Issue in focus
Exploring the digital society
To understand current social and technological change, we need explanations that help shape our future. Within the framework of the lecture series "Making Sense of the Digital Society", visionary experts share their perspective on the digital society of our time. They address fundamental questions: What could a European perspective on the current transformation process look like? What is the meaning of power and how is it distributed? And what role do digital technologies play in this? This issue in focus brings together highlights from previous events.
Manuel Castells
Power and counter-power
Christoph Neuberger
Democracy and public sphere
Elena Esposito
Future and uncertainty
Colonised by data: the hollowing out of digital society
What exactly is colonial about the economic use of data? On November 20, Nick Couldry continued the lecture series Making Sense of the Digital Society. In his lecture, he focused…
What is surveillance capitalism?
Big Brother is watching you. And not only that – new methods of evaluating and manipulating behavior are starting to threaten our freedom. In her new book “The Age of…
Omens and algorithms: A response to Elena Esposito
Can algorithms actually predict the future? And if so, does this make them the gods of our modern society? In her lecture ‘Future and uncertainty in the digital society’, Elena…