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Publikation Research Project on Misinformation and Disinformation

Destructive Discourses

The final research report, jointly written as part of the NOTORIOUS research project, looks at how climate-related misinformation and disinformation spreads across different platforms. At the HBI, Philipp Keßling, Dr. Felix Victor Münch, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann, and Mattes Ruckdeschel worked on the report.

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Meldung Call for Papers

Special Issue of IJPP “Global Myth and Magic around AI”

For a special issue of the International Journal of Press/Politics on “Global Myth and Magic around AI: Enchanted Determinism and Folk Theories in Public Discourses on AI”, the guest editors welcome submissions until 15 June 2025.

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Publikation The most comprehensive HBI publication ever!

DSA DMA Commentary

It is the most extensive publication the HBI has ever produced: the 1600-page commentary on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), edited by Tobias Mast, Matthias C. Kettemann, Stephan Dreyer and Wolfgang Schulz. In addition to several current and former researchers from the institute, almost 30 other experts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were recruited for the commentary project.

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Publikation Brief Expert Opinion

State Treaty on the Reform of the Procedure for Setting the Broadcasting License Fee

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Dr. Tobias Mast have provided their expert opinion on the State Treaty on the Reform of the Procedure for Setting the Broadcasting Fee (RFinÄStV). At the end of 2004, the federal states had decided to separate the pillars of the reform of public broadcasting and to adopt the draft reform first and to continue the process of reforming the procedure for setting the licence fee separately.

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Meldung Podcast about ARD history

ARD and Politics – The Struggle for Independence

About 75 years ago, in June 1950, the constituent assembly of the ARD took place. The aim was to strengthen the position of the broadcasters in the political arena and to have a say in international affairs, for example in the allocation of broadcasting frequencies. At that time, "the broadcasters" meant exclusively radio. In a podcast by Rainer Volk for SWR Kultur, media historian Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner and other experts shed light on the history of the ARD.

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Meldung ZDF Television Council

Sascha Hölig on His Work on ZDF’s Self-Regulation Declaration

Media researcher Dr. Sascha Hölig is an expert advisor to ZDF Television Council and has been supporting the council for two years in implementing the quality goals of ZDF's voluntary commitment. Within the team, he has been mainly concerned with ZDF Kompass measurement tools, their potentials and limitations. In an interview published in the newsletter of ZDF Television Council, he draws a conclusion.

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Meldung New Funding Phase!

Leibniz Research Alliance “Value of the Past” Receives Four More Years of Funding

The Senate of the Leibniz Association has decided to continue funding the Leibniz Research Alliance “Value of the Past” until September 2029. In addition to the partner institutes' own funds, the network will receive an additional 1.2 million euros for research and knowledge transfer. Within the research network, the HBI is part of the Research Lab “Practices of Appropriation”, which also focuses on historical memes and TikTok videos as well as historical Instagram and Twitter accounts.

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The Protection of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Services Act

The publication "Der Schutz der Meinungsäusserungsfreiheit im Digital Services Act" [The Protection of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Services Act], to which Matthias C. Kettemann contributed significantly, is the first in a series of KommAustria publications on the DSA, which are intended to provide a basis for understanding the DSA and contribute to a more differentiated discussion.

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Publikation Project Findings Available for Download

Between Curiosity and Skepticism: Use and Perception of Generative AI for Information Search in Germany

The research project "Generative Artificial Intelligence for Information Navigation", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), investigated to what extent, for what purposes and for what reasons the German population uses generative artificial intelligence in applications such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini. The findings can be downloaded as a working paper.

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re:publica 2025

26. May 2025

The 19th edition of re:publica, one of Germany's most important digital conferences, is taking place at STATION Berlin this year. This year's festival for the digital society is themed “Generation XYZ”. The event will be held in German. Several HBI researchers will be at the venue and present their research.

Verantstaltungsort Berlin

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Veranstaltung Leibniz Media Lecture

The EU Digital Services Act: What Does it Mean for Online Advertising and Adtech?

3. June 2025

For this Leibniz Media Lecture, we welcome Prof. Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Radboud University, Nijmegen. In his presentation, he will analyse what the Digital Services Act (DSA) means for online advertising.

Verantstaltungsort Online

Veranstaltung

From European Concert to Brussels’ Solo?

12. June 2025

Under the title "From European Concert to Brussels' Solo? What EU Media Regulation Means for the German Media System", experts and the audience will discuss the transfer of media regulation to the European level and what this means for Europe's diversity.

Verantstaltungsort Hamburg
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