There are many conspiracy theories and their circulation via online media is becoming faster by the minute. Opposites and aggression often intensify. How can we handle this trend?

As a term project, students used various communication strategies and ideas to explore the possibilities of stimulating a respectful discourse on conspiracy theories and counteracting division in society. The starting point was extensive research into conspiracy theories today and in the past, into psychological and sociological backgrounds and into how the media and society deal with this topic. From there, the students developed campaigns to impartially, respectfully and positively bring people with different opinions together and to deal with different points of view in a constructive way. The approaches and implementations are diverse—all projects have the common goal to improve social cohesion in an emotional and original way and to put what unites above what divides.

Tutor: Univ.-Lekt. Eva Buchheim With works by Maximilian Bauer, Laura Besler, Monika Dabrowska, Raffaele Dalla Casa, Nora Delugan, Vivien Ehrenböck, Franz Frommann, Sabrina Gangl, Daniel Gascon, Gerald Geier, Liana Gfrerer, David Hampel, Julia Hoffmann, Dominika Huber, Angelika Kessler, Martin Klaffensteiner, Maximilian Kreuter, Felix Ladinser, Angelika Mayr, Bernhard Poppe, Lucia Quiqueran-Beaujeu, Mylène Martz, Franz Mühringer, Isabella Nießl, Hannes Oberparleiter, Oscar Pecher, Balász Pusztai, Tobias Raschbacher, Lenka Reschenbach, Leonie Roithner, Margareta Stern, Katharina Tschoch, Vitus Vogl-Fernheim, Sarah Weinberger and Lena Wenzel