ZeMKI-News (3)

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.