Research area: Communication and Society

Automation of digital communication processes, regulation of new technologies, digital participation – this year, the bidt conference focuses on fields of action in digital communication.

In the metaverse, users are fully immersed in the virtual world with the help of technologies such as AR or VR.

The project DataDonations4SustainableChange is dedicated to the question of how awarenessand willingness to donate data can be promoted by means of digital nudges in order to achieve sustainablebehavioral change.

The project investigates the influence of memes (humorously intended texts/pictures/videos shared online) on political decision-making in the context of public discourses about an adequate handling of climate change.