Hans-Bredow-Institut - Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung

NOTORIOUS: THE ROLE OF CELEBRITIES IN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS

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 campaigns.

SICHERHEIT FÜR KINDER IN DER DIGITALEN WELT: REGULIERUNG VERBESSERN, AKTEURE VERNETZEN, KINDERRECHTE UMSETZEN

Im Rahmen des BMBF-Projekts erforscht ein interdisziplinäres Team im HBI Sicherheitsrisiken für Kinder im digitalen Raum und entwickelt mögliche Ansätze zur Regulierung, Strafverfolgung, Prävention und Medienmündigkeit.

UWE HASEBRINK RETIRED

On 1 October 2021, Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI), retired early for private reasons. Having been at the Institute since 1986, and a member of the Board of Directors from 1998, he put the Institute on a stable footing for the future when it became a member of the Leibniz Association in 2019, and has represented it as a member of the Board of Directors ever since.

Latest News

News, new research projects and publications from the Institute

Working mainly in home offices

Library and Office Secretariat Open on Tuesdays - by Appointment Only

The library of the HBI is openon Tuesdays After registering at [email protected], time slots will be allocated during which you can work in the library while respecting the distance regulations and wearing a mouth and nose mask. If you have any questions, please contact our library tea...

Blog-Interview: Journalismus und sein Publikum

„Unsere Leserschaft ist ein essenzieller Bestandteil“

Gefährliche Medizin-Fakes im Netz aufspüren und über unseriöse Heilsversprechen aufklären: Das ist die Mission des Online-Magazins MedWatch. Im Interview spricht Gründerin und Chefredakteurin Nicola Kuhrt über die ersten Jahre des Projekts, die Bedeutung ihres Publ...

BMBF-Project

NOTORIOUS: The Role of Celebrities in Disinformation Campaigns

Blog-Artikel im Corona-Dossier

Kommunikation in Krisen: die Hamburger 2G-Option

Wie die in der Covid-19-Krise relevanten Akteure kommunizieren, welche Ziele und kommunikative Praktiken sich zeigen, hat ein HBI-Team im Projekt „Kommunikation in Krisen“ untersucht. Am Beispiel der Hamburger 2G-Option erläutert Corinna Endreß einige Studienergebnisse. Von Co...

Interdisziplinäres BMBF-Projekt

Sicherheit für Kinder in der digitalen Welt

Im Rahmen des BMBF-Projekts "Sicherheit für Kinder in der digitalen Welt" erforscht das HBI den Rechtsrahmen für Online-Interaktionsrisiken von Kindern und Jugendlichen, entwickelt Möglichkeiten zur optimalen Verzahnung von Akteuren und Maßnahmen und untersucht die von...

Tribute to Uwe Hasebrink

Medienumgebungen: Auf den Spuren von Uwe Hasebrink

Uwe Hasebrink retired at the end of September 2021. For more than 35 years, he worked at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut; first as a research consultant, then for many years as a scientific director and a member of the Board of Directors. The brochure "Media Env...

We will miss him dearly!

Uwe Hasebrink Retired

Extension of DFG Project

Qualitative Panel Study on Media Socialisation Funded for Another Three Years

How family life changes over time and what significance the use of (digital) media has for shaping the relationships between family members is being researched by a team at the HBI led by Dr. Claudia Lampert together with the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kammerl). The joint project &quo...

Blogpost: Facbook löscht Querdenker-Seiten

Private Grenzen für öffentliches Querdenken

Bislang war es für Plattformen leichter, gegen Fake Accounts vorzugehen, als gegen Accounts von „authentischen Personen“. Nun hat Facebook neue Richtlinien gegen schädliche Netzwerke echter Accounts eingeführt und zahlreiche Konten und Seiten der Querdenker-Bewegung gel&ou...

Blogpost zum Superwahljahr 2021

Es war einmal ein Tweet: Wie transparent soll Wahlkampf sein?

Eine HBI-Studie zum Superwahljahr 2021 zeigt: Tweets von Politiker:innen einzelner im Bundestag vertretener Parteien verschwinden überdurchschnittlich häufig. Grund genug, genauer hinzuschauen. Aber die Nutzungsbedingungen von Twitter machen das riskant. von Felix Victor Münch ...

Blog-Dossier Superwahljahr 2021

Recht und Macht der App Stores

Neben Sozialen Netzwerken beeinflussen App Stores maßgeblich, welche Inhalte online verfügbar sind. Ebenso wie bei Sozialen Netzwerken wirft das Verhalten von App Stores die Frage auf, welche Akteur:innen jenseits des Staats demokratisch legitimiert sind zu entscheiden, wer (wie) im Inter...

Podcast!

Plattformregulierung: Von den Kleinen lernen

Debates about platform regulation often revolve around the big players like Google, Facebook and Twitter. However, it is worth looking at smaller and medium-sized platforms, says Christina Dinar in the BredowCast. According to Christina Dinar's definition, a platform is considered smal...

Blog Platform Governance

Can Platforms Cancel Politicians?

An international study led by the HBI provides a first comparative overview of how societies and governments in 15 countries react to private power over political actors. by Martin Fertmann, Matthias C. Kettemann and Mara Barthelmes Private power over public speech is often contested, but the...

Findings of the UNESCO Internet Universality Indicators

Study on State of the Internet in Germany Published

The overall state of the internet is good. This is one outcome of a study to assess internet development conducted by an HBI team led by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Prof. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann on behalf of the German Commission for UNESCO. For the study, the team applied the UNESCO Internet Un...

Qualitative Study

Children's Socialisation in a Changing Media Environment

Children and young people use media to position themselves within their social groups and contexts. Together with colleagues of the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, we examine in a longitudinal study what role their media repertoire and their communicative practices play and how these change over time.

International Collaboration

Cooperation with the Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory of the University of Queensland

The Media Research Methods Lab (MRML), which was launched at the HBI a year ago, has agreed to work closely with the Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory (LADAL) of the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland, Australia. LADAL's mission is to teach and...

