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Gothaische Zeitung digital (1850-1918). Digitalisierung und Online-Präsentation

Project management
Dr. Dietrich Hakelberg Duration
08/2020 - 04/2022 Funding
Staatskanzlei des Freistaats Thüringen:
55 042 €

As the historical state library of the territories of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg and Saxony-Coburg and Gotha, the Gotha Research Library collects the regional print production in possible completeness and makes it publicly accessible. The "Gothaische Zeitung. Gothaer neueste Nachrichten" is as a long-lasting regional periodical a valuable source of political, social and economic historical information.

LINKED - Music Learning in Postdigital Communities

Project management
Several Duration
12/2017 - 03/2021 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
359 000 €

The collaborative project MuBiTec addresses the special educational potential that results from the mediamorphosis of artistic-musical practice in the context of digital mobile technologies.

MusCoDA – Musical Communities in the (Post)Digital Age

Project management
Several Duration
12/2020 - 11/2024 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
422 000 €

MusCoDA examines songwriting processes as an example of collective creativity in (post-)digital communities. The Paderborn (University) sub-project focuses on informal bands, while the Erfurt sub-project looks at songwriting in schools. Collaborative and cooperative learning in divergent educational contexts will be researched, the intertwining of informal and formal self-learning processes in digitally networked communities will be reconstructed, the respective constitutive role of digital and…

Politics and the Future of Work in Middle-Income Countries (PolDigWork). How Hopes and Fears about Digitalization Shape Opinions on Social and Labour Policies

Project management
Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling Duration
10/2022 - 10/2025 Funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):
716 027 €

The project looks at the social and political impact of digitalization and automation for labour markets in selected middle-income countries. For three years, a team will employ a mixed methods approach with an original survey component combined with social network analysis as well as case studies from Mexico, South Africa and Indonesia.

Triggering Democratic Frustration: Understanding and Countering Strategic Polarisation on Digital Platforms

Project management
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Thiel Duration
09/2026 - 08/2031 Funding
VolkswagenStiftung:
192 225 €

Digitale Plattformen wie TikTok und YouTube prägen zunehmend die politische Meinungsbildung und öffentliche Debatten. Gleichzeitig können strategisch verbreitete, algorithmisch verstärkte polarisierende Inhalte demokratische Frustration fördern und das Vertrauen in demokratische Institutionen beeinträchtigen. Das Projekt „Triggering Democratic Frustration“ untersucht, wie strategische Polarisisierung auf digitalen Plattformen entsteht, welche Rolle Plattformalgorithmen bei der Verbreitung…

UncertainTEAM – target group oriented communication of scientific uncertainty in multiple crises

Duration
11/2023 - 04/2027

The project brings together perspectives from communication science, sociology, psychology and educational research to answer the overarching question of how research communication and journalism should best deal with uncertainty in science. To this end, quality criteria and ways of presenting scientific uncertainty based on them will be worked out and tested with the participation of journalists, science communicators and citizens. Successful communication of uncertainty should 1) create an…

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