Conferences (2)

Questions, research perspectives, topics Welcome to our website! We are pleased to welcome you to our website for the joint annual conference of the ZeMKI, the Communication History Section of the DGPuK, the Institute for Newspaper Research Dortmund and the Association for the Promotion of Newspaper Research Dortmund. The conference on “Communication History of International (…)

About the conference “DATA POWER: global in/securities” follows two successful international conferences in the UK (University of Sheffield) and Canada (University of Carleton). The conference focuses on critical questions about data’s power, reflecting on the social and cultural consequences of data becoming increasingly pervasive in our lives. With its critical approach towards datafication in relation (…)

May 24, 2019, Washington D.C., USA Location: American University, The Washington College of Law Organisers: Nick Couldry (London School of Economics), Lina Dencik (Cardiff University), Andreas Hepp (University of Bremen), Karin van Es (Data School Utrecht) with support of Pat Aufderheide (American University) Division/Interest Group Affiliation(s): Communication and Technology Division and Philosophy Theory and Critique (…)

5.-8. Dezember 2018, Brüssel The Research Centre in Political Science (CReSPo) and the Institute for European Studies (IEE) of Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles (USL-B) are organizing the next Elias conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 5–8 December 2018. The ZeMKI, University of Bremen, together with the Hans-Bredow-Insitute for Media Research, organizes the session: “The re-figuration of (…)

The 35th Forum Kommunikationskultur 2018 of the Gesellschaft für Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur (GMK) is taking place in cooperation with the ZeMKI at the University of Bremen. Navigating through cities, researching information, making appointments, maintaining friendships, playing in teams, looking for partnerships, documenting everyday life and significant moments – all this is hardly imaginable without digital (…)

24. Mai 2018, Prag, Tschechische Republik Sponsored by the Philosophy, Theory and Critique (PTC) Division of the International Communication Association Event date: 24 May 2018, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Prague, Czech Republic Location: Main Conference Hotel (Hilton, Prague, Czech Republic) Organizers: Christian Pentzold (University of Bremen), Kenzie Burchell (University of Toronto), Olivier Driessens (University (…)

April 20 and 21, 2018, ZeMKI, Bremen Workshop conference, organized by the research network “Historical Network Research” and the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research ZeMKI at the University of Bremen 12th HNR Workshop “Communication in Networks – Networks of Communication. Thematic, methodological and theoretical perspectives of historical network analysis between history and communication (…)

In one way or the other the current transformation of society is related to media, which are understood to mean organizations, content and technologies. As a consequence, media themselves are gaining increasing relevance in political debates and for political activity per se. Actors like hacker collectives, alternative media or open source movements do not only (…)