ZeMKI Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity Our digital information environment is complex: diverse, but also characterized by a lack of transparency, fake news and algorithms. The “Digital Communication and Information Diversity” (DCID) lab systematically examines how we use digital media and the quality of our diverse information. By combining social research and computer science, we create sound knowledge about the challenges of digital communication. previous 123 next Summer Semester 2025 ZeMKI Summer Party 2025 Datum: 2. July 2025Location: Bremen On July 2, 2025, ZeMKI celebrated its traditional summer party at the Linzer Straße location in bright sunshine and midsummer temperatures. 3. July 2025 News Joyojeet Pal as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen welcomes media and technology expert Joyojeet Pal as a Visiting Research Fellow in June 2025. 2. July 2025 News ICA Communication History Division Award for Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann 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”. 17. June 2025 News Jan Rau at re:publica 2025: Digital platforms and democratic discourse Jan Rau, ZeMKI member, will give a lecture on 27 May 2025 at 7:15 pm at re:publica 2025 in Berlin on the topic “Beyond the anger machine: How digital platforms can promote democratic discourse” 20. May 2025 News Talk by Miira Hill in Milan on the construction of visibility ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID-Lab will give a lecture on the communicative construction of visibility and subjectivation under the socio-technical conditions of the digital at the University of Milan-Bicocca on May 8, 2025. 7. May 2025 News COMPTEXT 2025: Presentation by Yuru Li on AI videos on TikTok ZeMKI member Yuru Li presents her research “Delegitimizing through Pixels: A Computational Analysis of GenAl Political Videos and User Responses on TikTok” at the COMPTEXT 2025 conference at the University of Vienna on April 25, 2025. 25. April 2025 News Talk “Digital Turbulence” by Jan Rau at the Digital Media Theme Days ZeMKI member Jan Rau holds a lecture on April 24, 2025 with the title “Digitale Turbulenzen: Challenges of a democratic society in times of (digital) upheaval” at the Digital Media Theme Days in Hamburg. 24. April 2025 News Patrick Zerrer as a speaker at "Ortswechsel" in Braunschweig On April 28, ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer will be part of the panel of “Ortswechsel”, a series of events that makes potential spaces in Braunschweig visible. 22. April 2025 News Earth Day with ZeMKI: Six Research Projects on Communication and Climate On April 22, Earth Day unites the world to raise awareness for the protection of our planet. At ZeMKI, researchers are investigating the crucial role that media and communication play in shaping how we understand and engage with climate change. 21. April 2025 News Nostalgia and nationalism: right-wing discourses on democracy in social media The journal 'Publizistik' has published a new article by Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann on the topic “Nostalgia for a better democracy? How right-wing German social media commentators (mis)remember the past”. 10. April 2025 News INDI project at the center of new ZDFheute report The team of the research project “INDI - INFORMIERT DURCH INFLUENCER” was accompanied at work as part of a current ZDF report entitled “Influencer und der Klimawandel”. 2. April 2025 News Five contributions from the DCID Lab at the DGPuK 2025 in Berlin The DCID-Lab will be represented at the 70th Annual Conference of the DGPuK “Values” from March 19 to 21 in Berlin with five contributions by Cornelius Puschmann, Patrick Zerrer, Jan Rau and Philipp Kessling. 17. March 2025 News Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann at workshop on AI in scientific research Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID-Lab will give a talk at the workshop “Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science” at TU Berlin. The event from April 2 to 4, 2025 is open to the public and free of charge. 12. March 2025 News Paul Pressmann undertakes POLTRACK research stay in Brisbane, Australia ZeMKI member Paul Pressmann has completed a one-month research stay at the DMRC (Digital Media Research Centre) of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, to further expand international cooperation within the POLTRACK project. 9. March 2025 News Cornelius Puschmann as an interview guest in the online magazine “up2date.” In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann explains what consequences the abolition of moderation mechanisms on platforms such as X and Facebook could have for democracy. 