Politicizing the digital medium
June 02–03, 2022
The days are gone when traditional mass media such as newspapers, book publishers, and broadcasters were making up the public sphere the legal framework of which was provided by the state. Search engines and social media platforms have become the ‘New Governors’ acting as gatekeepers over information globally. They change the rules of the public sphere and thus of the arena that makes democracy possible in the first place. How does the law react to a development that impacts on the very process of its own legitimacy?
Convener
Contact
Participants
Niva
Elkin-Koren
Tel Aviv University
Christopher
Kelty
University of California, Los Angeles
Karl-Heinz
Ladeur
Universität Hamburg
Ioannis
Lianos
University College London
Geert
Lovink
Fellow
2005/2006
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Anna-Verena
Nosthoff
Data Politics Lab, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universität Wien
Robert
Post
Yale Law School