Book Contribution

Mehrebenensystem: Digitalpolitik von technischen Standards über staatliche Normen bis zum digitalen Völkerrecht

In this contribution for an anthology on digital policy, Matthias C. Kettemann analyses how norms emerge at different levels that influence the shaping of online communication worlds. Using examples such as the setting of rules through technical standards, through soft law, through national and inte...

Project for the BMBF

Communication in Times of Crisis

How do communications change in a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic? What role do actors from science, politics and the media take over? How do they deal with uncertainty from this situation? By reviewing relevant studies and conducting expert interviews, we provide answers to these questions.

Working Paper

Kommunikation in Krisen

This working paper shows communicative processes in the current COVID-19 crisis based on systematic literature research and interviews with experts from different stakeholder areas. It was compiled within the framework of the project "Communication in Crises" funded by the Federal Ministry...

Congratulations!

Matthias C. Kettemann appointed professor at the University of Innsbruck

Prof. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann took up the professorship for Innovation, Theory and Philosophy of Law at the Department of Legal Theory and Future of Law at the University of Innsbruck on 1 September 2021. At the same time, he will remain with the HBI as spokesperson for Research Programme 2 "...

Open Access Publication!

M&K 3/2021

The articles in issue 3/2021 of M&K focus on everyday practices of digital participation in neighbourhoods and cities (Nitschke/Schweiger), the digitalisation of lifestyle politics (Leißner) and the use of scientists as opportune witnesses (Anter). Since 2021, M&K has been publi...

Blog: Call For Better Online Governance

Twitter, Trump and the Taliban

How come the Taliban have access to social media while former President Trump does not? The short answer is that Trump has deliberately violated the internal speech rules of social media companies before being banned while certain Taliban and Taliban-affiliated accounts have not done so recentl...

Blog zum Super-Wahljahr 2021

Leitfaden für einen fairen Online-Wahlkampf

Für wahlberechtigte Nutzer*innen und Wahlkämpfer*innen aller Parteien hat ein Team um Prof. Matthias C. Kettemann gemeinsam mit der Beratungsstelle für Betroffene digitaler Gewalt, HateAid, einen Leitfaden zum Wahl-Watching entwickelt. Besonders im Superwahljahr sind alle gefragt, in...

Article in Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik

Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Plattformregulierung

In the journal Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik, PD Matthias C. Kettemann, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Martin Fertmann ask whether the digital legal acts planned by the European Commission can live up to their claims. Kettemann, M. C.; Schulz, W.; Fertmann, M. (2021): Anspruch und Wirklichkeit...

Platform Regulation

Can Platforms Cancel Politicians?

This working paper examines how private online platforms in 15 European countries deal with political actors. It was published by Martin Fertmann and PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann as part of the GDHRNet Working Paper Series and is available free of charge as an open access publication. Fertman...

Podcast!

Literatur im Radio

Literature and radio share a special relationship - from the earliest days of radio to the present. Senior Researcher Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner talks to Johanna Sebauer about the development of a real "symbiosis". Shortly after the first radio broadcast in Germany in October 1923, wri...

Blog zum Superwahljahr 2021

Wahl-Watching

Mit Blick auf die Bundestagswahl 2021 hat ein Forscher*innenteam des HBI mit den sechs Parlamentsparteien gesprochen und anhand eines Fragebogens ausgewertet, wie sie ihren Online-Wahlkampf organisieren. von Mara Barthelmes, Vivienne Gold, Lena Hinrichs, Vincent Hofmann, Matthias C. Kettemann...

Blog zum Superwahljahr 2021

Werbung auf Social Media

Rechtliche Aspekte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Bundestagswahlkampfs von Vincent Hofmann Dieser Artikel ist Teil einer Serie zur Platform-Governance im Superwahljahr 2021. Zusammenfassung Werbung hat neben der enormen wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung eine besondere Rolle i...

Open Access!

Audio-Podcasts als Instrument der Rechtswissenschaftskommunikation

In the article, Matthias K. Klatt, Keno C. Potthast and Alina Funk (University of Hamburg) give an overview of podcasts in legal communication. The article was published in the journal RuZ - Recht und Zugang as an open access publication. Download the article here (pdf, in German) Abstr...

Blog zum Superwahljahr 2021

Komplementär oder konkurrierend: NetzDG und DSA

Die Zukunft des deutschen Sonderwegs im Lichte europäischer Plattformregulierung von Linda Schleif und Matthias C. Kettemann Dieser Artikel ist Teil einer Serie zur Platform-Governance im Superwahljahr 2021. 1. Einleitung Zwar sieht der Digital Services Act (DAS) keine a...

Blog zum Superwahljahr 2021

Von den Kleinen (Plattformen) lernen?

In Debatten über Plattformregulierung geht es oft nur um die ganz großen Player – Facebook, Google, Twitter. Im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021 nimmt ein interdisziplinäres Team des HBI nun auch kleinere und mittlere Online-Plattformen in den Focus und untersucht deren Umgang m...

Participants Wanted!

Survey on Stressful Online Experiences

As part of her doctoral project, Kira Thiel wants to find out what stressful experiences adolescents and young adults have on the internet and how they deal with them. She is currently looking for young people between the ages of 12 and 17 who want to take part in a survey about their online...

Summa cum laude for Dissertation

Congratulations, Matthias Klatt!

We cannot stop celebrating: Matthias K. Klatt successfully defended his dissertation on “Sondervoten am Bundesverfassungericht [Dissenting Opinions at the Federal Constitutional Court]" (summa cum laude) on 4 August 2021. Congratulations, Matthias! Matthias K. Klatt has been a rese...

Congratulations!

Florian Wittner: summa cum laude!

Florian Wittner successfully defended his dissertation on the topic of "Die datenschutzrechtlichen Verantwortlichkeit im Kontext der verteilten Verarbeitungsrealität – Versuch einer Weiterentwicklung und Neukonzeption [Data Protection Accountability in the Context of Distributed Proc...

New Article

Keeping on Top of the World: Online News Usage in China, the United States and Five European Countries

In their article, Dr. Sascha Hölig, Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink and Julia Behre provide insights into the use of online news in seven countries with different media systems, such as China and the USA. Read more about where the differences and similarities in news use are and what influences it in t...

