Aliaksandr Herasimenka

Special guest

Dr. Herasimenka researches political use of social media platforms for distribution of algorithmic propaganda, misinformation and alternative messages. He focuses on the interaction between internet technologies and political activism in non-democratic or authoritarian countries such as Belarus, Russia, and China. His PhD dissertation was on political activism in Belarus and Russia. The project looked at the use of social media for political change. He studied how political activists use digital technologies in their everyday practices for organising and information distribution, overcoming state surveillance, persecution and censorship. During the course of his research, he identified several pro-democracy practices that are potentially successful in the digital age.

Listen to his presentation at the Ostrogorski Center on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/ostrogorski/herasimenka/likes

Aliaksandr Herasimenka has been a guest on 3 episodes.