Topic: Digital public sphere
Digital media, fake news, and the power of opinions – never before have we had access to so much information. How can we shape public discourse, political coordination, and participation? What rules are necessary for a digital public sphere?
“We must retain the joy of thinking and embrace new things!”
AI can solve many problems, but not all. In his lecture “What does ChatGPT mean? Opportunities and challenges for us all” on 17 January 2024, Professor Alexander Pretschner explained the importance of generative…
Digital participation
Digital participation refers to the social involvement of stakeholders in political and social decision-making and opinion-forming processes with the help of digital information and communication technologies.
Using AI to Increase Resilience against Toxicity in Online Entertainment (ToxicAInment)
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.
Courage to participate: insights from “bidt Konferenz 2023: Communicating Digitally – Communicating the Digital”
Generative AI and automated digital communication, regulation of new technologies and digital participation – these and other topics were the focus of “bidt Konferenz 2023” on 11 and 12 October at Gasteig HP8.