Mantas Martišius

Dr. Mantas Martišius is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University, specializing in the Centre for Journalism and Media Research. His work focuses on information warfare, propaganda dissemination, political communication, and media studies. He holds a PhD in Information Warfare from Vilnius University (2007), with a dissertation analyzing the impact of information warfare during the Second Chechen War.

His research explores topics such as Russian information warfare tactics, media market transformations, and the role of media in conflict zones. He has contributed to peer-reviewed journals like Informacijos mokslai and Žurnalistikos tyrimai. Martišius frequently engages in science promotion, discussing media literacy and information warfare on platforms like LRT Radijo and Bernardinai.lt.

He has served on doctoral defense committees for studies addressing topics like the influence of Russian media on Baltic perceptions and the analysis of Soviet-era films in Lithuanian media. His work emphasizes the societal impact of media narratives and the need for critical media literacy in combating misinformation.