On 5 October, Christiane Eilders gave a lecture on the state of research on the polarisation of German society. She discussed the extent to which media can be a reflection or cause of affective and ideological polarisation.
The larger context was the question of “Erosion of Democracy: Causes, Manifestations, Ways Out”, which had been introduced as a conference title by the Kuratorium Demokratie-Stiftung of the University of Cologne.