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Instructors: 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:
- | 10
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.)
The participation fee for all participants is 30 €. For every Ukrainian student travel expenses will be covered and an accommodation will be provided. In case the summer school cannot take place on site due to an insecure situation relating to the war in Ukraine, the event will take place online. In this case, the participation fee will be reembursed.
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:
Summer School schedule Social activities
Day 1: Overall introduction to Psychological Warfare: Concepts and genesis; Welcome event
Day 2: Aims, methods and Mechanisms of Psychological Influence
Day 3: Consequences on politics and mental health / Legitimacy of psychological influence
Day 4: Solutions and protection strategies on individual and collective levels; Joint dinner / Farewell event
Day 5: Mini conference and reflexion; Sightseeing tour
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