Johan Farkas
@jfarkas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Author of 'Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy' (https://t.ly/1JHye), University of Copenhagen, Firstgen 🎓. he/him. Free access to my work: http://www.johanfarkas.com/research
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
This needs to be the news headline.
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This needs to be the news headline.
Five books and five records that inspired me in 2025:
Books:
1) American Technological Sublime by David E. Nye (1994)
2) The Great Transformation
by Karl Polanyi (1944)
3) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (2025)
4) Essential Essays by Stuart Hall (2019)
5) The Code by Margaret O'Mara (2019)
Books:
1) American Technological Sublime by David E. Nye (1994)
2) The Great Transformation
by Karl Polanyi (1944)
3) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (2025)
4) Essential Essays by Stuart Hall (2019)
5) The Code by Margaret O'Mara (2019)
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Five books and five records that inspired me in 2025:
Books:
1) American Technological Sublime by David E. Nye (1994)
2) The Great Transformation
by Karl Polanyi (1944)
3) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (2025)
4) Essential Essays by Stuart Hall (2019)
5) The Code by Margaret O'Mara (2019)
Books:
1) American Technological Sublime by David E. Nye (1994)
2) The Great Transformation
by Karl Polanyi (1944)
3) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (2025)
4) Essential Essays by Stuart Hall (2019)
5) The Code by Margaret O'Mara (2019)
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New essay out that draws from my current book project (might be paywalled – I will post a gift link soon). academic.oup.com/ccc/article-...
Eroding the market’s hidden hand: toward a Post-Capitalist media system
Abstract. Media-related problems facing democratic societies around the world today often stem from various kinds of market failures and structural limitat
academic.oup.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New essay out that draws from my current book project (might be paywalled – I will post a gift link soon). academic.oup.com/ccc/article-...
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In the news business, we call this a “puff piece.” It’s about the Ellisons, an “intriguing partnership,” according to the NY Times, which seems more impressed by people’s bank accounts than anything else. The Ellisons are buying up media to prop up a dictator. That’s the news. 1/4 🧵
A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push for Media Moguldom
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In the news business, we call this a “puff piece.” It’s about the Ellisons, an “intriguing partnership,” according to the NY Times, which seems more impressed by people’s bank accounts than anything else. The Ellisons are buying up media to prop up a dictator. That’s the news. 1/4 🧵
NYT describing a state-backed authoritarian-aligned media takeover, which could soon "range from CNN to Warner Bros. to TikTok" as an "intriguing partnership" 😶
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
NYT describing a state-backed authoritarian-aligned media takeover, which could soon "range from CNN to Warner Bros. to TikTok" as an "intriguing partnership" 😶
Stuart Hall on teaching 💛
“Let me put it this way: you have to be sure about a position in order to teach a class, but you have to be open-ended enough to know that you are going to change your mind by the time you teach it next week” (Hall, Essential Essays vol. 1, p. 245)
“Let me put it this way: you have to be sure about a position in order to teach a class, but you have to be open-ended enough to know that you are going to change your mind by the time you teach it next week” (Hall, Essential Essays vol. 1, p. 245)
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Stuart Hall on teaching 💛
“Let me put it this way: you have to be sure about a position in order to teach a class, but you have to be open-ended enough to know that you are going to change your mind by the time you teach it next week” (Hall, Essential Essays vol. 1, p. 245)
“Let me put it this way: you have to be sure about a position in order to teach a class, but you have to be open-ended enough to know that you are going to change your mind by the time you teach it next week” (Hall, Essential Essays vol. 1, p. 245)
How do journalism scholars apply discourse analysis?
Find out in our new article in Journalism Studies!
Spoiler: We find a theoretical deficit, as 28% of articles apply discourse analysis (DA) without reference to any major theoretical school.
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Find out in our new article in Journalism Studies!
Spoiler: We find a theoretical deficit, as 28% of articles apply discourse analysis (DA) without reference to any major theoretical school.
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
A Discursive Turn in Journalism Studies? A Systematic Review of Discourse Analysis in Leading Journalism Journals
Discourse analysis has a long history within journalism studies, representing a key area of theoretical cross-fertilization with linguistics, semiotics, continental philosophy, and political theory...
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How do journalism scholars apply discourse analysis?
Find out in our new article in Journalism Studies!
Spoiler: We find a theoretical deficit, as 28% of articles apply discourse analysis (DA) without reference to any major theoretical school.
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Find out in our new article in Journalism Studies!
Spoiler: We find a theoretical deficit, as 28% of articles apply discourse analysis (DA) without reference to any major theoretical school.
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?"
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Can Your Face Predict Your Salary? Using AI Personality Assessments in Hiring
A new study from Wharton faculty explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images — and what that means for your career.
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?"
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
Why make your building fun and creative when you can just write it on the front? (seen in Brussels)
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Why make your building fun and creative when you can just write it on the front? (seen in Brussels)
In Brussels, not as a Christmas tourist. Here to present my current research on fact-checking and democracy.
At the SoMe4Dem stakeholder event on Resilient Democracy Online.
More info:
www.brussels-school.be/output/event...
