 🗺️

Magazine cover of Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm

The conservative women’s magazine Evie has released their new cover featuring Ballerina Farm.

Evie has peddled health conspiracy theories & disinfo, patriarchal relationships, and anti-LGBTQ views under an aesthetic guise.

It’s time to stop saying that tradwives aren’t political.

After the massive demonstration in Utrecht was suddenly canceled, we did our part in Groningen this afternoon. We say a solid and loud NO to the budget cuts in higher education in the Netherlands.

Just gonna keep sharing this. Some of the smartest and kindest humans I know. And if you’re in this space please ask to be added. I may need to make a Part II pack at this rate because I’m running out of slots. 😅

Would you please add me as well? Thank you very much for organizing this list!

Curious about people’s use of GenAI for news and the implications for news literacy? We’re looking for a PhD candidate on Assessing the reliability of news and online information (supervised by Marcel Broersma, Bart Verheij & yours truly). More info here: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

🔥JOBS JOBS JOBS🔥 Super exciting #postdoc opportunities at the Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

Deadline is November 1
Flexible start date 2025
PhD candidates (ABD) across disciplines are encouraged to apply. SHARE💓

#commsky

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I was the first postdoc at DDC and highly recommend applying for the positions. Check it out:

Check our open access publication on what makes news authentic in the eyes of young adults in Denmark 🇩🇰 this is an outcome of my work as a postdoc at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social in 2022-2023, which was done in partnership with my amazing colleagues at the Trust and News Authenticity project 🎉

I have completed my University Teaching Trajectory (UTQ/BKO) 🥳 A wonderful way to celebrate my first year as an assistant professor at the University of Groningen.

Updated syllabi for my @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Political Misinformation and Conspiracy Theory course sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/... and my Experiments in Politics course sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/...

📢 We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to study misinformation effects and policies

You will be working with @claesdevreese.bsky.social Michael Hameleers and myself at @UvA_ASCoR
Deadline: 15 April

vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...

I couldn't be more proud of – now MA candidate – Lila Dimas, who won the best BA thesis award of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen. It was my honor to supervise this bright and talented student, who investigated the Tate-Thunberg clash using Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis.

False allegations about electoral fraud have been widespread in the past years. In this study with US and Brazilian populations, we investigated the effectiveness of credible sources and pre-bunking in the so-called ‘voter fraud’ context. Check the primary findings:

Imagine when adding race. Curious to see if there is data in this respect.

Looking very much forward to read the entire book. Among the findings: “Women tend to consume less news in part due to their heavy caretaking responsibilities and persistent divisions of labor in the home that often afford men more time to keep up with news (at least in heterosexual relationships)”

Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard Amid the coverage of Sam Altman returning to the helm of OpenAI, women are being written out of the future of AI

“Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI?”

Fair question to reflect on the present and future of generative AI.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective. At the Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Media Literacy The position: The focus of the tenure track professorship is on media literacy. Applicants should be internationally established and cover the dimensions, antecedents, processes and/or consequences of media literacy. The position is open for excellent candidates of various specializations informed by and/or focused on communication science and open to all epistemological and methodological approaches within the area of media literacy research.

Our Department is advertising a new Tenure Track Assistant Professorship on Media Literacy!

Click here to apply: academicjobs.univie.ac.at/datenabfrage...

Full program here: event.cwi.nl/misdoom-2023/

Heading to Amsterdam to join the 5th Misdoom! This morning, I will present the first results of the pilot study “A decolonial feminist approach to gendered disinformation”. In the afternoon, my colleague Ansgard Heinrich and I will share directions to answer “Who checks the fact-checkers?”

We are hiring a postdoc for 2 years as part of the ERC-StG project INEQNEWS aiming to examine social inequalities in digital news consumption! Apply by December 15! smit.vub.ac.be/vacancy/post...