18. February 2025 News AI and Counter-Speech: Insights from the BIDT-LMU Workshop in Munich From February 10–12, Prof. Cornelius Puschmann and Yuru Li from the DCID Lab are participating in the BIDT-LMU Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Counter-Speech in Munich to discuss how AI is shaping online discourse. 10. February 2025 News Elon Musk and X: Jan Rau as an expert on the extreme right at ‚Le Monde‘ DCID member Jan Rau is quoted as an expert on right-wing extremism on social media in an article in the French newspaper 'Le Monde' on the influence of far-right accounts on Elon Musk's perspective on Europe. 24. January 2025 News News values in fake news: study on global differences published A new study by ZeMKI members Sami Nenno and Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID Lab, published in “The International Journal of Press/Politics”, examines the variation of news values in fake news in non-Western countries. 23. January 2025 News DCID Colloquium: GenAI as A Tool for Research and Information Resource for Users Michael Reiss from the Leibniz Institute for Media Research will give a lecture on the use of generative AI for research and as a source of information for users as part of the DCID Lab Colloquium on 15 January 2025 at 10:30 am. 14. January 2025 Fall Semster 24/25 9th ZeMKI Research Day Datum: 24. January 2025Location: ZeMKI The ZeMKI Research Day will take place on January 24. At the internal event, current projects will be presented and discussed, overarching research perspectives will be developed at thematic tables and current questions from the ZeMKI doctoral program and from the group of postdocs will be discussed. The Research Day is taking place for the (…) 14. January 2025 News Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025 Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI. 7. January 2025 News ComAI research unit on communicative artificial intelligence kicks off At ZeMKI, the DFG/FWF research unit “ComAI” on the automation of social communication, which was acquired jointly with the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, the University of Graz and the University of Vienna, starts on January 1, 2025. 1. January 2025 News ZeMKI wishes a happy end of year! Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'! 19. December 2024 News Guest lecture by Darin Harff: Political communication by influencers Dr. Darian Harff from the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna will give a guest lecture on the political communication of influencers at the DCID Lab's colloquium on December 18, 2025. 18. December 2024 previous 123 next
Summer Semester 2025 ZeMKI Summer Party 2025 Datum: 2. July 2025Location: Bremen On July 2, 2025, ZeMKI celebrated its traditional summer party at the Linzer Straße location in bright sunshine and midsummer temperatures. 3. July 2025
News Joyojeet Pal as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen welcomes media and technology expert Joyojeet Pal as a Visiting Research Fellow in June 2025. 2. July 2025
News ICA Communication History Division Award for Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann 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”. 17. June 2025
News Jan Rau at re:publica 2025: Digital platforms and democratic discourse Jan Rau, ZeMKI member, will give a lecture on 27 May 2025 at 7:15 pm at re:publica 2025 in Berlin on the topic “Beyond the anger machine: How digital platforms can promote democratic discourse” 20. May 2025
News Talk by Miira Hill in Milan on the construction of visibility ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID-Lab will give a lecture on the communicative construction of visibility and subjectivation under the socio-technical conditions of the digital at the University of Milan-Bicocca on May 8, 2025. 7. May 2025
News COMPTEXT 2025: Presentation by Yuru Li on AI videos on TikTok ZeMKI member Yuru Li presents her research “Delegitimizing through Pixels: A Computational Analysis of GenAl Political Videos and User Responses on TikTok” at the COMPTEXT 2025 conference at the University of Vienna on April 25, 2025. 25. April 2025
News Talk “Digital Turbulence” by Jan Rau at the Digital Media Theme Days ZeMKI member Jan Rau holds a lecture on April 24, 2025 with the title “Digitale Turbulenzen: Challenges of a democratic society in times of (digital) upheaval” at the Digital Media Theme Days in Hamburg. 24. April 2025
News Patrick Zerrer as a speaker at "Ortswechsel" in Braunschweig On April 28, ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer will be part of the panel of “Ortswechsel”, a series of events that makes potential spaces in Braunschweig visible. 22. April 2025
