Ramush Muarem-Cirko: The social networks are the most dangerous source for the spread of disinformation and propaganda

Dec 9, 2022 | DISINFORMATION, INTERVIEW

Propaganda and disinformation are gaining increasingly more momentum, especially on the social networks. Before, propaganda was used mostly for advertising purposes, today it has penetrated into all pores of society, says journalist Ramush Muarem – Cirko in the interview for CIVIL Media.

He adds that only with a positive and realistic propaganda we can fight against black and bad propaganda.

“During the corona, I published a sarcastic propaganda text on the social networks that “only in Shutka there is no corona”. That propaganda spread very quickly, though, my goal of such propaganda was to indicate that the Roma in Shutka are forgotten by society, by the system”, says Muarem.

He emphasized that only with a strong campaign and media literacy will the citizens be able to get familiarized with the bad side of propaganda and disinformation.

Dehran Muratov
camera and editing: Arian Mehmeti
photography: Biljana Jordanovska

Translation: N. Cvetkovska


The interview is part of the project “Resilient journalism in countering disinformation and propaganda”, which CIVIL is implementing in partnership with Youth4Media (Y4M), with the support of the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf, Germany.

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