Making sense of our connected world
Internet and Society? A tiny word that makes a difference that makes a difference
Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers. Enquete Commission on Internet and Digital Society. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Ever since starting my PhD on the digitisation of the German parliamentary democracy…
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…
Conference report: 18th Forum Enterpreneurship Research (G-Forum)
On 13 and 14 November 2014 two doctoral researchers from the ‚Innovation and Entrepreneurship‘ team at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) in Berlin attended the…
(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…
Why Netflix started only now in Germany
A few days ago the US-streaming service Netflix started in Germany. It will turn out if the broadly discussed, long expected and from many dreaded service is able to fulfill…
How COVID-19 impacts digital technologies
The current lockdown is boosting online activity – everything is increasingly shifting to the digital sphere. In this dossier we ask if, how and why the Corona pandemic will affect key subjects of digital technologies. What does this mean for the regulation of content on digital platforms? How is Covid-19 activating the digital society? How does it transform our online culture? How safe are tracing apps? What lessons can be learned regarding cyber security? Busy times for our researchers!
How metaphors shape the digital society
Cloud, Big Data, Piracy, Virus are common terms in the debates about digital technologies. At the same time they are methaphors that originate from other fields than technology. What normative or political baggage do they therefore carry? How does this vocabulary shape the emerging digital society? In the series of articles on the How metaphors shape the digital society different authors analyse the assumptions and meanings of metaphors in the digital era.
