Research area: Communication and Society

Controlling opinion power and monitoring diversity in the digital age

Media diversity control, concentration control, media state treaty – political publicity in democracies needs a distribution of media opinion power. With digitalisation, there is a new discussion about the regulation…

Ensuring Diversity in the Age of Media Intermediaries: Models of measurement and normative standards

The working paper examines the influence of media intermediaries on opinion formation and discusses models of how diversity in public discourse can be ensured.

Digital transformation strategies of German federal states

How can politics shape digital transformation? The bidt study traces the strategy development at the federal state level and examines how defined measures can be steered and implemented.