Tools & Resources
Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor (2014): Freiheit und Vorhersage: Über die ethischen Grenzen von Big Data. Talk auf der re:publica vom 7. Mai in Berlin. In his lecture, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the increasing possibilities of Big Data analysis, warns against misappropriation and the danger of confusing causality and correlation. He discusses the problems Read more…
Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2018): Podcasts zu Digitalisierung und Privatheit, Berlin. The podcast series “Digitization and Privacy” contains short statements by scientists on the new technologies of data collection and processing and asks from different perspectives what the extensive data processing is used for, for example for forecasts Read more…
Siemens Stiftung (2020): Medienpaket “Algorithmen in unserem Alltag”, München. The media package “Algorithms in our everyday life” developed by iRights.Lab is aimed at students from grade 7 onwards with the goal of conveying a general understanding of algorithmic systems and establishing social and political connections. Das von iRights.Lab entwickelte Medienpaket Read more…
Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband e. V. (2021): Stadt | Land | Datenfluss. Berlin. The course “Stadt|Land|Datenfluss” (City|Country|Data Flow) aims to raise awareness of how to deal with data in a confident manner and to awaken interest in data-based technologies. It is based on the app of the same name developed by the Read more…
Schaumann, Philipp (2017): Von der flächendeckenden Überwachung zur flächendeckenden Lenkung der Bürger. Big Data Algorithmen als Lenkungswerkzeug. Talk vom 24. Oktober auf der Privacy Week im Volkskundemuseum in Wien. The talk deals with the phenomenon of Big Data and describes the many areas of application in which human behavior is Read more…
Media Smart e. V. (2019): #Nachgeschaut – Big Data. Erklärvideo, Köln. The explanatory video contains a brief definition of Big Data (storage, analysis and processing of data), describes where data is created, who it benefits (advertising, predictive policing, surveillance and education, e.g. the Social Credit System in China, therapy options, Read more…
Media Smart e. V. (2018): #Nachgefragt – Big Data: Was geht mich das an? Interview mit Gerda Sieben, Köln (2:36 min). In the interview, Gerda Sieben, head of the jfc Media Center, answers Media Smart’s questions about Big Data. Depending on the objective and purpose of the data analysis, the Read more…
Kriesel, David (2016): SpiegelMining – Reverse Engineering von Spiegel-Online. Talk auf dem CCC-Kongress am 28. Dezember 2016. David Kriesel has stored around 700,000 Spiegel Online articles and their versions since 2014, amassing a huge dataset on an important opinion leader. In the talk, Kriesel shows how such a dataset can Read more…
Bitkom e. V.; Telekom (2021): Big Data verstehen, Berlin. The teaching material “Understanding Big Data” was developed on behalf of Bitkom e. V. and Telekom and is aimed at students from grade 8. It is designed for 5 lessons and is divided into the modules “Media”, “Big Data” and “Discussion” Read more…
Watch Your Web (2015): Big Data. Das große Datensammeln, Bonn: IJAB – Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeitder Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. (Das Projekt Watch Your Web wurde Ende 2015 eingestellt). The website classifies the terms “big data” and “data mining”, explains in the form of infographics who collects data and for which Read more…