Research area: Communication and Society

The rapid development and spread of artificial intelligence (AI) has a profound impact on society. New generative AI models can already create text, images, and videos that are indistinguishable from human-generated content.

In this blog post, Dirk von Gehlen writes about the debate on the digital transformation in Germany – and why we need more courage.

Memes are spreading across social media and shaping the public climate debate. How exactly do they do this – and do memes even influence political decisions?

To what extent is digital learning content taught in higher education? The project team analysed course descriptions from various universities in order to gain insights into their degree of digitalisation.

The new “bidt-Digitalbarometer.international” reveals that the German population has weaker digital skills compared to other European countries.

The German population lags behind in digital skills compared to other European countries, according to the new “bidt-Digitalbarometer.international”.