Everyday life – Digital Society Blog

Katrin Werner | 2. June 2017

Wrapping-up #rp17

re:publica is more than just a conference – it’s a festival for the digital society. Since its foundation in 2007, re:publica brings together media folk, activists, hackers, scientists, NGOs and entrepreneurs from all over the…

Christian Katzenbach | 15. May 2017

Imagining the Digital Society – Metaphors from the Past and Present

The current rapid social and technological change is giving rise to enormous uncertainties – and a great need for explanations and sense-making. How do we understand the digital society? When…

Kirsten Gollatz | 8. May 2017

Hate speech and fake news – About the mixing up and politicization of two terms – part 2

The terms hate speech and fake news serve as focal points for public controversies in Germany lately. The issue at stake, how should social media companies and society at large…

Katrin Werner | 8. May 2017

HIIG goes re:publica

Founded ten years ago, re:publica has grown into one of the most exciting conferences on digital culture. HIIG researchers already attended the conference in the last few years, and we…

Daniela Lindner | 4. May 2017

E-health in Germany – consumers set the trend

There has been an increased discussion about digital health recently, nevertheless the development of E-health in Germany is proceeding slowly. However, E-health can open up new possibilities for the German…

Kirsten Gollatz | 2. May 2017

Hate Speech and Fake News – the interaction and politicisation of two contested terms

The terms hate speech and fake news serve as focal points for public controversies in Germany lately. The issue at stake, how should social media companies and society at large…

Rike Maier | 27. April 2017

Farewell to streaming? – vendors and users become legally liable

A new CJEU decision deals with copyright restrictions on hyperlinking and streaming. It may also become relevant for the current EU copyright reform and the so-called value gap proposal for…

Julian Staben | 18. April 2017

Arguing with chilling effects

Here at irregular intervals we will publish short articles about the doctoral theses that were written at HIIG. We begin with the doctoral thesis “Der Abschreckungseffekt auf die Grundrechtsausübung – Strukturen…

Urs Kind | 4. April 2017

Webseries seek their position in media

What is so special about webseries? And how relevant is this short format? In this article I will provide insights into financing and distribution of german webseries, recent developments of…