Research area: Communication and Society

This project brings together theories of entertainment, visual communication and toxic speech to understand how and why toxicity becomes more permissible when it is masked as entertainment.

Generative artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly important in the working environment. The study examines the use, perception and concerns about generative artificial intelligence.

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.