Acknowledgements
We would like to say a special thank you to the experts who contributed to our Course, and provided great insights into the issues we have talked about: Philip Kern, …
Course: Culture in the Digital Age
Wrapping up the Course
Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of the course. This is the time to wrap up and recap what we have discussed. In Week 1, we analysed the changing economic framework …
Responding to digital threats
Watch this video, where Pier Luigi Parcu, from the European University Institute, answers the question: “Which are the possible responses to emerging digital threats?” What do you think? In your …
Understanding the spread of fake news
In the attached article Pier Luigi Parcu (European University Institute) discusses the issues of disinformation and hate speech in digital media. Disinformation Since 2016, in the wake of the campaign …
Fake news and hate speech online
Watch this video, where Pier Luigi Parcu, from the European University Institute, answers the question: “How do you explain the increase in the online diffusion of false information and radical …
Digital threats to media pluralism
Watch this video, where Pier Luigi Parcu, from the European University Institute, answers the question: “Which threats does the digital revolution generate for media pluralism?” Share your experience! In your …
The case of the BBC
Watch this video, where Philip Schlesinger, from the University of Glasgow, answers the question: “What have been the main challenges the BBC has had to face due to the digital …
Regulating internet giants in Europe
The fact that big internet companies handle personal data has generated great concern, also in relation to the issues of transparency and privacy, leading the EU to come up with …
Digital platforms and the regulation challenge
Watch this video, where Philip Schlesinger, from the University of Glasgow, answers the question: “Which regulatory challenges do large Internet firms raise for the EU’s creative industries?” Share your opinion: …
New risks for culture in the cyberspace
Digital culture comes with digital threats. As people increasingly share information about their daily lives, their tastes, their cultural consumptions, they are also disclosing information that can be collected and …
Introducing Week 3
In Week 1 and Week 2 we discussed the opportunities that the digital era opened up for the cultural world, but it is necessary also to point out the risks …
Summary of Week 2
This Week, we have seen that the digital revolution, along with the process of globalisation, challenges traditional cultural institutions conceived as national instruments. Cultural policies today have also to do …
The case of Artsy
Listen to this interview, where Anlam De Coster, from Reiber & Partners, answers the question: “How did Artsy succeed in becoming a key online platform for the art world?” Tell …
A changing art ecosystem
Listen to this interview, where Anlam De Coster, from Reiber & Partners, answers the question: “Which initiatives have established players of the art market taken to adjust to the digital …
The digitalisation of the art market
Listen to this interview, where Anlam De Coster, from Reiber & Partners, answers the question: “What is the role of the Internet for the art market today?”