At the SoMe4Dem stakeholder event on Resilient Democracy Online.
More info:
www.brussels-school.be/output/event...
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In Brussels, not as a Christmas tourist. Here to present my current research on fact-checking and democracy.
At the SoMe4Dem stakeholder event on Resilient Democracy Online.
More info:
www.brussels-school.be/output/event...
At the SoMe4Dem stakeholder event on Resilient Democracy Online.
More info:
www.brussels-school.be/output/event...
Around 10% of Meta's revenue comes from literal crime.
That’s not a moderation failure, it's a business model.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That’s not a moderation failure, it's a business model.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Around 10% of Meta's revenue comes from literal crime.
That’s not a moderation failure, it's a business model.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That’s not a moderation failure, it's a business model.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Delighted to announce that my PhD thesis "Misinformation Claims in Australian News: Lies, Fakes, and Scare Campaigns" is now available on QUT E-Prints at doi.org/10.5204/thes.... Big moment 🥹 massive, unspeakably huge thanks to my family, my supervisors, and my thoughtful and engaged interviewees.
Misinformation Claims In Australian News: Lies, Fakes, And Scare Campaigns | QUT ePrints
Matich, Phoebe (2025) Misinformation Claims In Australian News: Lies, Fakes, And Scare Campaigns. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
doi.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Delighted to announce that my PhD thesis "Misinformation Claims in Australian News: Lies, Fakes, and Scare Campaigns" is now available on QUT E-Prints at doi.org/10.5204/thes.... Big moment 🥹 massive, unspeakably huge thanks to my family, my supervisors, and my thoughtful and engaged interviewees.
Presented a poster for 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction' at our department seminar: Can you guess the metaphors?
August 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Presented a poster for 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction' at our department seminar: Can you guess the metaphors?
And we're off: #Nordmedia25
Looking forward to great discussions with Nordic research colleagues.
Looking forward to great discussions with Nordic research colleagues.
August 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And we're off: #Nordmedia25
Looking forward to great discussions with Nordic research colleagues.
Looking forward to great discussions with Nordic research colleagues.
Re-reading Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto. Had forgotten the big brain argument that AI regulation is actually murder: "any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder" 🙃
August 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Re-reading Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto. Had forgotten the big brain argument that AI regulation is actually murder: "any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder" 🙃
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Very excited to share that my book, The Discursive-Digital Link, is now available for pre-order on Routledge: tinyurl.com/the-ddl. The e-book is already available to order with a 30% discount!
You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/
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You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/
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August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Very excited to share that my book, The Discursive-Digital Link, is now available for pre-order on Routledge: tinyurl.com/the-ddl. The e-book is already available to order with a 30% discount!
You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/
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You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/
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"Boston Consulting Group consultants modelled relocating Palestinians to Somalia and Somaliland during a project on postwar Gaza, according to people familiar with the work."
www.ft.com/content/2206...
www.ft.com/content/2206...
BCG consultants modelled relocating Gazans to Somalia
Cost estimates of moving Palestinians to five destinations were included in project on postwar plans
www.ft.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Boston Consulting Group consultants modelled relocating Palestinians to Somalia and Somaliland during a project on postwar Gaza, according to people familiar with the work."
www.ft.com/content/2206...
www.ft.com/content/2206...
My first encyclopedia article is now out.
It's in Danish and about content moderation ('indholdsmoderation') - in Medie- og Kommunikationsleksikon.
medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk/indholdsmode...
It's in Danish and about content moderation ('indholdsmoderation') - in Medie- og Kommunikationsleksikon.
medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk/indholdsmode...
Indholdsmoderation - Medie- og kommunikationsleksikon
Samfundslitteraturs Medie- og kommunikationsleksikon er et uomgængeligt opslagsværk med mange artikler om centrale begreber, teorier, metoder og fænomener af forskere inden for medieteori, mediehistor...
medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My first encyclopedia article is now out.
It's in Danish and about content moderation ('indholdsmoderation') - in Medie- og Kommunikationsleksikon.
medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk/indholdsmode...
It's in Danish and about content moderation ('indholdsmoderation') - in Medie- og Kommunikationsleksikon.
medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk/indholdsmode...
Back from holidays 😊
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service in the US. Starts at 47.18:
www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service in the US. Starts at 47.18:
www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...
August 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Back from holidays 😊
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service in the US. Starts at 47.18:
www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service in the US. Starts at 47.18:
www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...
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It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
July 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
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Gaza’s “last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,” according to the United Nations.
Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.
Learn more:
Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.
Learn more:
July 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Gaza’s “last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,” according to the United Nations.
Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.
Learn more:
Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.
Learn more:
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Are the masses being blamed for problems that are being created by a handful of people? We tackle this question, explore how news is distributed, flaws with the media, and more in Episode 2 with @jfarkas.bsky.social. Now available wherever you get your #podcasts!
#democracy #fakenews
#democracy #fakenews
July 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are the masses being blamed for problems that are being created by a handful of people? We tackle this question, explore how news is distributed, flaws with the media, and more in Episode 2 with @jfarkas.bsky.social. Now available wherever you get your #podcasts!
#democracy #fakenews
#democracy #fakenews