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?
Influencer
Influencers use their reach to influence purchasing decisions, attitudes, or actions on social media.
Digitalisation
Originally a technical term, digitalisation broadly describes the use of various digital technologies and the associated, diverse transformation processes.
Digital transformation
In the first approach, digital transformation refers to changes in society or social subsystems accompanying digitalisation.
Coding Public Value: Public service media and software for the common good
The project investigated the possibility of exercising media policy through the development of software. The focus was on developing a software for public media platforms that also considers the public interests.
How are the main social conflict structures in Germany changing? Social media analysis of collective protests and social movements
The project investigated the transformation of social conflicts in Germany due to digitalisation. The central question was to what extent conflicts are transferred to social media, and what are the consequences for democracies.
Measuring opinion power and diversity on the Internet: Towards a new conception of regulating media concentration
What could control of media concentration that secures the functioning of the political public sphere in the age of digitalisation look like?
Understanding, detecting, and mitigating online misogyny against politically active women (Misogyny 2.0)
Radicalisation, hate speech and hostility towards politically active women are on the rise. The project examined the content and dynamics of extreme speech in order to better understand it and identify it at an early stage.
Challenges of regulating digital communication platforms (ReDiKo)
What are society’s requirements for regulating video platforms? To answer this question, the project was 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.
Bots
A bot is often referred to as software capable of independently executing tasks. In addition to technical aspects, the fact that bots act as an interface between humans and computer systems poses numerous challenges for research.