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Desinformation is poisoning our societies' debates and the access to free and factual information - a basis for democracy
In one of the latest IABC EMENA podcasts it was a pleasure to exchange with Monique Zytnik on disinformation and its impact on liberal values & democracy. Is there a shrinking room for debate in our societies ? And what are the option to protect fair debates and an access to facts in digital communication? SoundCloud: https://lnkd.in/gaRBRgEDSpotify: https://lnkd.in/g_2FpBZX…
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The Hybrid Challenge — Communication is Key in Ukraine War
For The Catalyst – the blog and website of the international Association for Business Communication – I wrote a wrap up about desinformation and its key role in hybrid warfare. Read more here …
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How to deal with the Infodemic – The role of Disinformation in the Corona Crisis..and some answers
Dis- and misinformation can spread just as viciously as a virus – especially via social media – it erodes trust in governmental policy and measures against the pandemic and as a consequence weakens the commitment of the population to support and to live with pandemic restrictions2. Media dynamics that can be observed at the moment…
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Fake not Fact - Who wants reality to disappear, and why?
This essay was created for the catalogue of the art-exhibition NEWSFLASH in Nuremberg, organized in cooperation between the Kunsthalle Nürnberg and the Kunsthaus, which misses how digital (dis)information works and what manipulative power it can unfold. What skills do we need to deal with this appropriately and critically? The artists assembled in the exhibition are…
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Fake statt Fakt – digitale Desinformation ist konstitutiv für Populisten und Extremisten
In der Ausstellung NEWSFLASH im Nürnberger Kunsthaus ging es um die Vermittlung von Nachrichten und die Frage wie sich diese durch digitale Verbreitung im Netz verändert. Mit den Künstlerinnen Monika Huber und Wiebke Elzel haben wir das Thema diskutiert – und dabei auch festgestellt, dass sich Manipulationskraft und Wirkung von Bildern, von Desinformation und Propaganda…
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Das kritische Denken wird uns kein Algorithmus abnehmen - Wie gehen wir mit digitaler Desinformation um ?
Beitrag zur Publikation des Instituts für Auslandsbeziehungen “Meinungsmache im Netz”, Oktober 2018 Was hat der 17-jährige islamistische Attentäter, der in der Nähe von Würzburg Menschen in einem Regionalzug mit einer Axt angriff[1] gemein mit den rechtsextremen Demonstranten in Bautzen?[2] Was eint die demonstrierenden Russlanddeutschen bei ihrem Protest um die verschwundene 13-jährige Lisa[3] mit den Anhängern…