Open Access!

Content Analyses of User Comments in Online Journalism: A Systematic Literature Review Spanning Communication Studies and Computer Science

In their article, Julius Reimer, Wiebke Loosen and Lisa Merten, together with Marlo Häring and Walid Maalej, present a systematic literature review on content analysis of user comments in a journalistic context. The article has been published as an open access publication in the journal Digital...

Interview

"It is important to build a bond of trust"

In an interview with wissenschaftskommunikation.de, Irene Broer talks about her ethnographic study of editorial offices at the Science Media Center Germany (SMC). The questions were asked by Inga Dreyer. Ms Broer, how did you get the idea to get involved with the Science Media Center i...

Open Access!

Algorithmische Selektion und Privatheit. Aufmerksamkeitssteuerung durch Social Media-Plattformen als Autonomieeingriff?

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...

Call for Papers!

"The East in the West“

A workshop on 22/23 March 2022 at the German Broadcasting Archive in Frankfurt will be dedicated to the radio work of German-speaking authors from Eastern Europe who fled to Germany's four occupation zones after the end of the Second World War and became active in radio after their arrival. The...

Podcast!

BredowCast67 - Porno-Plattformen und das Problem ihrer Regulierung

The regulatory discourse has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to porn platforms, say legal experts Valerie Rhein and Martin Fertmann. Among the most visited websites worldwide are numerous porn sites. That is hardly surprising. However, what is surprising is that these highly frequented si...

Interview: Journalismus und sein Publikum

„Ohne das Publikum würde ich nicht das machen, was ich mache“

Mit dem Projekt WasmitWirtschaft möchte Maximilian Nowroth jungen Menschen Wirtschaftsthemen näherbringen. Im Interview erzählt er, wo er sein Publikum findet und wie die Corona-Pandemie ihm persönlich geholfen hat. von Tim van Olphen Bevor der gebürtige Düsseldo...

Article Available for Download

Informationsorientierung und Informiertheit bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen in Deutschland: Ergebnisse aus dem #UseTheNews-Projekt

A summary of the study #UseTheNews, written by Dr. Sascha Hölig, Leonie Wunderlich and Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink, has been published in issue 6/21 of the journal Media Perspektiven: Download the full text (2 MB, PDF, in German). Hölig, S., Wunderlich, L., & Hasebrink, U. (2021). I...

Tips and Tools

Praxisbuch Digitale Zusammenarbeit in der Kommunalpolitik

Together with editor Anne Haller and co-author Dennis Eighteen, Katharina Mosene writes about tools and tips for digital cooperation in local politics. It was written during the Corona crisis, and one year later the authors are convinced that many of the tools presented will survive the pandemic. Th...

Humans and Technology

10 Thesen zu Zukunftsthemen der Technikwissenschaften für eine nachhaltige Technologieentwicklung mit dem Menschen im Mittelpunkt

Matthias C. Kettemann, Martin Fertmann, Vincent Hofmann and Mesut Bayraktar, together with Sissy-Ve Basmer-Birkenfeld, Regina Schönherr and Anna Engelhardt, have written 10 theses on people and sustainable technology development. Available at Junge Forum: Technikwissenschaften [Young Forum: Sci...

News Usage in Germany 2021

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021: Ergebnisse für Deutschland

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021: Findings for Germany The Reuters Institute Digital News Report on news usage in international comparison is published for the tenth time in a row. The German part of the study published here was conducted by Dr. Sascha Hölig, Prof. Dr. Uwe Hase...

Podcast!

BredowCast 66 - Nachrichtennutzung in Deutschland

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 surveyed news usage behaviour in 46 countries worldwide. The findings for Germany were provided by the HBI. Co-author Julia Behre explains the findings in this BredowCast. Germans still prefer to get their news from linear television. Although its cr...

Project Findings Available for Download

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 Published

The German findings of the "Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021" on news usage in international comparison show that almost half of internet users receive misinformation about the coronavirus. The greatest concerns about encountering false information about the coronavirus are towar...

Article in Journal of Information Policy

Competent Third Parties and Content Moderation on Platforms: Potentials of Independent Decision-Making Bodies from a Governance Structure Perspective

Amélie Heldt and Stephan Dreyer write about content moderation and the potential of independent decision-making bodies on online platforms. Their article is published as open access in the Journal of Information Policy. You can download the article here (pdf) Heldt, A., & Dreyer,...

Blog Article

One Council to Rule Them All: Can Social Media Become More Democratic?

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...

Working Paper Available for Download

Das Science Media Center Germany

Irene Broer and Louisa Pröschel took a closer look at the Science Media Center Germany and its role between science and journalism. The findings of their ethnographic study are now available for download as No. 57 in the series "Arbeitspapiere des Hans-Bredow-Instituts [Working Papers of t...

Podcast!

Intermediäre in der Wissenschaftskommunikation

With the Science Media Center Germany, Germany has a centre of expertise that supports journalists in reporting on scientific topics. Irene Broer and Louisa Pröschel examined the centre and talk about it in the BredowCast. The Science Media Center Germany (SMC) works at the interface wh...

Blog Article

Siegfried Lenz: Der Schriftsteller als Medienarbeiter

On the blog of the Historical Commission of the ARD, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner writes about how the author Siegfried Lenz used the media. To the article (online, in German) Abstract There are "treasures" in the archives of the public broadcasters that need to be unearthed. This or something...

Media Regulation in India

Fighting Platforms and the People, Not the Pandemic: #ResignModi and Disinformation Governance in India – An Update

On the Verfassungsblog, Matthias C. Kettemann, Maximilian Beyer and Sangeeta Mahapatra give us an update about the state of Twitter in India. In their follow-up, they write about how the Indian government's new regulations may affect social media platforms. You can read the article here (online...

