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?
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.
How Germany is spending too much time talking about digitalisation
In this blog post, Dirk von Gehlen writes about the debate on the digital transformation in Germany – and why we need more courage.
#climatechange – Do internet memes influence climate policy?
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?
