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ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann was a guest on the latest episode of the news podcast "im Loop". The interview focused on the current debate surrounding a social media ban for minors.

For 2026, the ZeMKI Steering Committee has selected seven international visiting scholars as part of the Visiting Research Fellowship program. Each fellow will spend at least four weeks collaborating with selected ZeMKI Labs.

The new ZeMKI working paper by Tara B. Smith, entitled “Administered Dehumanization: Absurdity, Automation, and Resistance in We, Brazil, and Robodebt,” is now available.

ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling is offering two workshops entitled “Your family, your history – try your hand at family research” for children aged 8-12 as part of the Children's University on March 25 and 26.

In the article “Beyond the Black Box: A Multimodal Approach to Understanding In-App Communication,” Patrick Zerrer, Paul Pressmann, and Cornelius Puschmann, together with Philipp Krieter, introduce new methodological approaches to capturing in-app communication.

ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner talks to journalist Leon Hütter on BremenNEXT's live radio show about the hype surrounding the successful series Heated Rivalry.

ZeMKI members Dr. Tatiana Astafeva and PD Dr. Rasmus Greiner will present at the SCMS Annual Conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) in Chicago on March 26, 2026.

On February 10, ZeMKI members Paula Goerke, Jule Jensen, and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter will speak  12 p.m. at UC Berkeley about “AI and Student Experience in German Universities” as part of a lecture series funded by the Center for Studies in Higher Education.