Blog zum Superwahljahr 2021

Rechtlicher Rahmen des Online-Bundestagswahlkampfs

Der Normenkatalog für den Online-Wahlkampf nimmt auch die Betreiber*innen der großen Online-Plattformen in die Pflicht. Dieser Text gibt einen Überblick über die rechtlichen Verpflichtungen von Parteien und Plattformen. Von Matthias C. Kettemann, Vincent Hofmann, Mara Barthelme...

100 Years Wolfgang Borchert

So viel Borchert war nie. Eine persönliche Zeitreise zu ausgewählten Ereignissen anlässlich von Borcherts 100. Geburtstag

At the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Hamburg writer Wolfgang Borchert, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner has arranged a personal collection of literary events about the author. To the collection (online, in German) Wagner, H.-U. (2021): So viel Borchert war nie. Eine persönliche Zeitreise zu aus...

11 th Hamburg Media Symposium Available as Video

Can Media Law Promote Social Cohesion?

How do rules for (better) digital communication for tomorrow's society emerge? On 27 May 2021, PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt, Amélie Pia Heldt and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz explored this question from the perspective of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (Sub-Institute Hamburg) as well as...

Interview: Journalismus und sein Publikum

„Die Community ist der Motor im Hintergrund“

Dario Nassal ist Mitgründer des Medien-Start-Ups Buzzard. Seine Idee: die Vielfalt der Perspektiven öffentlicher Debatten aufzeigen und alte Denkmuster aufbrechen. Im Interview spricht er von seiner Arbeit, der Bedeutung der Buzzard-Community und seinen Hoffnungen, die er mit den Nutzer*in...

Bredows on Tour

ICA 2021: Contributions of the HBI at a Glance

This year’s theme of the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), the world's largest conference for communication studies, is "Engaging the Essential Work of Care: Communication, Connectedness, and Social Justice." As in the previous year, the...

Project Findings Available for Download

Rechtliche Vorgaben für die Gestaltung von Software öffentlich-rechtlicher Medienplattformen

This working paper presents the current legal situation for software-based offerings by public service media providers in Germany. It identifies concrete legal requirements for software design. Rhein, Valerie; Dreyer, Stephan; Schulz, Wolfgang (2021): Rechtliche Vorgaben für die Gestaltung von...

Plattformregulierung im Superwahljahr '21

Superwahljahr 2021: Gesellschaftlicher, medialer und rechtlicher Rahmen

Plattformen werden für die politische Willensbildung immer wichtiger. Auch deshalb werden die Betreiber von Internetplattformen durch aktuelle Gesetzesvorhaben auf Bundes und EU-Ebene in neuem Maße in die Pflicht genommen. Dies wirkt sich nicht nur auf das Verhalten der Plattformen selbst...

Online Article

"Supreme Court" or Fig Leaf?

In the "Pros and Cons" section of the online magazine leibniz leibniz published by the Leibniz Association, PD. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and Julian C. York discuss the topic of "Self-Regulation on Facebook". Matthias C. Kettemann will start the discussion. According to him, Face...

Brief Report

Die Demokratie plattformfest machen

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...

Point of View

Private Macht und Private Gewaltenteilung

In their article in Tagesspiegel Background, Martin Fertmann and PD. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann discuss who should determine what could be said on platforms, how institutions can be designed for this and the role of the Facebook Oversight Board. Abstract Few court decisions are as eagerly awai...

Platform Regulation

Private Macht und private Gewaltenteilung

Who should determine what could be said on digital platforms? Martin Fertmann and Matthias Kettemann write on Tagesspiegel Background about how institutions can be designed for this purpose, where the risks lie and which role the Facebook Oversight Board plays. To the article (online, in Germ...

Online Learning Space

Why, AI? – A New Online Learning Space, Unraveling Myths about Automation, Algorithms, Society and Ourselves

Matthias C. Kettemann and Daniela Dicks have set up an online learning space to unravel myths surrounding artificial intelligence. It is designed as a free educational resource, all materials are provided with a CC-BY licence. This space is intended to address questions such as "How can AI be u...

Call for Participation!

Virtual Research Sprint: “Toward an African Narrative on Digital Sovereignty”

A virtual research sprint within the framework of our project "Ethics of Digitalisation" will focus on the African perspective on the topic of digital sovereignty from 7 June to 30 July 2021. It is hosted by the University of Johannesburg as part of the "Ethics of Digitalisatio...

Study Published

How Do Young People Inform Themselves?

Four very different types of news use by young people have been revealed in a recent study by the HBI, which provides new insights for media companies and media education. The study "#UseTheNews - News Usage and News Literacy in the Digital Age" found out that there are great differences i...

Podcast!

Wie informieren sich junge Menschen?

For the first time, a scientific study examined the news consumption of young people in detail. Author Leonie Wunderlich talks about the study in the BredowCast. The common prejudice that adolescents and young adults are not interested in news and only hang out with their favourite YouTubers...

Who Rules the Internet?

Normfare: Norm Entrepreneurship in Internet Governance

Matthias C. Kettemann, Roxana Radu, Trisha Meyer and Jamal Shahin write about norm-setting actors in internet governance in this special issue of the journal Telecommunications Policy. They bring together contributions from different theoretical perspectives to analyse the influence of platforms, st...

Article on Tagesspiegel Background

Jugendschutzgesetz: Neu, aber auch besser?

The Youth Protection Act presents itself with some innovations in its reform, but are they really better than before? On Tagesspiegel Background, Dr. Stephan Dreyer writes what he thinks of these changes. To the article (online, in German) Abstract When the Bundesrat refrained from invoking...

Blog: Platform Governance

Making Courts Count in Global Content Governance

Technology creates societal fractures. Courts have traditionally been responsible to apply the law to fill fractures, ease normative tensions, develop social mores. But courts are uneasy rulers in times of technological change, even as platforms seek to recreate private quasi-courts. Yet their power...

Transnational DFG-Project

Journalism under Duress

This DFG-funded project investigates risks and uncertainties journalists are facing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as around the globe to better understand the ways in which journalism adapts to and copes with these duresses.

German-Israeli project for the VW Foundation

Covid-19 Tracing Apps

In the course of fighting the Corona crisis, new digital infrastructures were developed worldwide, which have numerous other components besides tracing apps. How do individual design decisions affect the effectiveness of such an infrastructure, and what influence do legal frameworks have?