News Earth Day with ZeMKI: Six Research Projects on Communication and Climate On April 22, Earth Day unites the world to raise awareness for the protection of our planet. At ZeMKI, researchers are investigating the crucial role that media and communication play in shaping how we understand and engage with climate change. 21. April 2025
News Nostalgia and nationalism: right-wing discourses on democracy in social media The journal 'Publizistik' has published a new article by Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann on the topic “Nostalgia for a better democracy? How right-wing German social media commentators (mis)remember the past”. 10. April 2025
News INDI project at the center of new ZDFheute report The team of the research project “INDI - INFORMIERT DURCH INFLUENCER” was accompanied at work as part of a current ZDF report entitled “Influencer und der Klimawandel”. 2. April 2025
News Five contributions from the DCID Lab at the DGPuK 2025 in Berlin The DCID-Lab will be represented at the 70th Annual Conference of the DGPuK “Values” from March 19 to 21 in Berlin with five contributions by Cornelius Puschmann, Patrick Zerrer, Jan Rau and Philipp Kessling. 17. March 2025
News Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann at workshop on AI in scientific research Miira Hill and Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID-Lab will give a talk at the workshop “Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science” at TU Berlin. The event from April 2 to 4, 2025 is open to the public and free of charge. 12. March 2025
News Paul Pressmann undertakes POLTRACK research stay in Brisbane, Australia ZeMKI member Paul Pressmann has completed a one-month research stay at the DMRC (Digital Media Research Centre) of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, to further expand international cooperation within the POLTRACK project. 9. March 2025
News Cornelius Puschmann as an interview guest in the online magazine “up2date.” In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann explains what consequences the abolition of moderation mechanisms on platforms such as X and Facebook could have for democracy. 18. February 2025
News AI and Counter-Speech: Insights from the BIDT-LMU Workshop in Munich From February 10–12, Prof. Cornelius Puschmann and Yuru Li from the DCID Lab are participating in the BIDT-LMU Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Counter-Speech in Munich to discuss how AI is shaping online discourse. 10. February 2025
News Elon Musk and X: Jan Rau as an expert on the extreme right at ‚Le Monde‘ DCID member Jan Rau is quoted as an expert on right-wing extremism on social media in an article in the French newspaper 'Le Monde' on the influence of far-right accounts on Elon Musk's perspective on Europe. 24. January 2025
News News values in fake news: study on global differences published A new study by ZeMKI members Sami Nenno and Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID Lab, published in “The International Journal of Press/Politics”, examines the variation of news values in fake news in non-Western countries. 23. January 2025
News DCID Colloquium: GenAI as A Tool for Research and Information Resource for Users Michael Reiss from the Leibniz Institute for Media Research will give a lecture on the use of generative AI for research and as a source of information for users as part of the DCID Lab Colloquium on 15 January 2025 at 10:30 am. 14. January 2025
Fall Semster 24/25 9th ZeMKI Research Day Datum: 24. January 2025Location: ZeMKI The ZeMKI Research Day will take place on January 24. At the internal event, current projects will be presented and discussed, overarching research perspectives will be developed at thematic tables and current questions from the ZeMKI doctoral program and from the group of postdocs will be discussed. The Research Day is taking place for the (…) 14. January 2025
News Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025 Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI. 7. January 2025
News ComAI research unit on communicative artificial intelligence kicks off At ZeMKI, the DFG/FWF research unit “ComAI” on the automation of social communication, which was acquired jointly with the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, the University of Graz and the University of Vienna, starts on January 1, 2025. 1. January 2025
News ZeMKI wishes a happy end of year! Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'! 19. December 2024
News Guest lecture by Darin Harff: Political communication by influencers Dr. Darian Harff from the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna will give a guest lecture on the political communication of influencers at the DCID Lab's colloquium on December 18, 2025. 18. December 2024
