CAISzeit – The Podcast
What kind of digital society do we actually want to live in? CAISzeit is dedicated to this very question. In the podcast of the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), we discuss with researchers from various disciplines how the digital transformation is changing our society.
What dangers are there in the digital space and what potential does it open up? Which digital innovations will determine the future? How are digital technologies already changing the way we work, inform ourselves and form our opinions? Against the backdrop of scientific research, we look with our guests at multifaceted phenomena of digitalization. Digital transformation is more than a purely technological phenomenon. As a socio-technical process, it is already shaping politics, the economy, the media, culture and our entire social life.
In CAISzeit, we talk to researchers about the phenomena of digitization. In addition to addressing the risks, we focus on looking constructively into the future and finding possible solutions.
Dr. Matthias Begenat, Head of Science Communication
Credits
Intro/Outro Music: ccbysa4.0 tastenspieler
intro/outro narrator: Laura Habke
Editing: Heiner Kunkel
Current episode
Do Algorithms Make Opinion? – Guest: Prof. Dr Cornelius Puschmann
What empirical evidence does research find for the filter bubble hypothesis? How personalised are algorithms? How do you actually research them? How should they be regulated? And: Do we need a special algorithm competence for users?
Algorithms now play a central role in opinion formation. We talk to Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann about the fears that are often expressed with regard to algorithm-based recommendation systems. What empirical evidence does research find for the filter bubble hypothesis? How personalised are algorithms? How do you actually research them? How should they be regulated? And: Do we need a special algorithm competence for users?
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, professor at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen, is in conversation with Silke Offergeld (State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia) and Dr. Matthias Begenat from the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in the second episode of the CAISzeit podcast.
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Guest
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann is professor at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen
Photo: Beate C. Koehler
All episodes
Do Algorithms Make Opinion? – Guest: Prof. Dr Cornelius Puschmann
What empirical evidence does research find for the filter bubble hypothesis? How personalised are algorithms? How do you actually research them? How should they be regulated? And: Do we need a special algorithm competence for users?
Digital commons? Cultural Assets on the Net – Guest: Dr. Jörg Lehmann
Should historical sources, images and texts be made freely accessible? And how could this be realised? Under what conditions can one speak of a digital cultural commons?
Social Media and Mental Health – Guest: PD Dr. Julia Brailovskaia
Looking at our mobile phones, opening apps and receiving notifications about likes have long been a constant companion in everyday life. But what effects does this actually have on our psyche?
Searching and finding research topics: The CAIS Research Incubator – Guest: Dr Josephine B. Schmitt and Samuel Simon
How do researchers arrive at their research topics? Who or what determines what researchers work on? These are the topics of today’s CAISzeit episode.
Digitisation in the Super Election Year 2021 – Guest: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe
How and at what points can a digitalisation of the election campaign actually be observed in the super election year 2021? CAISzeit looks back at the 2021 federal election campaign.
AI Governance: How can Artificial Intelligence be shaped politically? – Guest: Anne Goldmann & Prof. Dr. Christoph Bieber
How will the new federal government address the issue of artificial intelligence? How sensible is the establishment of a federal digital ministry? What are the advantages and disadvantages of centralised control?
MeMo:KI – Zu Gast: Kimon Kieslich & Pero Došenović
AI – What does the population think about AI? Is the public afraid of AI use? How interested are citizens in the topic of AI?
Digital and sustainable? – Guest: Laura Kocksch
What about sustainable behaviour in the digital space? Who takes care to behave in a way that uses as few resources as possible, even on their own computer?
The Christchurch Call – Guest: Dr David Bromell
But when is state intervention in specific internet content justified? How does one deal with the tension between the protection of civil society and freedom of expression on the net?