Findings from the Virtual Clinic

(Un-)Sichtbare Stellenanzeigen: Wie Werbung auf Online-Plattformen fairer werden kann

On the Digital Society Blog of the HIIG, Matthias C. Kettemann and Alexander Pirang show how job advertisements on online platforms can be made fairer. Twelve international fellows developed these approaches at the virtual clinic of the HIIG. Read the blog article here (online) Abstract Who gets t...

Frisch erschienen!

Recht auf mein Selbst – Schutzräume kindlicher Entwicklungsphasen in der digitalen Gesellschaft

Dr. Stephan Dreyer writes about protective spaces for the developmental phases of children within the digital society in "Aufwachsen in überwachten Umgebungen [Growing Up in Monitored Environments]", which has been recently published by Nomos. About the book Digital technologies are...

Federal Election 2021

Platform Governance in the Super Election Year 2021

In the run-up to the 2021 federal election, a team from the HBI selects real-time data on how platforms govern online speech, how laws and local standards interact, and how platform practices change in the shadow of EU regulation in the heated atmosphere of the run-up to the German elections.

Science Policy in Dialogue

Wissenschaftskommunikation und ihre Förderung aus verfassungsrechtlicher Perspektive

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Keno C. Potthast write about science communication in between legal protection and the need for regulation in their contribution to "Wissenschaftspolitik im Dialog [Science Policy in Dialogue]", the publication series of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of...

Blog: Trump’s Social Media Ban

Reviewing the constitutionality of capital digital punishment

Trump’s ban from social media, while gaining significant media attention, does not represent an isolated case. Preventing individuals from accessing social media platforms or parts of them is a common phenomenon today. I term it ‘social media exclusion’ and I argue that it is possi...

All Contributions Available as Open Access!

M&K-Themenheft "Forschungssoftware in der Kommunikations- und Medienforschung"

Issue 1/2021 of our journal M&K is dedicated to the thematic focus "Forschungssoftware in der Kommunikations- und Medienforschung [Research Software in Communication and Media Studies]". With contributions by Andreas Hepp, Wiebke Loosen & Uwe Hasebrink, Richard Rogers, Karin van Es...

Dissertation Project

Coping with Stressful Online Experiences

Some children and adolescents may experience stressful situations online. In the context of her dissertation project, Kira Thiel investigates how adolescents deal with such online experiences and which coping strategies they use.

Article on JuWissBlog

Zensur oder Selbstverteidigung? Zur Sperrung oppositioneller Medien in der Ukraine

On JuWissBlog, Martin Fertmann and Leif Thorian Schmied write about the blocking of three pro-Russian TV channels in Ukraine. The channels were banned without trial by decree, through the collusion of President Selenskyj and the National Security and Defence Council. Based on a Ukrainian sanctions l...

Podcast!

Mit Memes Geschichte kommunizieren

Memes have become a language of the internet. Those who do not master them miss some statements and punchlines. Media historians Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner and Hermann Breitenborn explain why it is worth examining memes from a communication science perspective and how history is communicated via...

EU-H2020-Project

European Media Platforms

Are new platforms – YouTube, Netflix, NewsFeed – making European culture more European or not? The role of media platforms in fostering or dismantling European identity is the key question of the EU-H2020-Project EuMePlat.

Speed Dating with Science

Book A Scientist

Speed dating with science - at "Book a Scientist" on 18 March, Leibniz researchers will once again answer questions on topics that touch our everyday lives. HBI researcher PD. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann will be taking part as an expert. His topic will be "Who says what you can say onli...

Open Access!

Mediatisierte Sozialisationsprozesse erforschen. Methodologische Implikationen

In their article, Claudia Lampert and Marcel Rechlitz, together with Rudolf Kammerl, Jane Müller and Katrin Potzel, discuss the methodological demands that the increasing mediatisation of children's environments places on socialisation research. It has been published open access in Jahrbuch...

Twitter in India

Twitter’s Modi Operandi: Lessons from India on Social Media’s Challenges in Reconciling Terms of Service, National Law and Human Rights Law

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...

Blog: Journalismus und sein Publikum

„Glaubt nicht jeden Mist“ – Was Journalist:innen ihrem Publikum gern sagen würden

Ohne Publikum geht es nicht im Journalismus. Das Verhältnis der beiden hat sich durch den Medienwandel jedoch grundlegend gewandelt, je aktiver das Publikum wurde. Ein Projekt am HBI untersucht dieses Verhältnis und hat Journalist:innen als erstes mal gefragt, wie sie ihr Publikum eigentli...

Guest Editor Blog Series

Introduction ‘Harbour Cities’

In their blog article on Space and Culture, the two guest editors Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner and Justin Lloyd introduce their new blog series "Harbour Cities". It originated from the international network "Transnational Media Histories", a cooperation network of universities in Shang...

Research on Platform Regulation

First Annual Conference of the Platform Governance Research Network

The newly founded Platform Governance Research Network aims to advance research on platform regulation and promote international cooperation in this field. The first annual conference of the network will take place from 24 to 26 March 2021. The first two days of the conference will be focused...

Results Report

Missions Publiques: Mini Publics – Maximum Insights. Insights from the Evaluation Team

Together with a team from the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC), PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann conducted a review of Missions Publiques and its activities on Internet governance in the last year. "WE, THE INTERNET&qu...

Interview

Wer die Macht hat: Ein Interview über Meinungsfreiheit, Regeln und Verantwortung auf Online-Plattformen

In pro | Christliches Medienmagazin, Matthias C. Kettemann talks about freedom of opinion, rules and responsibility and about the power of Facebook and Co. over communication on the internet. Download the article here (pdf, in German) Abstract Under German law, a Twitter chancellor like Trum...

Cyber Diplomacy in the EU

Revisiting the EU Cybersecurity Strategy: A Call for EU Cyber Diplomacy.

In the latest issue of SWP Comment, PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and Annegret Bendiek explain why the new EU cybersecurity strategy is too one-sided. The focus should not only be on deterrence and defence, but also on trust and security. They advocate for promoting cyber diplomacy in the European Un...

