Information disorder during a war infodemic

Thessaloniki Workshop highlights

On July 1-3, 2022, the Thessaloniki Workshop “Information Disorder: Understanding propaganda techniques during a war infodemic” involved presenters and facilitators from Greece, Ukraine, Cyprus/UK and Serbia focusing on the ongoing “war infodemic” and on countering multiple threats of disinformation, misinformation, propaganda filter bubbles and fake news promoted through media, following the invasion in Ukraine.

Information disorder during a war infodemic

Athens Workshop highlights

From 21st to 23rd September the Athens Forum “Information disorder during a war infodemic” was hosted by the European Parliament, Liaison Office Greece. The Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Thessaloniki, the Council of Europe and InsideStory as a media sponsor, supported the event further.

Experts and journalists from Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Turkey and Italy, displaced persons, civil society advocates, humanitarian workers, media workers and students discuss on how, fueled by politics, economics and history, the global take on the war in Ukraine has varied from region to region, particularly given the role that (dis)information has played in influencing these views.

Experts and journalists from Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Turkey and Italy, displaced persons, civil society advocates, humanitarian workers, media workers and students discuss on how, fueled by politics, economics and history, the global take on the war in Ukraine has varied from region to region, particularly given the role that (dis)information has played in influencing these views. Discussions focused on how misinformation plays part in and is part of the war, mechanisms of misinformation, unfolding political narratives, challenges in reporting from the field, debunking the phenomenon in the media, including social, and discussing ways forward, including news checking. How information is diffracted and multidimensional, mediased in unprecedented extent, serving strategic agendas and controlled yet at the same time spiraling out of control. How narratives on the war/s invariably are abundant and differ.

Workshop Materials

Experts' Interviews

Despina Syrri

Ljubisa Vrencev

Mykhailo Minakov

Sofia Oliynyk

Katerina Oikonomakou

Nerijus Maliukevičius

Leonid Ragozin

Aleksandr Shmelev

Nayat Karakose

Lefteris Papayannakis

Stavros Malichudis

Thodoris Chondroyiannos

Ioannis Papageorgiou

Ioannis Papageorgiou

Michalis Goudis

Michalis Goudis

Michalis Goudis

Yavuz Baydar

Tasos Telloglou

Tasos Telloglou

Stelios Kouloglou

Paula Gori EDMO

Report by the CoE East-European School of Political Studies

Pictures of the World in the Narratives of Political Actors and Belarusian Independent Media

Read the the report here.

A video story by UNHCR

Read the story here.

Watch the video here