The Internet is often declared the sole cause of radicalisation and extremism. But there are many factors contributing to both — Is the Internet a radicalizing force? Does it lead to more politically motivated violence? These are questions that flare up again and again after terrorist attacks, especially when it is discovered that the perpetrator(s) have been very active online. Recent examples include the attacks in Hanau, Halle and Christchurch where…

Film companies are following Netflix by using big data to make big decisions — yet it could cut down on the risk-taking that makes classics — “Nobody knows anything,” wrote legendary Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman in 1983. “Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.” Nearly 40 years later, Hollywood studios are still making…

The Amazon, parts of Africa and the Arctic were recently burning. Indonesia is planning to relocate its capital because Jakarta is slowly going under. No matter where you look, the signs of the climate crisis are for everyone to see. At the same time, thousands of students around the UK…

How Instagram is changing political communication — and what that might mean for democracy as we know it. — Livestreams, sticker and Elizabeth Warren drinking beer in her kitchen: Instagram is the latest fad among social media-savvy politicians. But why is the political world suddenly crazy about using the platform — and what consequences does this have for political communication as we know it? “There is no secret recipe…

“Ibiza-Gate” — the scandal that triggered the collapse of the Austrian government in May — spoke volumes about the way in which Austria’s right-wing populists regard the press and public broadcasters. But they’re not alone — across Europe, the populist right has public media in its sights. — When secretly filmed footage emerged showing Austria’s former vice-chancellor and leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party (FPÖ), Heinz-Christian Strache, excitedly talking about selling out his country to a woman he believed to be a Russian billionaire, commentators across Europe expressed shock and outrage.

Can we fix the news? Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the Guardian and author of “Breaking News“ is optimistic. An interview about the future of news and the importance of journalism in our modern world. — Alan Rusbridger is one of the best and most successful newspaper editors of our time. At the helm of The Guardian from 1995 to 2015, he saw the newspaper through turbulent times — both economically and politically. Under his watch, the Guardian published investigations into the British phone-hacking scandal and…