{"id":9554,"date":"2019-08-20T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=9554"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:01:20","slug":"how-an-online-order-fights-fragmentation","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/how-an-online-order-fights-fragmentation\/","title":{"rendered":"How an Online Order Fights Fragmentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9552 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wie-eine-Online-Bestellung-der-Fragmentierung-entgegenwirkt-Kettemann-300x193.png\" alt=\"Portrait Matthias C. Kettemann\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wie-eine-Online-Bestellung-der-Fragmentierung-entgegenwirkt-Kettemann-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wie-eine-Online-Bestellung-der-Fragmentierung-entgegenwirkt-Kettemann-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wie-eine-Online-Bestellung-der-Fragmentierung-entgegenwirkt-Kettemann.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Internet will not fall apart. While centrifugal forces contribute to the emergence of normative froth, friction, and fractures, the Internet\u2019s technical invariants exert defragmenting forces. But that is not all. As <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/matthias-c-kettemann\/\">Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann<\/a> explains in the Digital Society Blog, a normative shift has taken place on the Internet, leading to the emergence of a normative order for the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Kettemann, M. C. (2019): How an Online Order Fights Fragmentation. In: Wissenschaftsblog des Humboldt-Instituts f\u00fcr Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) &#8211; Digital Society Blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/mit-normen-gegen-internet-fragmentierung\/\">https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/mit-normen-gegen-internet-fragmentierung\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-9554","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How an Online Order Fights Fragmentation - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/how-an-online-order-fights-fragmentation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How an Online Order Fights Fragmentation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Internet will not fall apart. 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