Falschinformationen könnten eine Gefahr für die Bundestagswahl werden
There is a lot of fake news circulating on the internet. What happens when many people can no longer separate them from the truth?
Solidarity on the Net
What is the digital responsibility of companies in the age of disinformation and hostility? As part of #DFC2021, we will be discussing solidarity on the net with experts at an online panel on 20 May.
Europe Day: Digital Participation
Digitale Teilhabe: Klare Gesetze, digitale Kompetenz und mehr Infrastruktur nötig.
Freedom of speech digital: Democracy on the defensive?
Freedom of speech is a great good and has constitutional status in our democracy.
Youth Seminar: The Digital Divide
How is journalism impacted by digital trends and developments and what does it take to have a well-informed public? What does the digital infrastructure of political parties look like and what could Germany maybe learn from the United States?
Media Competence Study
What about the digital news literacy of the German population? Anna-Katharina Meßmer (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung), Leonie Schulz (pollytix research gmbh) and Alexander Sängerlaub (futur eins) conducted a large-scale study to find out.
Newsletter #1: Reclaiming the public sphere!
The radical transformation of our public sphere has presented us with a flood of challenges. Time to tackle them. The think & do tank futur eins introduces itself in its first newsletter and reports on the first three months since its founding.
Digital Journalism | Future & Change
How must journalism change in the digital world? How can it find its readers again? Which business model could work? Where does public broadcasting need to go? What are digital knowledge architectures? Alex Sängerlaub and Max Rosch from piqd discuss many questions and topics in the piqd Online College on the future of journalism.
Future and challenges for local journalism
Digital Conference: Future and Challenges for Local Journalism - at the SPD Economic Forum, Hamburg’s Senator for Culture Carsten Brosda was in conversation with Annika Sehl, Nico Lumma and Alex Sängerlaub.
Always on - young, digital, informed? Information Portfolios of Generation Z
What information needs does Generation Z have? Are they better or worse informed in the digital media spaces? Alex Sängerlaub, Anja Zimmer (Director of mabb) and Martin Emmer, Professor of Communication Studies, will discuss this and much more at the media authorities (Medienanstalten) on Thursday, March 4, starting at 4 pm.
Social media: Between freedom of expression, disinformation and hate speech
The BBE would like to discuss this topic with its guests Gilda Sahebi, project manager of the No Hate Speech Movement Germany, Ann-Cathrin Riedel, chairwoman of load e.V., and Alexander Sängerlaub, director of the non-profit think & do tank futur eins in Berlin.
Alex Sängerlaub: Is the Internet Accelerating Conspiracy Narratives & Disinformation?
Alexander Sängerlaub talks with Andrea Thilo about disinformation and whether the Internet accelerates the spread of conspiracy narratives and fake news. The entire interview from #D21talk is now online on YouTube (37:09 minutes).
#D21talk - Web Congress Digital Society
On February 24, 2021, Alex Sängerlaub will speak at the #D21talk about disinformation and conspiracy myths that are rapidly spreading through the Internet. Anyone can take part in the online event via a link.
Media education: When will the broad impact come?
The fact that media education and skills in dealing with digital and social media are essential for survival was not only demonstrated by the pandemic. And yet no one in Germany really feels responsible for the issue.
Dark Social: Danger for the Federal Election in Germany?
2021 is an election year. Due to the pandemic, the election campaigns will mainly take place in the digital realm. What threat will disinformation play in this? Experts warn: The threat comes from the right and above all via the so-called dark social.
“We, the People…”: Reality or Illusion?
The recent attack on the U.S. Capitol and incidents in other Western democracies – such as the attempt to storm the Reichstag building in Berlin in August 2020 – demonstrate how fragile our democracies are. Are the aspiration and promise of our liberal constitutions an illusion?
Social networks block Donald Trump: A long overdue step!
Twitter, Facebook and other major tech companies are blocking the access of still-incumbent U.S. President Donald J. Trump after he repeatedly called for violence. Alexander Sängerlaub, a digital public sphere expert at futur eins, the Institute for Media and Communication Policy, puts what’s happening in context for us.