It is also based on my co-authored work studying strategies for improving our information environment with the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE): www.ipie.info/research/sfp...

The talk is based on my PhD research at the @oiioxford.bsky.social, recently published in Media, War & Conflict: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The lecture was co-hosted by The School of Professional Communication at @torontomet.bsky.social and the PhD in Media & Design Innovation at The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University.

The TLDR:
🔥 Online harms are increasing and demand proactive solutions to ensure safe online spaces
🔥 Effective countermeasures operate at multiple levels: public information, government and platform actions
🔥 Creative communicators play a vital role in crafting impactful responses to online harms

My research brings to light how women shape global narratives during conflict, and will hopefully contribute to the cementation of their voices in national histories of this brutal war.

I found that while men’s communications concentrated on military and diplomatic narratives, women's focused on civilian trauma and Russian war crimes but contained no calls for compromise, disproving Western theories that women are more pacifist than men.

I explore the evolution of narratives between Ukrainian politicians and international leaders during the first year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a gender lens.

I'd love to be added!

HOW CAN YOU COUNTER IDENTITY-BASED DISINFO?

🛠️ Explore the EU DisinfoLab’s OSINT guidelines for monitoring identity-based disinfo: www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/how-det...
📣 Apply for a NATO Societal Resilience Grant to fight information threats in your community and beyond: www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

I was so proud to see presentations from @philipmai.com of @socialmedialab.ca and @marthastz.bsky.social of @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social at the speed-networking session!

Thank you to the @eudiplomacy.bsky.social for your leadership and passion for this topic, and to @wiczipedia.bsky.social for being the godmother of studying gendered disinformation and for sharing your wisdom, based from personal experiences, with everyone 🌟

This is because identity-based disinformation plays on entrenched misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc. to polarize groups, suppress individuals, and encourage othering and hatred.

IBD — disinformation based on falsehoods and stereotypes related to the identities of people, their communities, and legislations that protect them — is a threat to national security that our adversaries exploit wherever possible.