The Cooperative Thrust Is Promising

In “Wer regiert das Internet? [Who rules the internet?]” PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann answers three questions on the topics of information intermediaries as well as whether disinformation and hate speech are a danger to democracy.

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Abstract

There is no empirical evidence that disinformation and hate speech are a danger to “democracy.” More dangerous are the shifts in social frames of reference, the desensitization of political culture, the attractiveness of anti-enlightenment behaviour, and the use of inhumane terminology by politicians.

Kettemann, M. C. (2020): Die kooperative Stoßrichtung ist vielversprechend [The Cooperative Thrust Is Promising]. In: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (ed.), Wer regiert das Internet? [Who Rules the Internet?], Berlin: FES, p. 26.