European Election in times of (poli)crises.

30.01.2025 Introduction -Adriana Ștefănel 6.02.2025 Populism, Euroscepticism and hate speech as challenges to democracy- Adriana Ștefănel 13.02.2025 Analysis of communication flows during European election campaigns-Christian Ruggiero 20.02.2025 Regulation on transparency of political advertising and to the role of digital intermediaries in combating the spread of illegal content-Maria Romana Allegri 27.02.2025 Hate speech, honour right and liability in case of damages referred to fake news -Sebastian Lopez Maza and Gemma Minero Alejandre Gaining insight into the concepts of populism, Euroscepticism and hate speech as challenges to democracy.

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2025-01-30

Virtual Part closing date 2025-02-27

Total student workload 100

Specific field of studies Political communication

Pre-requisite for selection Motivation Letter

Academic pre-requisites for applicants Social science

Physical Part starting date 2025-03-03

Physical Part Description face-to-face courses which will consist of lectures and class discussions on the following topics: • grasping the field: definition of populism, Euroscepticism, nationalism, and hate-speech • the rules of political propaganda: proposed regulation on transparency of political advertising and to the role of digital intermediaries in combating the spread of illegal content, including disinformation and hate speech, according to the Digital Services Act. • the analysis of communication flows during European election campaigns, both from the point of view of the communication produced by leaders and candidates and from the point of view of media coverage. • the discursive practices of right-wing extremism in social networks (Twitter and Instagram) within the general framework of Social Media-CDS • anti-gender politics and radical right populism: An analysis of the entanglement between anti-gender politics and radical right populism, comprising country case studies that explore both the actors and narratives within political parties, media, civil society, and religious entities (as chosen by the students) • manipulation techniques in the digital environment (cognitive hacking, social hacking, para-social hacking, symbolic actions, disinformation, and fake news, counterfeiting and information leakage, "Potemkin villages" type evidence, mistaken identities, bots, "puppets", botnets and cyborgs, trolling and flaming, humor and memes, malicious rhetoric, etc.)

Physical Part closing date 2025-03-07

Language level required B2

Field of studies related to the course Social Science and Humanities

Course location Bucharest, Romania

Course language English