Our everyday clicks are no longer insignificant actions, but have become the central arena in the battle for social interpretive power. In short: reaction is king!

Annekathrin Kohout talks to re:publicast host Jonas Ross about how algorithms specifically reward reactions, judgements and provocations, what this means for our interactions with each other, and why online communication today is so often characterised by chronic overstimulation.

What does ‘digital autonomy’ mean? Are we even using the right terminology here? And what role does digital civil society play in shaping autonomous digital infrastructures? Episode 2 of our ‘re:publicast Special’ addresses these questions. 

Markus Beckedahl talks to Julia Pohle about this. She heads the ‘Politics of Digitalisation’ research group at the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB). In her work, she examines the interplay between technology, politics, social norms and power relations.

re:publica co-founder and CEO Andreas Gebhard speaks with re:publicast host Jonas Ross on why real encounters and analogue exchanges are so crucial for discussing the future of the digital society. How can we get even more people involved in shaping the digital space? How can we remain independent in times of economic challenges? How can we hold on to digital utopias in times of polycrisis? This episode, recorded during re:publica Hamburg 2025, addresses all these questions and more.