Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri
Member of bidt's Board of Directors | Chair of Science Communication, University of Passau
Hannah Schmid-Petri is a member of bidt’s Board of Directors. She is a Professor of Science Communication at the University of Passau. Her area of research centres on examining how scientific and political topics are communicated to the public through new, digitally networked media environments. Specifically, she delves into the public discourse surrounding climate change, the emergence of climate change scepticism, and the possible regulatory approaches for online platforms. Additionally, she leads the Fraunhofer research group “Science Communication”, part of the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence “Integrated Energy Systems” CINES.
FAZ guest article about the language AI ChatGPT
In a guest article in the FAZ, Alexander Pretschner, Eric Hilgendorf, Ute Schmid and Hannah Schmid-Petri explore the question of what follows from the language AI ChatGPT.
Social media
In a distinction from classical mass media, social media dissolves the sender-receiver principle, enabling non-linear communication as well as networking.
Challenges of regulating digital communication platforms
What are society’s requirements for regulating video platforms? To answer this question, the project is aiming to develop evidence-based regulatory policy options.
Fake news
As a genre, fake news refers to “pseudo-journalistic misinformation”, while as a label, fake news means an attack on and a critique of quality journalistic media.
Copyright in the digital age: legislation in the Context of conflicting interests
The blog post traces which interest groups and various stakeholders were able to influence the legislative process in terms of their interests and positions.
Explain clearly, debunk fake news
The social consequences of the Corona pandemic are far-reaching. Hannah Schmid-Petri explains what lessons science communication can learn.
Exploring how digitalisation is transforming public discourse
Prof. Hannah Schmid-Petri, member of the bidt board of directors, researches how digitalisation is changing public discourse.