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Power and the media: influence versus democratisation in Europe?

A panel discussion on politics and society - Europe in the 1920s and today
[Translate to Englisch:] William Roberts, Les Routiers, um 1931, Öl auf Leinwand, Courtesy of Board of Trustees of National Museums Northern Ireland ©️ Estate of John David Roberts. By permission of the Treasury Solicitor, Ulster Museum Collection

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Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser
Stollberger Straße 2, 09119 Chemnitz
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Power and the media: influence versus democratisation in Europe?

Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 7 pm, Museum Gunzenhauser

Panel guests:

Ulli Grießhammer, deputy team leader of counselling at Hate Aid

Thorsten Benner, political scientist, Global Public Policy Institute

Moderation: Gemma Pörzgen, journalist

This event will look at the complex interaction between media and power in a networked world. Digital and social media in particular influence public opinion and political decision-making processes. Who is utilising the strategies of digital political communication? And how do we as individuals deal with disinformation and hate speech online?

Thorsten Benner sheds light on the global and European dimensions, in particular the new alliances between politics and right-wing populism and their influence on European politics and regulations. Ulli Grießhammer then draws the bow to everyday socio-political life, giving concrete insights into the practical work of Hate Aid - an organisation against digital violence.

In cooperation with the Saxon State Centre for Political Education and part of the series Europe needs dialogue!

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Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

Program field

European Realities

The exhibition project European Realities at the Gunzenhauser Museum includes positions from various European countries, in particular from Northern, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The diverse realist movements that were visible almost everywhere in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s are shown on an up to now unique scale. The exhibition tells of hunger and misery, of the modernisation of industry, reports on the economic upswing and cultural prosperity, of technical progress, the big city and nightlife, emancipation and diversity. The exhibition is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.