About Sabine Schiffer
Sabine Schiffer is Head of the Media Responsibility Institute (IMV) in Germany. Her research focuses on discrimination in news media and on the impact of media on attitudes and values, especially on children’s values. Modern forms of propaganda include the role 'Enemy' (Feindbild) Islam plays today. With a PhD degree in linguistics, her publications include 'Coverage of Islam in the German Press' (2005) and a comparative analysis of anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic hate speech (2009, with Constantin Wagner, IMV).
Articles by Sabine Schiffer
This week’s World Forum for Democracy 2017 editors
Digital Liberties
How to fight for digital human rights?
European integration
Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.
No to TTIP
Constitutional conventions: best practice
Highlights
World Forum for Democracy 2017
This year, the theme is ‘populism’. On openDemocracy this week we are asking - is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?
Civil Society Futures is a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world.
Come and add your voice»
Full coverage of the non-hierarchical conference held in Barcelona on 18-22 June 2017.