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Maschine oder Mensch
(Machine or human)
Newspaper | Nürnberger Nachrichten
Date | 7.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, politics, social media, threat
Summary | Experts predict that how we use new media will change drastically in the next two years thanks to chatbots: artificial intelligence services that appear on various social media or devices. They have existed for a while but their understanding of voice commands has improved immensely making them very user-friendly. A problem is that social bots can be bought to like one's content on social media, thereby making content appear to be much more popular than it is. This is a danger to the free decision making process of democracy.
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Digitaler Rausch
(Digital intoxication)
Newspaper | Berliner Zeitung
Date | 24.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | (mental) health, research/study, threat
Summary | Researchers fight about whether big data is the boon or bane of humanity. Collecting and analyzing large amounts of data which we produce all day every day can help modernize all aspects of human life and minimize errors. Doctors, or rather bots, could for instance keep track of a patients vitals after they get back home. Customer service with robots would be much more efficient and would eliminate waiting times.
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Vortrag über Einfluss von hohem Medienkonsum auf Kinder
(Presentation of the influence of high media consumption for children)
Newspaper | Wiesbadener Kurier
Date | 28.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, pornography, threat
Summary | Children are using new media earlier than ever. The internet is not a playground - violent and sexually explicit material can be easily found online. If children use new media too much, they can become psychologically addicted or get bad posture, become overweight, or get headaches. While there are many benefits of the internet, there are also many dangers. Boys are more drawn toward online games and girls are more at risk to become addicted to communication on social media.
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"Viele empfinden Freude, wenn sie Angst verbreiten"
("Many feel joy when they spread fear")
Newspaper | Tagesspiegel
Date | 30.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | law, social media, threat
Summary | The Munich police are present on social media because that is where most of the population regularly checks in. In order to counteract fake news, they make sure to notify the public in case of a dangerous situation and be available for information. Many people share sensationalist stories to spread fear and that is dangerous. While it cannot be prosecuted by the law, a public moral code should be developed to push back such fear-spreaders.
Image Description | Portrait of the interviewee (police officer).
Image Tags | male(s)
Die CIA an meinem Tisch
(The CIA at my table)
Newspaper | Frankfurter Allgemeine
Date | 9.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, privacy, threat
Summary | Amazon's new Echo device - a voice command artificial intelligence client is the perfect surveillance device when you think about it. It is equipped with sophisticated microphones that can decipher voice commands from any direction even if the TV is on. It turns on once its artificial intelligence persona Alexa is called and turns off after the order is finished. Digital corporations are increasingly developing encryption for all digital transactions because otherwise users become very vulnerable to attacks from hackers and the government.
Image Description | Amazon Echo standing on a table.
Ab wann beginnt die Smartphone-Sucht? Schwer zu sagen
(When does smartphone addiction begin? Hard to tell)
Newspaper | Berliner Morgenpost
Date | 24.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, school, threat
Summary | Contemporary childhood is strongly influenced by new media. Many children get a smartphone from an early age and spend their free time in group chats where they can talk to their friends unsupervised by parents. Many schools already integrade new technologies into their classes. Children also have a harder time learning about the value of money because so much is paid for digitally. Parents need to talk to their children about the dangers lurking from strangers online.
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Zurück zur Bildersprache
(Back to pictoral language)
Newspaper | Berliner Zeitung
Date | 14.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | autocorrect, emojis, texting, threat
Summary | Thanks to the new iOS update, autocorrect now incorporates suggestions for appropriate emojis. If someone types something about a car, for instance, the little red car emoji is suggested instead of the word "car". This is quite annoying and usually does not work well because the coverage of available emojis is too small.
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Vorsicht vor dieser Whatsapp-Falle
(Beware of this WhatsApp scam)
Newspaper | Stern
Date | 19.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A WhatsApp chain message is going around offering people free holiday emojis. A link directs them to a dodgy website where they type in their phone number and service provider. Instead of getting free emojis however one is signed up for an expensive subscription with hardly any possibility to quit. People should be careful with content they receive and spread through WhatsApp.
Image Description | A hand-held smartphone.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), Instagram, smartphone, Viber, WhatsApp
Was mit dem iPhone begann, wird mit gläsernen Menschen enden
(What started with the iPhone will end with glass humans)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 9.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | smartphone, social media, threat
Summary | Exactly ten years ago Steve Jobs presented the first iPhone - a pioneer among smartphones. In the past ten years we saw an unprecedented change in communication. With technological innovation our digital communication has become more and more multimodal. The general tone has become quicker, more informal, and contains emojis. Social media are taking over what used to be social hobbies like sports clubs and such. It remains to be seen whether future generations will consider the broad surveillance and big data as boon or bane.
Image Description | Getty image of Steve Jobs with the first iPhone.
Image Tags | smartphone
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