Felix Raczkowski

Felix Raczkowski

Media Literacy in Times of Fakes – Between Discrimination and Critique The project is concerned with Media Literacy, understood as the ability to critically engage with, discuss, read, and also produce different kinds of media (Alverman & Hagood 2000). Since...
Sigrid Kannengießer

Sigrid Kannengießer

Sustainability in the Age of Digital Transformation Digitalization and the increasing development and use of Artificial Intelligence cause severe social, ecological, and economic effects, e.g. exploitation of humans and nature through mineral extraction, immense...
Ganit Richter

Ganit Richter

Spot the Fake: Gamified Tools for Tackling AI-Generated Visual Misinformation Can a game help us recognize fake images created by artificial intelligence? Visual disinformation has become increasingly common and accessible, especially on platforms like Instagram,...
Elizabeth A. Hintz

Elizabeth A. Hintz

The Blue Pill, Red Pill, and Black Pill: Understanding Triadic Discursive Interplay and Animating Meanings of Violence in Online Incel Forums Understanding how involuntarily celibates (“incels”) become radicalized in online forums is essential for preventing acts of...
Kwang-Suk Lee

Kwang-Suk Lee

Generative AI’s Impact on Creative Labor in East Asian Urban Contexts The project examines how generative AI is reshaping labor processes in the creative and cultural industries of East Asia’s largest metropolises, such as Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo....