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In the latest issue of the journal Tendenz<\/em>, PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt<\/a> asks whether social cohesion is under threat and how the public has changed in the age of digital intermediaries.<\/p>\n

Article availabe for download (pdf, in German)<\/a><\/p>\n

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The development from a media society to a network society creates scope for more participation, but also changes all communication structures. The formation of public opinion is increasingly influenced by intermediaries such as Google, Facebook or YouTube – characterised by an economically motivated algorithmic logic. Besides participation, propaganda, hate and shit storms can also be the consequences. A climate change?<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Jan-Hinrik (2020): Das Partizipationsparadoxon. Strukturwandel der \u00d6ffentlichkeit in Zeiten digitaler Intermedi\u00e4re [The Participation Paradox. Structural Change of the Public in Times of Digital Intermediaries]. In: Tendenz, 1\/2020, pp. 8-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2434,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-9225","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Participation Paradox. 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