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Lisanne Heilmann and Karsten D. Wolf from the Lab ‘Media & Education’ gave a talk on ‘Rubric-Based Explainable Feedback with AI-Assistance’ at this year’s University:Future Festival 2025 at the AI-Stage in Graz, Austria. In the talk, they present a workflow-based approach to using different AI and ML models to analyse multimodal submissions by students. The (…)

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp publishes the article “Figurationen digitaler Zukünfte - oder: Warum wir eine Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung der Emergenz brauchen” in the newly published thematic issue of the Berliner Journal für Soziologie.

Dr. Miira Hill and Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID Lab receive the Communication History Division Top Paper Award of the ICA for their paper “Nostalgic for a Better Democracy? How German Right-Wing Social Media Commentators (Mis)remember the Past”.

The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture, and video gaming.

In June 2025, ZeMKI member professor Dr Andreas Hepp will address key questions on the transformation of public communication and the digital futures of communicative AI at two renowned events.

On June 13, 2025, as part of the ICA conference in Denver, a panel entitled “Critical Perspectives on Communicative AI and Society: Imaginaries, Data Infrastructures, Democracy, Silence and Automated Markets”took place.

How do we stay mentally strong in digital times? This question is at the center of three current lectures by Leif Kramp, which deal with the effects of the digital transformation on users and journalists.

What characterizes the “intellectual landscape” surrounding the development of artificial intelligence in California? ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp is currently researching pioneering communities in Silicon Valley as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Andreas Hepp will be working with the Silicon Valley Archives, among others, until October 20, 2025 as part of his research (…)

On June 7, 2025, the radio report "molo - Lokaljournalismus in einer App" by WDR5 is published.

Check out a full lineup of presentations of ZeMKI researchers and explore where to find us and join the conversation.

On June 4, Niels Bibert successfully defended his dissertation at the KU Leuven entitled “An Odd Game? Understanding Esports Betting Access, Drivers and Consumption”.

The article published in 2024 entitled “Solving the crisis with ‘do-it-yourself heroes’? The media coverage on pioneer communities, Covid-19, and technological solutionism” in the journal ‘Communications’ is now also available in print.

From May 26 to 30, 2025, the third edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Salerno, Italy. Entitled “Digital Constitutionalism and Digital Sovereignty: Navigating Power and Rights in the Digital Age”, this international teaching program followed on successful BIP editions in Padua (2023) and at (…)

Three new recordings of the ComAI Lectures with Axel Bruns, Benedetta Brevini and Christian Greiffenhagen are now available in full length on the ZeMKI YouTube channel.

ZeMKI member Dr. Stephanie Seul will give a presentation at the conference “Forgotten journalists: Lived experiences and professional identities in the past” in Ghent, Belgium on June 6, 2025.

In an article published by MDR on May 29, 2025, the local news app molo is presented as an alternative to large platforms such as Facebook and TikTok.

On May 28, 2025, ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford will give a talk titled “Player Democracy in Old School RuneScape” at the Nordic DiGRA Conference 2025.

On May 22, 2025, the local news app “molo” will be presented at the 69th Conference for Urban Press Relations and Communication in Rostock.

An interview with ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner served as the basis for the report “Sport für junge Zielgruppen” in the program “WDR 5 Töne, Texte, Bilder”.

Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Amrei Sander presented their final findings at the conference for the funding line “Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World.”

The research focus “Digital Gaming” is collecting abstracts for our special issue on “Beyond Play” until May 31!

ZeMKI members Andrea Grahl and Alex Krause will be holding a workshop on “molo – eine Plattform als neues soziales Medium für Stadt und Region” at re:publica 2025 on May 26 at 3 pm.

ZeMKI member Prof. Christian Katzenbach will give a lecture on “Responsibility and irresponsibility of digital platforms” on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at “Wissen um 11”, the science matinee at the Haus der Wissenschaften.

On June 3 and 4, leading international scholars will discuss key issues of technology and power at the conference “From Platform Governance to Generative AI” in Bremen. The final program is now released.