Talks and Media
Selected Invited Talks
Elswah, M. (February 2024). How to Use AI for Qualitative Research. School of Communication, Sharjah University, UAE
——- (March, 2021). Computational Propaganda: What Do We Know So Far? Westminster University, UK.
———. (Feb 2021). Religious Misinformation in the MENA Region. Misinformation/Disinformation and the Law. Saint Louis University, School of Law.
Awadallah, A., Belogolova, O., Elswah, M., Shires, J., Leber, A. (June 2020). Public Diplomacy and Influence Campaigns in the Internet Age. Middle East Institute. https://www.mei.edu/events/cyber-domain-middle-east-implications-business-security-and-society
Elswah, M (May 18, 2019). Amplifying fear: Is social media a threat? National Electoral Institute. Mexico City, Mexico.
———. (Jan 28, 2018). From the East to the West: how social media could be used to mobilise masses. Foundation of German Business. University of Cambridge, UK.
Selected Invited Talks
ITV (Sep 5, 2021). The Taliban has over 800k Twitter followers – could they get a blue tick soon? https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-04/the-taliban-has-over-800k-twitter-followers-could-they-get-a-blue-tick-soon
Wired (Aug 11, 2021). Facebook plans ad transparency measures ahead of Iraq elections. https://wired.me/business/big-tech/facebook-plans-ad-transparency-measures-ahead-of-iraq-elections/
Politico (Sep 28, 2020). Inside Russia’s state-media propaganda machine. https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-propaganda-disinformation-rt/
Financial Times (April 8, 2020). Virus scare tactics are the wrong approach in war zones. https://www.ft.com/content/36576f8e-78b5-11ea-9840-1b8019d9a987
France24 (Jan 23, 2020). Al Jazeera charts digital course through choppy waters. https://www.france24.com/en/20200123-al-jazeera-charts-digital-course-through-choppy-waters
Al Hurra (Aug 17, 2019). Al Hurra Investigates: The Race for Information Warfare. https://tinyurl.com/y6ynheau
BBC Arabic (Aug 15, 2019). The War of Bots. http://www.bbc.com/arabic/tv-and-radio-49420478
The Wall Street Journal (April 12, 2019). ‘Facebook protesters’ helped Sudan drive out Bashir. https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-movements-helped-drive-out-african-leaders-11555085194
Washington Post (April 3, 2019). Iran-linked Twitter accounts spread anti-Saudi sentiments in Arabic, report finds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/03/iran-linked-twitter-accounts-used-arabic-spread-anti-saudi-sentiments-report-finds/?utm_term=.8f504d664e37
BBC World Service (Oct 31, 2018). Twitter Unmasks Troll Farms. BBC World Service. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswnlx