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Schmidt, J.-H. (2013): Social Media. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
2013
The spread of disinformation through "celebrity" communication in social media increasingly devalues the gatekeeper function of professional journalism. This BMBF-funded cooperation project is looking for underlying mechanisms to better understand the role of celebrities in disinformation...
This project develops methods for the automatic recognition of arguments or argument components with the help of Natural Language Processing technologies. The goal is to use these methods to enable logical evaluation and content-analytical measurement of the use of arguments in large collections of...
The (Social) Media Observatory is creating a knowledge base, competency cluster, and data hub for the systematic observation of media-based publics, to support other projects within and beyond the FGZ.
What is the state of the Internet and Germany? Upon a request from the German Commission for UNESCO, the HBI will apply 130 indicators to see how digital policy-making can be improved.
International data on children and online media is extensive, heterogeneous and partly contradictory. The CO:RE project seeks to create a comprehensive pan-European knowledge platform with the participation of international researchers and relevant interest groups, providing an overview of the resea...
In this chapter, Stephan Dreyer und Amélie Heldt focus on privacy and the general right of personality in relation to algorithmic selection procedures. They point out where gaps exist and how these could be closed. Their chapter as well as the anthology have been published in the Nomos eLibra...
In their article on the Digital Society Blog, Martin Fertmann and Matthias C. Kettemann explain how social media councils can contribute to making platforms more democratic. Read the article here (online) Fertmann, M.; Kettemann, M. C. (2021): One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become...
In their conference paper, Martin Fertmann and Matthias C. Kettemann write about intermediaries and freedom of expression. The conference paper is available as an open access publication. Artikel available for download (pdf) Abstract Humans are social beings. We experience ourselves through...
In their brief report published by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and Martin Fertmann describe how social media councils can function as a tool for social reconnection of the private orders of digital platforms. You can download the report here (pdf, in G...
In their article on the Verfassungsblog, Dr Sangeeta Mahapatra, Martin Fertmann and PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann write about the recent dispute between Twitter and the Indian government and what this means for human rights in India. You can read the article here Abstract “The Internet is sp...
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