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SSRN-Paper: Fostering Engagement with Gamification
Anna Hansch, Christopher Newman and Thomas Schildhauer examine the potential of gamification in online Learning platforms. They presented their results in a SSRN-Paper. Click here for more information.
Networks of Outrage
The research project "Networks of Outrage: Mapping the Emergence of New Extremism in Europe" deals with far-right movements in the web and social media. The project is realized by HIIG-director Jeanette Hofmann, Cornelius Puschmann, Julian Ausserhofer (HIIG), Noura Maan and Markus Hametner (Der Standard) and supported by VolkswagenStiftung.
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Digitaler Salon: Fluchthelfer Smartphone
Especially when people flee from their homes, smartphone and internet access become vital tools - as compass, map and alarm phone. We want to discuss this month: How does the internet help refugees? And what are the potentials of technologies and apps for refugees and helpers alike? - We discuss on 25 November in ACUD MACHT NEU.
Making Sense of Big Data
Watch the the event on youtube. On 5 November at the British Embassy Berlin Professor Mike Savage from the London School of Economics and Isabelle Sonnenfeld, lead of Google’s News Lab in Germany, discussed the importance of big data for modern societies.
Media Communication between Complexity and Simplification
What is the digital future of media communication? HIIG organizes on behalf of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) this year's conference scheduled from 5 to 7 November. The conference starts with a kenote dialogue of Mike Savage (LSE) and Isabelle Sonnenfeld (Google's News Lab) at the British Embassy.
Special issue on ‘Big data: big power shifts?’
The Internet Policy Review is publishing a special edition on how power relations are affected in the "Big Data society". The Call for Papers is closed and the submitted abstracts are now reviewed until 27 October. Dealine for full submission is 14 December.
Digitaler Salon: Porno vernetzt
Passionate, emancipatory, digital – how much potential for innovation has the porn industry? Shortly after the 10. Pornfilmfestival in Berlin will have taken place we want to discuss the future of porn with you - in the Moviemento cinema on 28 October.
Early Stage Researchers Colloquium 2015
We are are pleased to announce our fourth annual ESRC on September 24th. The colloquium wishes once again to gather early stage researchers from all disciplines in order to provide a stage for new perspectives in the field of internet research. We cordially invite you to join us in the discussions.
Vote for Opening Science – Land of ideas Competition
Pleading for opening science, our team of doctorants needs your support to win the audience award 2015 in the last round of the Land of Ideas competition. Click for the video.
Digitaler Salon: Virtual Past
How do digital tools change the way we represent and how we interact with history. Digitaler Salon travels to the past this time – virtually. We will evaluate the opportunities and challenges of new ways to connect data and represent historical events and memorial sights. Join the discussion on 30.09.2015.
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