englischThe call for stronger regulation of communication on platforms and their activities is becoming louder in both theory and practice, which is understandable in view of the developments of recent years: filter bubbles and echo chambers, algorithms, and undesirable communicative developments [...]

englischOne phenomenon of modernity on which media ethics comments is the challenge to reason by the boom in non-rational world views. Since we are exposed to a constant stream of apocalyptic news every day, there is reason to examine news for its effect as a precursor of non-rational mental models [...]

englischEvery question about the selfie, every research method and every research finding offers insights into the complexity of this mass media phenomenon. In the process, questions are raised about the structural conditions under which communication and expression take place, while the [...]

englischCommunicating knowledge places ethical demands on communication between science and society. Communicating knowledge has always been relevant but suffered a loss of trust in the context of the coronavirus pandemic—among other things, due to research results published under extreme pressure [...]

englischDigital forms and formations of communication are posing new challenges to the culture of social debate. The demands for truth, correctness and veracity in democratic discourse expressed by Jürgen Habermas seem to have lost relevance in the public sphere. Against this background, this volume [...]

englischThe term fake news has become an integral part of private and political debates. But what exactly is fake news? Is the term suitable as an instrument with which to analyse current and historical discourses? Questions like these are the focus of this volume, which examines the term fake news [...]

englischDeepfakes—manipulated or synthetic audiovisual media, mostly created using AI—are employed in a wide range of contexts: from politics to pornography, crime, business, law enforcement, art, satire, education and activism. This study provides the first holistic technology assessment of the [...]

englischDigital technologies are exerting a growing influence on the lives of children and teenagers: from video monitoring of babies and educational robots in nursery school to AI-powered learning assistants used to guarantee individual success in education. However, issues relating to privacy, [...]

englischThis volume discusses media ethics perspectives on truth in the context of digitalisation, while also addressing loss of trust and interpretations of the truth in public communication. It develops theoretical classifications of ‘fake news’ and disinformation from both a sociological and a [...]

englischIn this study, the author endeavours to compile a core inventory of values which have proved to be constitutive of media communication in its various contexts (transparency, fairness, respect, responsibility and competence) against the backdrop of the lively and yet demanding debate on media [...]