Polarization in social media — MPG Interview with Eckehard Olbrich & Sven Banisch

Eckehard Olbrich and Sven Banisch were interviewed as part of an MPG focus issue on online hate speech. The two scientists are investigating how opinions are formed in social media and to what extent this leads to increased polarization as part of the Odycceus project (Opinion Dynamics and Cultural Conflict in European Space). The interview (only available in German) goes into the goals of the project, the possibilities of analyzing social processes using mathematical methods and artificial intelligence, and the difficulties they face.