Media and Communication Sciences

20. September 2023

AI ethics

Why we need global governance frameworks for artificial intelligence

An interdisciplinary body of experts, including three academics affiliated with the University of Vienna, supports Austria in the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Rudolphina asked them why AI governance requires a global approach and which possibilities and risks this entails.

21. December 2022

Discriminating algorithms

"Nothing on the Internet is neutral"

Sandra Wachter is one of the leading researchers in the field of Internet and artificial intelligence. In our interview, the alumna of Law, who has been recently appointed Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, explains why it is so important to take a look behind the decisions of algorithms.

3. October 2022

Election campaigns on the Internet

How much algorithm can democracy take?

Democracy can only work if citizens are able to take informed decisions. But what happens if a news feed is so incredibly personalised that nobody really knows what is actually presented to us, and from whom. Sophie Lecheler and her team at the University of Vienna are using experiments and 'data donations' to see what users see – and to understand political discourse in times of digitalisation.

9. February 2022

Carolina Plescia about Democracy

The meanings of voting

Many countries all over the world are facing democratic backsliding. Social scientist Carolina Plescia is taking a closer look at this phenomenon by investigating the meanings of voting.

15. July 2021

Presenting... Sociologist Jana Laura Egelhofer

The Fake News Debate and its Consequences

Fake or not fake: Jana Laura Egelhofer is a doctoral candidate at the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS) and analyses the content and consequences of the fake news debate. In this video, she gives insights into her highly topical and socially relevant research.