Until 28 August, the exhibition "Editorial Society", designed by the Zeit Stiftung Bucerius, invites visitors to critically question their own information and news behaviour with analogue and digital hands-on stations, for example with virtual reality offers and interactive games: How do we inform ourselves in the digital age? Who can we still believe? And how do we recognise disinformation and manipulation?
Visitors can playfully test their knowledge, discover the mechanisms behind fake news and AI-generated content and reflect on how opinions are formed. At a time when many people in the digital space feel overwhelmed by the flood of information, the "Editorial Society" action lab makes an important contribution to digital media and news literacy - a key skill for democratic participation and informed decision-making.
The exhibition can be seen during the opening hours of the Central Library in the TIETZ. The action lab is complemented by three workshops (45 minutes each):
Workshop I: Seeing through disinformation
Tuesday, 12 August, 5 p.m., Central Library, BibliotheksLaobor
In this workshop, participants will learn more about the phenomenon of disinformation. They will examine the motives behind disinformation and work out the extent to which disinformation influences opinion-forming processes and functions as an instrument of political power. They will learn more about the different manifestations of disinformation and test their knowledge in a fact check with controversial examples from current socio-political discourse. One focus of the workshop is on recognising deep fakes and AI-generated disinformation.
Workshop II: Influencing: Who do you trust?
Tuesday, 19 August, 5 p.m., Central Library, BibliotheksLabor
This workshop is aimed in particular at adults who want to discuss the topic of influencing with young people in a private or professional context. The workshop deals with the acquisition of information by means of influencing or content creation by social media actors, which play an increasingly important role, especially for young people. In the workshop, participants will get to the bottom of the question of what makes these non-journalistic news offerings so appealing and what opportunities and risks they entail. They will look at the aims and motives of influencing and develop strategies for discussing the topic of influencing with young people.
Workshop III: Close and neutral? The art of reporting
Tuesday, 26 August, 5 p.m., Central Library, BibliotheksLaobor
In this workshop, participants will gain an insight into the complex working methods of journalists who report on events in war and crisis zones. They will reflect on and discuss journalistic standards, in particular the pursuit of neutrality, diversity of opinion and due diligence, and deal with the dilemma of distance and empathy in reporting.
Admission to the exhibition and workshops is free.
Please register at https://www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsbuchung