Media, fear and the hyperreal: The construction of cyberterrorism as the ultimate threat to critical infrastructures

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About the Role

The DCU Institute of Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo) is a research centre focused on the intersection of media, democracy, and societal challenges. This role involves contributing to ongoing and future research projects, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and advancing the institute’s mission to address critical issues in digital media, disinformation, and democratic resilience.

Research Areas and Projects

• EDMO Ireland: Part of the European Digital Media Observatory, focusing on combating disinformation.
• EUComMeet: Exploring deliberative spaces for democracy in the EU.
• ReMED: Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age.
• Media Ownership Monitor: Tracking media pluralism and ownership transparency in Ireland and Europe.
• COMDEL: Deliberation for Climate Action, studying public engagement with climate policy.
• Reuters Institute Digital News Report: Annual analysis of digital news consumption trends in Ireland.
• Provenance: Providing verification assistance for new content to combat misinformation.
• Jolt: Harnessing digital and data technologies for journalism innovation.
• Media Pluralism Monitor: Assessing risks to media pluralism in Ireland and the EU.
• SCALEDEM: Scaling deliberative democracy through mini-publics and citizen assemblies.
• TAMeLi: Teacher Academy for Media Literacy, enhancing digital literacy in education.
• Disinformation and Migration: Examining the role of new technologies in spreading anti-immigration disinformation.
• Countering Misinformation: Evaluating interventions to address knowledge gaps and evidence-based solutions.
• Populism and Media: Analyzing the impact of populist communication on political engagement and public discourse.
• Climate Change in Media: Studying visual and narrative representations of climate change in Irish media.
• Online Extremism and Terrorism: Researching digital radicalization, platform governance, and countermeasures.
• Gender and Media: Investigating online hostility, gender representation, and social media’s impact on women and girls.
• Algorithmic Journalism: Assessing the impact of automation on news production and media practices.

Publications

The institute has produced extensive research outputs, including:

• Annual Reuters Institute Digital News Reports (2015–2023) for Ireland.
• Studies on disinformation, including Covid Check and CodeCheck (platform compliance with the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation).
• Reports on media pluralism, such as the Media Pluralism Monitor Ireland 2023 and EurOMo (European Media Ownership Monitor).
• Research on deliberative democracy, including Does Deliberation Help Deliver Informed Electorates? and Scaling up Deliberation.
• Analyses of populism, extremism, and political communication, e.g., Populist Message Elements and Blame Attribution and Online Extremism and Terrorism Researchers’ Security.
• Investigations into gender, media, and representation, such as Social Media and Online Hostility: Experiences of Women in Irish Journalism.
• Studies on film, television, and cultural narratives, including Irish Film and Television: The Year in Review and Quantifying National Cinema.