4 September, 14:30 – 15:30 CEST
From conflict parties sharing AI war spam to presidents posting themselves as pope, wrestler or superstar to right-wing extremists syntheticly remixing third reich aesthetics. Generative AI tools are changing political communication. Marcus Bösch dissects current case studies and discusses ethics and effects.
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Speaker:
Marcus Bösch, Researcher and Consultant, University Münster
Marcus Bösch researches, consults, and publishes on propaganda, AI, and digital communication strategies with a particular focus on TikTok and platform politics. He is consulting media organizations, political parties, NGOs, ministries and security authorities on TikTok, drawing on deep platform knowledge and ongoing research into digital tactics. Marcus is pursuing a PhD at the University of Münster and publishes the internationally recognized newsletter Understanding TikTok. He also teaches as a visiting lecturer in the master’s program Political Communication at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
Moderator:
Raquel Miguel Serrano, Senior Researcher, EU DisinfoLab
Raquel Miguel Serrano is a senior researcher at EU DisinfoLab. She has a background in journalism and spent most of her professional career working for the German press agency DPA until 2019, when she shifted her focus to disinformation. Raquel received a Master’s degree in Cyber Intelligence, and began working with the EU DisinfoLab. She is the author of multiple articles, mainly focused on mis- and disinformation circulating in Spain and Germany, but also on more comprehensive topics such as the impact risk of online disinformation or pre-bunking as a tool to counter information disorders. Recently, she has been working in other areas, such as FIMI or the challenges posed by generative AI.
The opinions expressed are those of the speakers/authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of EU DisinfoLab. This webinar does not represent an endorsement by EU DisinfoLab of any organisation.