Record of Change   /     Germany and India: Truths about Digitalization

Description

The pandemic has revealed unpleasant truths about digitalization in both India and Germany. Insufficient digital literacy has helped misinformation about the virus spread in India, while Germany's Covid response was slowed by a lack of tech adoption.

Subtitle
The pandemic has revealed unpleasant truths about digitalization in both India and Germany. Insufficient digital literacy has helped misinformation about the virus spread in India, while Germany's Covid response was slowed by a lack of tech adoption.
Duration
00:45:56
Publishing date
2021-12-09 10:49
Link
https://recordofchange.com/2021/12/09/truths-about-digitalization/
Deep link
https://recordofchange.com/2021/12/09/truths-about-digitalization/#
Contributors
  Thomas Reintjes
contributor  
  An Huy Tran
contributor  
  Prathap Nair
contributor  
  Matthias Jochmann
contributor  
  Stephanie Raible
contributor  
  Nimish Sawant
contributor  
  Alexander Rabe
contributor  
  Sumaya Shaikh
contributor  
  Matthias Jochmann, Prathap Nair, Stephanie Raible, Thomas Reintjes, Nimish Sawant, An Huy Tran
author  
Enclosures
https://recordofchange.com/podlove/file/469/s/feed/c/podcast/ROC-S06E01-Digitalization.m4a
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Shownotes

The pandemic has revealed unpleasant truths about digitalization in both India and Germany. Insufficient digital literacy has helped misinformation about the virus spread in India, while Germany's Covid response was slowed by a lack of tech adoption.

This interview was recorded on November 22, 2021.

Guests

Sumaya Shaikh, India and Sweden ﾿

Neurobiologist and science fact-checker for Indian digital fact-checking site AltNews.

Alexander Rabe, Germany ﾿

Managing Director of eco, the association of the German internet industry

Additional Shownotes

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Credits

  • Nimish Sawant (Host, Producer)
  • Thomas Reintjes (Host, Post Production)

Stephanie Raible, An Huy Tran, Prathap Nair and Matthias Jochmann also helped make this episode.