To some, impartiality means abstaining from judgement; to others, a certain quality of a judgement. The concept emerged in the seventeenth century as a significant value in different spheres of society. It was sustained by the philosophy of Leibniz and Kant. Today Kant has more than 40.000 “likes” on Facebook. However, “liking” or “trolling” on the web 2.0 points towards an emerging culture of debate that is more given to an over-simplified judgement and heated comment than to an engagement with and the discussion of dissenting views. How has the idea of impartiality changed with the emergence
of the Internet? Is impartiality as an editorial judgement more and more replaced by the idea of free availability of information? What does and should impartiality mean in
the context of social media?
Panel Participants
Dominique Cardon, sociologist, laboratory of uses of France
Télécom R&D, expert on social media and the public sphere
Antonio A. Casilli, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities
at Télécom ParisTech with specialization on computermediated
communication and politics
Markus Hesselmann, editor-in-chief online, “Der
Tagesspiegel“
The round table will be introduced and chaired by
Anita Traninger.
Information on participating / attending:
The admission is free
Please register at:
www.einsteinfoundation.de
Date:
11/13/2014 19:00 - 11/13/2014 21:30
Registration deadline:
11/13/2014
Event venue:
Einstein-Saal
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Jägerstraße 22/23
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Media and communication sciences, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
11/10/2014
Sender/author:
Christian Martin
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event49102
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