International Conference: Ambiguity and Belonging in Times of Social Media
We invite to an interdisciplinary conference on the theme of „Ambiguity and Belonging in Times of Social Media” from July 1 to July 3, 2026, in Konstanz, Germany. The international conference is hosted by the Konstanz section of the Research Institute Social Cohesion.
Ambiguity has long been valued as an indicator of cultural sophistication, democratic resilience, and social pluralism. Celebrated in the arts and understood as a prerequisite for tolerance and intercultural understanding, it has also been studied in psychology as a personality trait linked to open-mindedness and resistance to authoritarianism. However, in the era of ubiquitous social media, the nature of ambiguity is changing. The features of digital platforms, such as algorithmic curation, virality, and multimodal expression, facilitate new forms of ambiguity that can be as socially divisive as they are cohesive.
The keynote speakers of the conference are Whitney Phillips (University of Oregon) and Wolfgang Ullrich (Leipzig).
Veranstaltungen
- Address
- Wolkensteinsaal, Wessenbergstr. 43, 78462 Konstanz
- Schlagworte
- Demokratie, Konflikt, Medien/Kommunikation, Netzwerke/Bubbles, Polarisierung, Populismus
- Themenfeld(er)
- A: Politik des demokratischen Zusammenhalts , B: Sozioökonomische Status- und Verteilungsordnungen , C: Bereitstellung öffentlicher Güter und Infrastrukturen , D: Kulturelle Dynamiken des Zusammenhalts
- Zielgruppe
- Interessierte Bürger:innen , Medienvertreter:innen , Wissenschaft
Kontakt
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