Blogbeitrag zum Safer Internet Day

Was die EU-Staaten für mehr Sicherheit für Kinder im Internet tun

Am 9. Februar ist Safer Internet Day. Zeit, um auf aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zu schauen. Auf EU-Ebene bildet die „Europäische Strategie für ein besseres Internet für Kinder“ („Better Internet for Kids Strategy“) einen zentralen Rahmen für politische Ma...

Legal Study for Download

Normative Leitbilder der Europäischen Medienordnung. Leitvorstellungen und rechtliche Anforderungen an die Governance für eine demokratische Öffentlichkeit

Accompanying Germany's EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI) has prepared several legal studies and research reports that will serve as a basis for discussion for the events of the EU Media Conference in the secon...

EU Study

Stephan Dreyer Expert on Germany for EU Study

On 1 February 2021, the EU Commission published a comprehensive assessment of current market developments, technical approaches and regulatory trends with regard to the three topics of video-sharing platforms, media ownership and signal integrity in audio-visual media services. It analyses the situa...

Child Data Protection

Besondere Datenschutzanforderungen bei der Onlineberatung von Kindern und Jugendlichen

Dr. Stephan Dreyer writes about data protection requirements for online counselling of minors in an article in the online brochure "Online Counselling for Sexualised Violence in Childhood and Adolescence", published by the BKSF (Bundeskoordinierung Spezialisierter Fachberatung gegen sexuel...

#UseTheNews

Liken, posten, teilen – Wie interagieren junge Leute online mit nachrichtlichen Inhalten?

Leonie Wunderlich explains in the dpa Innovation Blog how young users are exposed to news content on social media and to what extent this contact goes beyond mere "casual" consumption. To the full article As part of our #UseTheNews project, we examined the different practices and s...

Disinformation in Election Campaigns

Don’t Über-Blame the Algorithms – Lessons from Europe

In her essay, Amélie Heldt argues that we should not focus on technology only when it comes to fixing the information disorder. Over the past four years, there was no evidence of successful disinformation campaigns against elections in Europe. Instead, we are witnessing a global rise of popul...

FGZ’s Main Phase Started on 1 July 2020

Research Institute Social Cohesion FGZ

Eleven German research institutions form the Research Institute Social Cohesion to investigate current social challenges from different perspectives. The HBI examines the role of the media concerning social cohesion.

Blog Article

The Far-Right on the Rise – What Germany Needs to Learn from the Capitol Siege

On his blog, Jan Rau writes about the storming of the Capitol in the USA. He also explains what Germany should learn from it. Auf seinem Blog schreibt über den Sturm auf das Kapitol in den USA und was Deutschland daraus lernen sollte. To the article (online) Abstract January 6, 2021 offered...

Method Innovation Pilot

Journalistic Use of Algorithmic Information Environments

In this computational social science project, we will use browser data donations to determine how relevant individual search engines and social media platforms are in journalists’ everyday work.

Working Paper

Mediennutzung und Schule zur Zeit des ersten Lockdowns während der Covid-19-Pandemie 2020

This report by Dr. Claudia Lampert and Kira Thiel provides an overview of how families in Germany experienced the lockdown phase - in particular, the switch from face-to-face to distance learning - and to what extent this has changed their media use. It is part of the Kids' Digital Lives...

Research Focus Disinformation

Digital Disinformation Hub

The Digital Disinformation Hub of the HBI bundles the Institute's research and cooperation activities in the field of digital disinformation.

Is Twitter Allowed to Block Trump?

Digitale time-outs für Trump: Der Anfang vom Ende der privilegierten Behandlung von Amtsinhaber*innen durch soziale Netzwerke?

In their contribution to JuWiss, media lawyers Martin Fertmann and Keno Potthast discuss whether Donald Trump's Twitter ban heralds a change in the previously privileged treatment of public officials on digital platforms. Read the article here (in German) Abstract After soon-to-be...

Homeschooling im Frühjahr 2020

Fernunterricht oder fern von Unterricht?

Das Coronavirus hat den Alltag von Kindern und Jugendlichen weltweit auf den Kopf gestellt und viele alltägliche Aktivitäten ins Netz verlagert – so auch den Schulunterricht. Das länderübergreifende Forschungsprojekt „Kids‘ Digital Lives in COVID-19 Times“...

Anthology

Wenn KI, dann feministisch. Impulse aus Wissenschaft und Aktivismus

This anthology opens up feminist perspectives on the topic of artificial intelligence. It was published by netzforma*, an association for feminist net politics. Katharina Mosene and Valerie Rhein were members of the editorial team. Download the PDF file free of charge (in German) Order a printed co...

Podcast!

Sturm aufs Kapitol, Trump und Twitter

After the "Storming of the Capitol" on 6 January 2021 in Washington D.C., political scientist Jan Rau and media lawyer Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann discuss what role the media play in this – and whether something like this could happen in Germany as well. The society in the USA...

Blog: Polarization in the US

Democracy at Stake: The Capitol Siege as a Digital Crisis?

The attack on the institutional heart of one of the oldest democracies of the world was a major shock, for the United States and democracies all over the world. How were social media conducive to the Capitol siege and what should we learn from it? January 6, 2021 offered a dramatic start to t...

Blogbeitrag: Coding Public Value

Public Service-Onlineangebote und „internetspezifische Gestaltungsmittel“

Die gesetzliche Forderung nach "internetspezifischen Gestaltungsmitteln“ für neue öffentlich-rechtliche Angebote führt zu einem Paradigmenwechsel bei der Konkretisierung des Programmauftrags im Netz: Neben programminhaltlichen Anforderungen müssen nun auch softwarebasi...

New International Project

Private Ordering Observatory

In order to study how online platforms decide what can be said online, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research sets up a "Private Ordering Observatory".

#UseTheNews

„Was brenzlig ist, kriegt man so oder so mit“ – Wie junge Leute Nachrichten konsumieren

Leonie Wunderlich writes about young people's news consumption in dpa's Innovation Blog. The article is based on results from our #UseTheNews project. The project is a cooperation between the HBI and the dpa and provides knowledge on the topic of news literacy. You can read the...

