{"id":8334,"date":"2026-06-08T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-news&#038;p=8334"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:01:26","slug":"can-we-still-talk-to-each-other","status":"publish","type":"hbi-news","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/can-we-still-talk-to-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Can We Still Talk to Each Other?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a two-day experiment, ARD invited 84 people to engage in an open discussion with one another on camera, transcending differences in age, background, and political views. The HBI is supporting the initiative with a multi-part survey. <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/jan-hinrik-schmidt\/\">PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt<\/a> examined how participants evaluated the dialogue project and what they took away from it. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/what-unites-germany\/\">blog post, &#8220;How Conversations with People Who Think Differently Can Make a Difference,<\/a>&#8221; summarizes the initial survey findings. Various media reports provide information about the project and insights from the accompanying research.<\/p>\n<h2>Media Reports on the ARD Dialogue Project &#8220;What Unites Germany&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The selection is only available in German:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tagesschau.de: \u201eMiteinander reden \u2013 was bleibt davon?\u201c [Talking to Each Other \u2013 What Comes of It?] | 6 June 026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/gesellschaft\/was-deutschland-verbindet-teilnehmende-100.html\">https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/gesellschaft\/was-deutschland-verbindet-teilnehmende-100.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>hr INFO Das Thema: \u201eWas Deutschland verbindet: Bilanz einer Dialogaktion\u201c [\u201cWhat Unites Germany: A Review of a Dialogue Initiative\u201d] | 1 June 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardsounds.de\/episode\/urn:ard:episode:79d2624ff5a60a76\/\">https:\/\/www.ardsounds.de\/episode\/urn:ard:episode:79d2624ff5a60a76\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>hr Radio Der Tag: \u201eMenschen, Meinungen, Miteinander \u2013 Was Deutschland verbindet\u201c [People, Opinions, Togetherness \u2013 What Unites Germany]| 1 June 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardsounds.de\/episode\/urn:ard:episode:57a3ed48d8d0549f\/\">https:\/\/www.ardsounds.de\/episode\/urn:ard:episode:57a3ed48d8d0549f\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>hr die Ratgeber: Beitrag zu Was Deutschland verbindet (ab Minute 19) [Segment from &#8220;What Unites Germany&#8221;, starting at minute 19] | 29 May 2026) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardmediathek.de\/video\/die-ratgeber\/die-ratgeber-vom-29-05-2026\/hr\/MjQyMTM2OTMtZGMyNC00MDFkLWJmM2EtMjFhY2Q3MTk3MTMx?\">https:\/\/www.ardmediathek.de\/video\/die-ratgeber\/die-ratgeber-vom-29-05-2026\/hr\/MjQyMTM2OTMtZGMyNC00MDFkLWJmM2EtMjFhY2Q3MTk3MTMx?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NDR Info: \u201eKommunikationsforscher Schmidt: Dialogische F\u00e4higkeiten ein\u00fcben\u201c [Communication Researcher Schmidt: Practicing Dialogue Skills] | 27 May 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndr.de\/nachrichten\/info\/kommunikationsforscher-schmidt-dialogische-faehigkeiten-einueben,audio-3267360.html\">https:\/\/www.ndr.de\/nachrichten\/info\/kommunikationsforscher-schmidt-dialogische-faehigkeiten-einueben,audio-3267360.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NDR 2 Spezial: \u201eWir statt ihr: Wie ist wieder mehr Miteinander m\u00f6glich?\u201c [Us, Not Them: How Can We Bring People Together Again?]| 21 May 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndr.de\/ndr2\/ndr-2-spezial,audio-3263622.html\">https:\/\/www.ndr.de\/ndr2\/ndr-2-spezial,audio-3263622.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>radio3 rbb: \u201eBrauchen wir mehr offene Gespr\u00e4chsrunden? Ein Gespr\u00e4ch mit dem Soziologen Jan-Hinrik Schmidt\u201c [Do We Need More Open Discussions? A Conversation with Sociologist Jan-Hinrik Schmidt] | 12 May 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodrei.de\/programm\/schema\/sendungen\/radio3_am_morgen\/archiv\/20260512_0600\/radio3_aktuell_0710.html\">https:\/\/www.radiodrei.de\/programm\/schema\/sendungen\/radio3_am_morgen\/archiv\/20260512_0600\/radio3_aktuell_0710.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NDR Info: \u201eMedienforscher: Wir sind noch in der Lage, miteinander zu sprechen\u201c [Media Researcher: We Are Still Able to Talk to One Another]| 11 May 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndr.de\/nachrichten\/info\/medienforscher-wir-sind-noch-in-der-lage-miteinander-zu-sprechen,audio-3253000.html\">https:\/\/www.ndr.de\/nachrichten\/info\/medienforscher-wir-sind-noch-in-der-lage-miteinander-zu-sprechen,audio-3253000.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>hessenschau: \u201eWas Deutschland verbindet \u2013 Zuh\u00f6ren statt zuspitzen\u201c [What Unites Germany \u2013 Listening Instead of Escalating] | 11 May 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hessenschau.de\/gesellschaft\/ard-dialogprojekt-was-deutschland-verbindet---zuhoeren-statt-zuspitzen-v1,was-deutschland-verbindet-100.html\">https:\/\/www.hessenschau.de\/gesellschaft\/ard-dialogprojekt-was-deutschland-verbindet&#8212;zuhoeren-statt-zuspitzen-v1,was-deutschland-verbindet-100.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>tagesschau.de: \u201eMiteinander reden &#8211; statt \u00fcbereinander\u201c [\u201cTalk to Each Other\u2014Not About Each Other\u201d]| 10 May 2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/gesellschaft\/ard-aktion-was-deutschland-verbindet-100.html\">https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/gesellschaft\/ard-aktion-was-deutschland-verbindet-100.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Hamburg section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fgz-risc.de\/en\/index\/\">Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC)<\/a>, located at the HBI, has been conducting several research projects since 2020 to examine the role that media and communication play in fostering or undermining social cohesion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-projects\/research-institute-social-cohesion-fgz\/\">More information about the Hamburg section of the RISC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: HR\/ARD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8298,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8334","hbi-news","type-hbi-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can We Still Talk to Each Other? - Leibniz Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung | Leibniz Institute for Media Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/can-we-still-talk-to-each-other\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can We Still Talk to Each Other?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a two-day experiment, ARD invited 84 people to engage in an open discussion with one another on camera, transcending differences in age, background, and political views. 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