Defending Democracy Online

  • Date: 13.02.25
  • Location: Mainz
  • Time: 10:00 h

Jan Rau will give a keynote speech on “Digitale Turbulenzen: Herausforderungen einer demokratischen Gesellschaft in Zeiten des digitalen Umbruchs” [Digital Turbulence: Challenges for a Democratic Society in Times of Digital Upheaval] at the symposium of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Family Affairs, Women, Culture and Integration, Rhineland-Palatinate. Following the presentation, he will take part in a discussion with other experts on the topic “Demokratie im Netz verteidigen – wie kann das gelingen?” [Defending Democracy on the Internet – How Can We Succeed?].

The symposium aims to shed light on who is affected and how digital violence impacts them and democratic discourse. It will discuss who is behind the hate, what their goals are and what strategies haters use.

Event details

Address

Akademie der Wissenschaften
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2
55131 Mainz

Registration

Please register by sending an e-mail to LAP-GMF-Rassismus⁠⁠@⁠mffki.rlp⁠⁠.⁠de by February 1, 2025.

Project reference:

Social Media Observatory

Research Institute Social Cohesion

Research programme:

Media Research Methods Lab

Persons involved:

Contact person

Jan Rau

Jan Rau

Junior Researcher Internet Research

Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Rothenbaumchaussee 36
20148 Hamburg
Germany

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