How to improve one's research impact

Technology, (Media) Economy and Transformation: Research Impact Sprints

TETRIS is a program that aims to enhance researchers’ abilities to measure and increase the impact of their work through a combination of strategic frameworks and hands-on experiences.

Legal Study commissioned by the LfM

Legal Study on Disinformation

The legal study commissioned by the State Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) identifies risks for individuals and society that can arise through various forms of disinformation and discusses ways to counter them legally.

The Role of Communicative Robots

The Use of Automation Tools in German Newsrooms

In a pilot study, the Institute examines the use of journalistic automation tools in Germany and analyses the role of “communicative robots” (ComRobs) in the fulfilment of journalistic activities and functions, from an interdisciplinary perspective of journalism research and law.

Buchbeitrag

Künstliche Intelligenz im Journalismus?: Was bedeutet Automatisierung für journalistisches Arbeiten?

In their book contribution, Wiebke Loosen and Paul Solbach write about how data and algorithms affect the work of journalists. The chapter is published in the handbook Fake News, Framing, Fact-Checking: Nachrichten im digitalen Zeitalter [Fake News, Framing, Fact-Checking: News in the Digital Age] b...

Article in Telemedicus

Landesmedienanstalt gegen gesundheitsbezogene Google Knowledge-Panels

In an article for Telemedicus, Martin Fertmann, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Dr. Stephan Dreyer discuss whether cooperation between health authorities and internet intermediaries is illegal. Read the entire article here (in German) Abstract Along with the pre-Christmas canon...

Thank you!

Thank You for All the Good Things This Year!

In addition to all the efforts required this year, it has also opened up some new worlds for us. Stimulating digital event formats (Leibniz Media Lunch Talks and Leibniz Media Lectures) have emerged, highly exciting projects have started, first and foremost our Hamburg branch of the "Research I...

Women and News

Germany

In Women and News: An Overview of Audience Behaviour in 11 Countries, Julia Behre and Dr. Sascha Hölig share their findings from the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News Report on women's news consumption in Germany. Abstract Even in a wealthy and democratic society like Germany, there are...

Viral Information

How States and Platforms Deal with COVID-19-Related Disinformation

This study explores how online platforms and different states dealt with Covid-19-related disinformation. It was edited by PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and Martin Fertmann as part of the GDHRNet Working Paper Series and is available as open access. Download Working Paper (pdf)...

Open Access Gold for M&K

M&K Published Open Access as of 2021

Starting in 2021, our journal "Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft [Media & Communication Studies]" will be published open access! All future issues as well as all issues published since 2000 can then be accessed free of charge via the eLibrary of Nomos Verlag at https://www.m-und-...

Annual Report 2019 Available for Download

Our 1st Year in the Leibniz Association: Annual Report 2019

2019 - Our first research year as the "Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)"! The evaluation for this admission demanded a lot from us, but afterwards we were welcomed with open arms into the community of the Leibniz Institutes. Our annual report for 2019 shows...

Recommendations for Parents

Recommendations for Action to Handle Child Influences

Cologne/Hamburg, 14.12.2020. Children are more and more active as influencers on social platforms like YouTube, TikTok or Instagram. They present themselves and their everyday life to a large number of people - often completely without reflection regarding the information they reveal about themselve...

Podcast!

Wie wird man Medienrechts-Forscher*in?

Dr. Stephan Dreyer is a researcher in media law. In this BredowCast episode, he tells us how he became one. Even as a young student, it was clear to Stephan that he would not become a sly lawyer later on. During his first internship in a law firm, he had to find out that "lawyers are there to...

Blog: Methodeninnovation

„Liebes Publikum …“ – Arts-Based Research in der Journalismusforschung

Zeichnen oder kreatives Schreiben sind als wissenschaftliche Erhebungsmethoden zwischen den klassischen Befragungen und Inhaltsanalysen eher die Ausnahme. Einige Forscher:innen fordern jedoch mehr Methodeninnovation. Warum diese gerade für die Journalismusforschung wertvoll sein kann, wissen Fr...

EU Study

Third Better Internet for Kids Policy Map

On 30 November 2020, the third edition of the study "Better Internet for Kids" Policy Map was presented at the Safer Internet Forum. The HBI and the TU Dublin were involved in this study. It was commissioned by the EU Commission. The study provides an overview of policy design and i...

Book Chapter

Hass- und Gegenrede in der Kommentierung massenmedialer Berichterstattung

In a contribution to the anthology "Social Media", Dr. Gregor Wiedemann and Cornelia Fedtke examine the interplay between hate speech and counter speech on social networks. The authors propose a model for computer-aided critical discourse analysis. Download the article here (fee required)...

Research Sprint Overview

When Scholars Sprint, Bad Algorithms Are on the Run

In the first research sprint of the project "Ethics of Digitalisation", funded by the Mercator Foundation, international researchers looked at the use of AI in the moderation of online content. PD Dr. Matthias Kettemann and Alexander Pirang provide an overview of the key findings in this b...

Project for UNESCO

The State of the Internet in Germany

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.

Youth Protection in Messenger Services

Nutzung von Stickern in Messenger-Diensten und ihre Jugendschutzrelevanz

In the Jugend Medien Schutz-Report (Youth Media Protection Report), Kira Thiel and Dr. Stephan Dreyer give an overview of sticker use practices by children and young people in messenger services and address the associated risks. To the article (fee required) Abstract Happy teacups, cute dog...

Blog: Die Rolle der digitalen Medien

Die digitale Gegenöffentlichkeit der AfD

Im Jahr 2015 ist die AfD innerhalb weniger Monate von einer kleinen, von vielen Expert:innen bereits abgeschriebenen Partei zu einer der lautesten Stimmen in der Flüchtlingsdebatte geworden. Jan Rau erklärt anhand dieses Beispiels, welch entscheidende Rolle digitale Medien in den gese...

