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Theresa Züger | 27. December 2016

Is this Utopia?

The internet started off as a free uncontrollable space, a place for global knowledge and communication that would transcend class, gender and origin. What is left of these utopian ideas?…

Urs Kind | 22. December 2016

Why a view is not always a view

To measure the reach of online content on the different existing platforms you need a consistent standard. For example on Facebook three seconds count as a view while on YouTube…

Kirsten Gollatz | 30. November 2016

The power of platforms

Platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram structure public discussion and news perception. As their user numbers grow steadily their influence grows mutually. José van Dijck, professor at the department of…

Rike Maier | 28. September 2016

Photos, Parodies and Copyright Law

Say you want to digitally manipulate a photo to send it in for an online contest, are you violating the original photographer’s copyright, if you don’t ask for permission? In…

Max Hänska | 12. September 2016

How “Leave” won Twitter: an analysis of 7.5m Brexit-related tweets

How did Eurosceptic (leave) and pro-European (remain) activity compare on social media in the run-up to the EU referendum, and was there a relationship between social media users and votes?…

Cornelius Puschmann | 26. August 2016

5 questions to…

Max Hänska, Lecturer/Assistant Prof. at De Montfort Universitaet in Leicester, GB. His research topics are Social Media in political communication and grassroot journalism as well as the role of communication that questions decision making. As a visiting researcher at HIIG, Max Hänska is currently focussing on twitter discussions and the rise of an european political public sphere. Interview: Cornelius Puschmann.

Florian Lüdtke | 24. August 2016

Retro is everywhere. And everywhere the same?

“Retro is a refuge from too much new”, said HIIG-researcher Sascha Friesike in an interview with dpa. But why does retro look everywhere alike? And why do especially creative folks…

Stefan Baack | 28. July 2016

Big data leaks and the future of journalism

The Panama Papers have been described as “biggest leak in the history of data journalism” with approximately 11.5 million documents provided by an anonymous source to the German newspaper Süddeutsche…

Kirsten Gollatz | 15. July 2016

5 Questions to …

… Visiting Researcher Dr Axel Bruns, Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Interview by Kirsten…