Decoding Digital Media

Decoding Digital Media in African regions of Conflict (DDMAC) is an interdisciplinary research project that started in 2022 and ended in 2023. The project consisted of researchers affiliated with research institutions in Norway, the Netherlands, Mali and Ethiopia. Together they collected data on the role of digital communication in the development and mediation of conflicts. The researchers particularly focused on information disorder and how disinformation and hate speech flow in digital networks.

As a partner in the project, Voice4Thought conducted research in Mali under the guidance of Modibo Cissé of the V4T Academy Mali.

The project was funded by the Norwegian Research Council.