Media literacy – a way to create a more human and fairer society

During the summer semester, the Faculty of Philology introduced the module Media literacy within the project Preparing future teachers: Education for Democracy and Human Rights. For this occasion, in this month’s DFC Magazine issue, we are talking with the module authors Ph.D. Dusanka Popovic, Assistant Professor at the study programs Montenegrin Language and South Slavic […]

Read the new DFC Magazine issue

The new DFC Magazine issue brings the analysis of the activities of the new government regarding the intelligence and security sector in Montenegro, which have been perceived among a significant part of both the Montenegrin and international public as undermining of previously achieved results in that field, weakening of cooperation and sowing of distrust in […]

Read the new DFC Magazine issue

The new DFC magazine issue brings the overview of events in Niksic as it heads into the local elections on March 14. Read about fake researches circulating on the Internet ahead of the local elections, media campaign from Serbia, and activities of the Montenegrin and Serbian political actors and activists. Also, the DFC conducted research […]

On Friday Afternoon vol. 8

Another Friday has come, together with the new edition of our weekly column On Friday Afternoon. As usual, we will start this week’s overview with the topics related to Montenegro. On Wednesday night, the DFC discovered at least 50 Twitter accounts that impersonated and, therefore, damaged the reputation of several public and political figures in […]

DFC press release: Impersonation on Twitter

Late last night, the DFC revealed at least 50 Twitter accounts, which impersonated and thus damaged the reputation of several public and political figures in Montenegro. The activities of these accounts were coordinated and synchronized, considering that in a very short space of time they changed their username and profile photo to those of public […]

Read the new DFC Magazine issue

The new DFC Magazine issue brings the overview of conspiracy theories surrounding vaccination that are being spread by the media from the region, and which aim at compromising the credibility and trust of citizens in the work of health institutions and the process of immunization. With this Magazine, the guest of our column Interview on […]

Found guilty with no guilt proven

Publishing of an inappropriate caricature of Vesna Bratic, the acting Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, which is being spread on social media, provoked public anger for a reason. Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica file a case against John Doe for the offense that ridicules both the Minister and the State of Montenegro. […]

Under the Loupe 005: Milivoje Pantovic

The Under the Loop podcast represents a short video form of a conversation with the experts in certain fields, in order to raise awareness of disinformation, media literacy, and technologies. In the final episode 005 of our pilot podcast, we are talking with Milivoje Pantovic, an independent investigative journalist based in Belgrade, about the Chinese […]

DFC video explainer: What are the consequences of disinformation?

What are the consequences of disinformation? Watch the third video of the project Care before you share – Montenegro. The project has been supported by NATO Public Diplomacy Division with the goal to strengthen the resilience of our society to disinformation and hybrid threats.