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Instructors: Jan Koloska; Barbara Müller; Olesia Zvezdova
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
3,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
Coordinators: Dr. Barbara Müller (SoWi?So! / JGU) and Dr. Olesia Zvezdova (Department of International Relations and Foreign policy, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Ukraine, currently: Visiting Scholar at JGU)
ECTS that can be awarded: 3 (Participants will receive a certificate of attendance on the final day of the summer school.)
Contents:
The strategic spread of misinformation and the fostering of mistrust are increasingly being used as weapons and threaten stability in Europe. In the Summerschool “Psychological Warfare: Controlling the Public”, participants will deal with communication in and about the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine. Tactical communication, psychological influence, propaganda and manipulation attempts will be discussed and evaluated. The participants learn about the aims and mechanisms of psychological warfare, with a particular focus on the strategic use of social media in modern warfare. They will then explore the political consequences and the consequences for mental health of the population. Subsequently, the participants will tackle normative questions such as the general legitimacy of psychological influence. Finally, solutions are discussed and the students talk about individual and collective protective measures. In addition to the academic discussion, the focus is also on the exchange with actors from practice (e.g. journalists, diplomats)? During the programme, participants will interactively analyse case studies of psychological warfare and apply their new knowledge. The overarching aim of the summer school is to enable students to comprehensively understand and detect the mechanisms of psychological influence in order to protect themselves and their societies from it in the future.
Additional information:
Schedule and Evening Programme
Monday : Introduction to psychological warfare, Evening: Welcome event
Tuesday: Aims, methods and Mechanisms of Psychological Influence, Evening: No programme
Wednesday: Consequences of Psychological Warfare, Evening: Theatre play
Thursday: Solutions and protection strategies on individual and collective levels; Evening: Farewell Ceremony
Friday: Results and farewell; Afternoon: Sightseeing tour
The detailed programme can be seen here: https://www.en.sowiso.uni-mainz.de/summer-school-psychological-warfare-controlling-the-public/
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