#BTW17 – Germany goes digital?
How parties envision the process of digitalisation is becoming a more important factor in the fight for political power. Various online tools shed light on the opaque party election programs in order to discuss important questions: how do parties view AI, how do they want to manage the digitisation of administration and how does digitalisation change the way scientific research is funded?
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State hacking and IT security
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About tested campaign promises and burst bubbles
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Customer, reader or activist? Citizens in the process of digitising government
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How significant is algorithmic personalization in searches for political parties and candidates? Part II
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Digital research politics
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Algorithms, robots and smart machines: How German parties deal with AI
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How significant is algorithmic personalization in searches for political parties and candidates?
Of the many things we do online, search is probably the most common. Beyond messaging, entertainment, shopping,…