Facebook's Deletion Obligations in the Glawischnig Case

No “Censor for the World”

In an article on the Verfassungsblog [Constitutional Blog], PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and his co-authors clarify misunderstandings in connection with the "Glawischnig ruling" of the Austrian Supreme Court. The legal dispute had attracted attention last year. Former Green politician Eva...

Article on Verfassungsblog

Why Platforms Struggle with Ensuring Data Access for Academics

In their article on the Verfassungsblog, Amélie Heldt, PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and Paddy Leerssen write about the difficulties of gaining access to platform data as researchers. Über die Schwierigkeiten, als Forscher*in Zugang zu Plattformdaten zu bekommen, schreiben gemeinsam mit...

Blog: Geschichtspolitische Kommunikationspraktiken

#janaauskassel-Memes und historische Vergleiche in der aktuellen Netzdebatte

Die Autor*innen erforschen die Kommunikation über Vergangenheit und die kommunikativen geschichtspolitischen Praktiken der Neuen Rechten. In diesem Beitrag greifen sie den medialen Aufreger der zurückliegenden Woche auf und nehmen die Meme-Kommunikation zu “Jana aus Kassel” und...

Intermediaries and Democracy

Die kooperative Stoßrichtung ist vielversprechend

In "Wer regiert das Internet? [Who rules the internet?]" PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann answers three questions on the topics of information intermediaries as well as whether disinformation and hate speech are a danger to democracy. To the Publication (pdf) Abstract There is no empir...

Podcast

Regulierung von Telegram und Zoom?

Contents on Telegram and Zoom are hardly subject to legal control or platform internal moderation. Should it stay that way? The media law experts Amélie Heldt and Martin Fertmann are weighing up the options. At least since Corona we know the platforms Zoom and Telegram a little bette...

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M&K 4/2020

The articles in issue 4/2020 M&K focus on journalistic ethics of responsibility and sexual abuse (Philip Baugut / Katharina Neumann), on Netflix and disruptive innovations in the age of digitalization (Hendrik Michael / Sophie Reitmeier / Miriam Czichon), on media coverage of autonomous driving...

Hate Speech Online

Giving the Law a “Like”? Comments on Austria's Draft Communications Platform Law

On the Sustainable Computing Lab Blog, PD Dr. Matthias Kettemann analyses Austria's new Communication Platform Act. Although the Austrian legislator is already many things right with this "milestone" for more online protection but it still has a few edges. Zum vollständigen Artik...

Video Recordings Online!

Internet Governance Forum 2020

Several colleagues from the HBI took part in the 15th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which ended yesterday. From 2 - 17 November 2020, actors from politics, science and civil society discussed our digital future and related policy issues under the topic "Internet for Human Resilience a...

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Das HBI auf der Europäischen Medienkonferenz

The media legal experts Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Amélie Heldt report on the EU media conference and explain the complex interaction between science and politics. For four months, from July to October 2020, our Institute provided scientific support for the EU media conference. The...

Open Access Article

Block, Hide or Follow – Personal News Curation Practices on Social Media

In this paper, Lisa Merten analyses how users curate their news consumption on social media by specifically following or blocking news accounts. She draws on the data set collected by the Reuters Digital News Survey, which includes information on the online news usage behaviour of over 70,000 respo...

Corona im Wissenschaftsjournalismus

„Es gab nur noch ein Thema“

Irene Broer erforschte gerade das Science Media Center Germany, als erste Nachrichten über eine „mysteriöse Lungenkrankheit“ in China die Redakteur*innen erreichten. In den folgenden Wochen wurde sie Zeugin einer journalistischen Ausnahmesituation. Im Media Research Blog-I...

Austria's Communications Platforms Act

Così fan tutte: Some Comments on Austria’s Draft Communications Platforms Act

Dr. Matthias Kettemann, Gregor Fischer and Felicitas Rachinger analyse the draft of the new Austrian Communications Platforms Act in the latest Graz Law Working Paper. To the paper (PDF) Abstract Austria’s Communications Platforms Act (KoPl-G) provides for a multi-stage procedure for conten...

Blog Article

AfD gegen Seehofer: Neues Urteil- alte Störgefühle

The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the AfD in its dispute with Horst Seehofer. In his article on JuWissBlog, Keno Potthast analyses this ruling with regard to the neutrality requirement. Read the full article here Excerpt With the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court of...

Content Regulation and Freedom of Expression

Borderline Speech: Caught in a Free Speech Limbo?

In her article in the open access journal Internet Policy Review, Amélie Heldt looks at the regulation of content in social media, which is not so easy to grasp. "Borderline content" is neither legal nor illegal and shows how problematic content regulation can be with regard to our...

Regulation of Intermediaries

Governance von Informations-Intermediären - Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Dr. Stephan Dreyer have written a report on information intermediaries for the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), in which they identify challenges and possible solutions in the area of governance. To the full report (PDF) Abstract In the context of...

Open Access

How Document Sampling and Vocabulary Pruning Affect the Results of Topic Models

In the new issue of the journal Computational Communication Research, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann writes together with three other authors about how Topic Modeling could be simplified. Topic Modeling is an increasingly popular method for analyzing texts in the social sciences. However, for particularly lar...

Open Access

Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt: Ein interdisziplinärer Dialog

The Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC), in which the HBI is involved with five projects, has published its first publication. The anthology presents contributions on issues of social cohesion from all eleven German institutes and thus offers a first interdisciplinary look at this highly topic...

RISC Team Complete

Meet the Newest Members of Our FGZ Team!

In the next years, we will realise five projects at the HBI in Hamburg as part of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC). We are happy to welcome a few new colleagues into the team, which is now complete. The RISC has a decentralised structure and is supported by ten other research institutio...

Protection of Minors from Harmful Media

Nichts für schwache Nerven?! Wie Bund und Länder den Jugendmedienschutz modernisieren wollen

The Law on the Protection of Minors from Harmful Media is too old and calls for modernisation. In the current issue of the journal Kinder- und Jugendschutz in Wissenschaft und Praxis [Protection of Minors in Science and Practice], Dr. Stephan Dreyer gives an overview of the planned changes, their po...

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