Johannes Wiek, Head of Editorial, Witten Lab Magazine Sebastian Benkhofer, Managing Director of UW/H Witten Lab Studium fundamentale Max von Abendroth, Advisory Co-editor of Witten Lab Magazine
MEDIA LIVES
Linda von Velsen, Student Editor Witten Lab Magazine
A WILD RIDE THROUGH OUR DIGITAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEM
Johannes Wiek, Head of Editorial & Linda von Velsen, Student Editor
MEDIA DEMOCRACY & FREEDOM
STAND UP FOR JOURNALISM AS A PUBLIC GOOD
Renate Schröder, Director of the European Federarion of Journalists
MEDIA CAPTURE
WHERE INDEPENDENT REPORTING ENDS AND PROPAGANDA TAKES OVER
Marius Dragomir, Director of the Media an Journalism Research Center
ACTIVATION AREA
HOW TO CHECK MEDIA RELIABILITY
DON’T MISS!
THREATS TO DEMOCRACY
SOCIAL MEDIA AS OPINION MARKETS
Birger P. Priddat, Economist and Philosopher, Witten/Herdecke University
NEWS DESERTS
THE OVERLOOKED CRISIS
Tijana Blagojev & Elda Brogi, Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom at the European University Institute
INDEPENDENT MEDIA VS. AUTHORITARIANISM
ON THE FRAGILITY OF DEMOCRACY AND THE POWER OF STORIES
Helena Soares, Hillie Fifer, Zeena Starbuck, DocSociety.org
VOTING IN BIASED MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS
Lukas Stoetzer, Election Researcher and Professor of Quantitative Methods, Witten/Herdecke University
MEDIA VIABILITY
Johannes Wiek
DON’T MISS!
DIGITAL SOCIETY & AI
AI ON USING AI IN JOURNALISM
Martin Henrich, Editor, Witten Lab Magazine
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY?
ON THE PARADOXES OF MEDIA INNOVATION
Kristin van Damme, Lieven de Marez, Floor Dennecker, Research Group for Media, Innovation and Contemporary Technologies, Ghent University and research hub imec
ACTIVATION AREA
PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HANDLING THE FOUR MEDIA PARADOXES
THE EUROPEAN AI ACT
SECURING DEMOCRACY’S PRIMACY OVER TECHNOLOGY
Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor at the EU Commission
HOW TO DETOXIFY OUR MEDIA AND INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
Dennis Reineck, Researcher, Deutsche Welle Akademie
ACTIVATION AREA
TWO TRUTH — ONE L(AI)
MEDIA & ART
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA THROUGH THE VISUAL ARTS
Renate Buschmann, Chair of Digital Arts and Cultural Mediation and Academic Director UW/H Witten Lab Studium fundamentale
RESONATING SPACES
OLEG YUSHKO’S ACOUSTIC INTERVENTION
Renate Buschmann
IT IS BECOMING EASIER TO CREATE ILLUSIONS THAN TO RECOGNISE THEM AS SUCH…
ARTIST TAKEOVER BY ROLAND SCHAPPERT
with an introduction by Renate Buschmann
ART AS THE 5TH ESTATE
Aude Bertrand-Höttcke, Research Associate, UW/H Witten Lab
IVY TOUCH: AFFECT CONTROL AND AI
Freya Hattenberger, Artist
OPEN CALL MEDIA CRISIS MEETS DEMOCRACY CRISIS
VISUALIZING MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS WITH AI
DATA POETICS / DATA POLITICS
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MEDIA MANIPULATION & DISINFORMATION
ALMIGHTY IMAGES
PUBLIC TRUST AMID THE RISE OF AI-BASED IMAGES
Lars Boering, Director of the European Journalism Center, former Director World Press Photo Foundation
INFORMATION WARS
THE REALITY OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE AND DISINFORMATION IN ELECTION TIMES
Paolo Cesarini, Director of the European Digital Media Observatory
JOURNALISM VS. ACTIVISM 1
“EXPOSING THOSE WHO DON’T PURSUE DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOT ACTIVISM — IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL DUTY!”
Barbara Trionfi, Senior Advisor to the OSCE Representative on Media Freedom
JOURNALISM VS. ACTIVISM 2
“ONLY AUTOCRATS CONFLATE JOURNALISM WITH ACTIVISM.”
Lutz Kinkel, Journalist and former Head of the European Center for Press and Media Freedom
BURNING PRESSURE
A GLIMPSE INTO THE WORK AND LIFE OF PULITZER PRICE-WINNING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST MAR CABRA
Johannes Wiek, Head of Editorial
MEDIA AS BRIDGES
Katrin Käufer, Director of the Just Money Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Co-founder of the Presencing Institute
DON’T MISS!
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA
A NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME BEYOND MEDIA LITERACY FOR STUDENTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES
Johannes Wiek & Max von Abendroth, Founder of the Understanding Media Initiative
