Making sense of our connected world
Looking at Open Science through the Prism of a Social Dilemma
The essence of open science is to make the whole research process transparent and accessible. The idea of open science can be traced back to the days of the emergence…
Disobey 2.0 – civil disobedience in a digitized world
Until today the case of Aaron Swartz leaves the ones who knew him – and many others who admire him – in despair. He was threatened with 35 years of…
Snappening, celebrity nudes and NSA spying – the myth of personal responsibility towards protection of privacy
The article is published in German. Im neuen Roman ‚The Circle‘ von Dave Eggers wird das Credo ‚Privacy is Theft‘ zum neuen gesellschaftlichen Leitmotiv. Die totale Transparenz des Menschen und die…
(At least) six perspectives on audio-visual media – Impressions from the 2014 Early Stage Researchers Colloquium
From old films stored in archives across Europe to computer games and videos on multi-channel-networks: audio-visual media is all around us. This years’ ESRC „Pay Per Pixel“ track set out to shed…
The great potential of citizen science
Citizen science is nothing new. What do Benjamin Franklin (see picture obove), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Francis Bacon have in common? All were amateur scientists. Franklin invented the lightning…
Celebrity Leaks, Redtube-Porn and Subscription-Traps
English Abstract Federal Court of Justice on Internet-fraud Celebrity leaks (privacy and cloud-security) and adhortatory letters for redtube-users (copyright and civil proceedings law) have been major issues in the media…
Digital Ethics
Whether civil society, politics or science – everyone seems to agree that the New Twenties will be characterised by digitalisation. But what about the tension of digital ethics? How do we create a digital transformation involving society as a whole, including people who either do not have the financial means or the necessary know-how to benefit from digitalisation? And what do these comprehensive changes in our actions mean for democracy? In this dossier we want to address these questions and offer food for thought on how we can use digitalisation for the common good.
