My name is Johan Farkas and I’m an Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. I study discursive struggles around digital media and democracy (see publications).

My latest book is the edited collection Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction, examining the socio-cultural implications of metaphors such as ‘filter bubble’, ‘platform’, ‘rabbit hole’, and ‘troll’.

The second edition of my monograph, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood, was published by Routledge in 2023. Co-authored with Jannick Schou, the book engages with discourses around fake news and the post-truth era.

Previously, I’ve been a Visiting Researcher at Cornell University and served as Chair of the Young Scholars Network of the European Communication Research and Education Association (YECREA).

I’ve given talks at the Council of Europe, the Swedish Ministry of Culture, the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, as well as at more than 20 universities across Europe and the United States (see activities).

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Latest publication:
Vaarala, V. & Farkas, J. (2025). A Discursive Turn in Journalism Studies? A Systematic Review of Discourse Analysis in Leading Journalism Journals. Journalism Studies. (PDF / Online article)

Danish website available at: www.johanfarkas.dk