For six years, I worked at a media research institute. Not as a researcher, but in the “science communication” department – roughly speaking, the press office. One of my responsibilities was producing the institute’s own podcast. Once a month, I spoke to journalism researchers, media lawyers or media sociologists about their work. Sometimes we discussed the findings of a brand-new study, sometimes broader questions about current social issues. “What is social media doing to our children?”, “What does the future of public service broadcasting look like?”, “How can we hold major online platforms accountable for the content posted on them?” Continue reading Johanna Sebauer: “Beware of the Know-It-Alls” →