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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.
Opening Science – a Landmark in the Land of Ideas
The jury of the "Landmark in the Land of Ideas" competition by Deutsche Bank and the “Germany – Land of Ideas” place branding initiative honour the research project Opening Science at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). Join us for the award ceremony!
Jeanette Hofmann: The Netzpolitik.org affair is a turning point
How increasingly contested the relationship between freedom of expression, democracy and national security in a digital society is, shows HIIG director Jeanette Hofmann in an op-ed article in the Internet Policy Review. (Photo: Martin Peterdamm)
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