Extremist and terrorist communication strategies, hybrid warfare and online communication of criminal organizations.
- What are the conditions, structures and consequences of deviant online communication?
- How is deviant communication used by political actors?
- Which typologies and theoretical approaches to deviant online political communication can be developed?
- How can the openness of online communication be protected against anti-democratic abuse?
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Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe
Communication Studies

Since 2004 Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe is professor of Com-
munication and Media Studies at the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf. He is spokesperson of the DFG (German Research Fund) research group “Political Com-
munication in the Online World”.
His study interest comprise political online communication, media politics and security issues in mass media. As part of the DIID, he is interested in deviant forms of political online communication.
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0211 / 81-11540
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Gebäude 37.03, Etage 02, Raum 11