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North African Societies after the Arab Spring
No attempt to define the Mediterranean as a region can overlook the multiplicity of political, religious and social forces at work along its shores. Responding to changes in the global and regional environment these forces have interacted in complex ways, as evidenced by their impact on the social, cultural, and political life of the states comprised between the covers of this collaborative volume. The peculiarity of the Mediterranean, as has been noted time and again, lies in its geographical position as a “sea in the middle of the land”, where different religions and cultures vie for recognition and self-expression. In the wake of the popular uprisings that have inflamed the region, be...
Social Media and Democracy
A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.
Im Zeichen der Stadt
In den Kunstlerkreisen Rumaniens setzten avantgardistische Stromungen zu einem vergleichsweise spaten Zeitpunkt, zu Beginn der 1920er Jahre, ein. Sie wurden von einer Gruppe junger Kunstler verbreitet, die nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Kontakte in die westeuropaischen Avantgardemetropolen knupfte. In Bukarest traten Kunstler wie Max Herman Maxy, Marcel Janco oder Victor Brauner in Erscheinung und polemisierten mit ihren Kunstwerken, Aktionen und Manifesten die offentliche Meinung. Denn diese neigte, infolge der erheblichen territorialen Vergrosserung Rumaniens nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg, zu erhohtem nationalen Selbstbewusstsein. Die konservative Elite des Landes versuchte, das gestiegene politische Ansehen mit dem Ideal einer Nationalkultur zu betonen. In diesem geistigen Klima sorgte die Avantgarde, die den Bruch mit uberholten nationalen Traditionen postulierte, fur weitreichende Auseinandersetzungen. Roland Prugel geht in seiner Arbeit, die eine profunde Analyse der rumanischen Avantgarde bietet, dieser Auseinandersetzung nach und zeichnet zugleich ein lebendiges Bild der rumanischen Zwischenkriegskunst.
The Politics of Social Media Manipulation
Disinformation and so-called fake news are contemporary phenomena with rich histories. Disinformation, or the willful introduction of false information for the purposes of causing harm, recalls infamous foreign interference operations in national media systems. Outcries over fake news, or dubious stories with the trappings of news, have coincided with the introduction of new media technologies that disrupt the publication, distribution and consumption of news -- from the so-called rumour-mongering broadsheets centuries ago to the blogosphere recently. Designating a news organization as fake, or der Lügenpresse, has a darker history, associated with authoritarian regimes or populist bombast diminishing the reputation of 'elite media' and the value of inconvenient truths. In a series of empirical studies, using digital methods and data journalism, we inquire into the extent to which social media have enabled the penetration of foreign disinformation operations, the widespread publication and spread of dubious content as well as extreme commentators with considerable followings attacking mainstream media as fake.
