Sonic Talk: Dr Jörg Jacobs – Communication in Times of Tension and Defence
For the final Sonic Talk of the semester, we welcome Dr Jörg Jacobs, a researcher at the Bundeswehr Information Services Centre. Together we'll open a conversation about telecommunications infrastructure in times of crisis. Dr Jacobs asks: if smartphones have become an integral part of our daily lives, what happens when digital communication networks fail? And: how is the flow of information managed in the face of hybrid and military threats?
Dr Jacobs’ Sonic Talk, “Communication in Times of Tension and Defence”, addresses these questions. The focus is on the challenges and vulnerabilities of state crisis communication, dependence on digital infrastructures, and the role of analogue and digital information channels in times of tension and defence.
Following the lecture, we invite you to a discussion and critical debate in which questions of media ethics and state communication strategies can be examined.
Sonic Talk: Dr Jörg Jacobs – Communication in Times of Tension and Defence
16.06.2026
Glass Cube of Limona (Steubenstraße 8, 99423 Weimar)
The talk will be held in German. We offer whisper translation.
Afterwards, questions may be asked in English or German.
Dr Jörg Jacobs
is a research fellow in the Development Department of the Bundeswehr Information Service Centre. After studying political science at the University of Bamberg and working for many years at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), he has been working in the field of applied research since 2007. His main areas of research include strategic communication, media and public relations, and the portrayal of the Bundeswehr in the media.