What's not on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok doesn't even exist - so the saying goes. But we are, and if we're not careful, we can spend hours a day on social media. Social media is where we keep in touch with people we know and don't know, where we get our information from, where we follow campaigns and where we send those we disagree with to warmer climates. Where the most important rule is that there are hardly any rules. There are few things that have changed our lives this much in the past few decades, which is why we decided to organise a two-part conference on social media.
In the first panel discussion, we will look at how social media affects our lives, what dangers it poses and how we can use the sites that are so important in our everyday lives - and which are increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence - in a smart, useful and even healthy way.
In the second part of our conference, we will discuss the impact of social media on politics and people's values. Our invited guests will be asked about the role of online social space in politics, its impact on different values, communities and rights. We also want to know how the use of social media in politics has changed in recent years, whether it can be abused, whether it can be restricted and whether it is worth restricting at all.
Time of the event: 6th March 2025, Thursday, 10am-1pm
Location: Magvető Café, 1074 Budapest, 13 Dohány Street
The programme
10:00 Greeting
Gábor Horn, Republikon Institute's President of the Board of Trustees
10:15 First Panel
Péter Birkás, journalist, head of 24.hu's technology column
Krisztina Kende-Hofherr, founder of TMC Group, expert on personal brand building, manager, producer
Gábor Wolf, founder of Marketing Commando, marketing consultant
12:00 Break
12:15 Second panel
Balázs Böcskei, political scientist, political analyst, strategic manager of IDEA Institute
Gábor Polyák, head of Mérték Media Analysis Workshop, lawyer, communications expert
Viktor Szigetvári, political scientist, political communications expert
Technical information
The event is open to all and is in Hungarian.
The event is free but please indicate that you want to participate on the form below. https://forms.office.com/e/0ACp5KYh3J
The event will be livestreamed on Republikon's Facebook page, the link for which will be shared in the Facebook event as well.
We look forward to seeing everyone on the 6th of March, Thursday, at 10am at Magvető Café!
The operation of Republikon Institute is supported by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed at the event do not necessarily reflect that of the European Union. Neither the European Union, nor the organisation providing support can be made responsible for these.
