Bernhard Pörksen is Professor of media studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He has a particular research interest in the new media age and has written about systemic thinking. His most recent book publication in English is Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation (2022).

Friedemann Schulz von Thun is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hamburg. Germany. He became widely known for his trilogy Miteinander reden (Let's Talk!), which has long been considered a standard work in the field of communication. Since 2007, he has directed the Schulz von Thun Institute for Communication. He holds an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen and is still active as a consultant and coach. His bestselling books are among the most widely read works of psychology in the German-speaking countries.