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.

Political Polarization and Individualized Online Information Environments: A Longitudinal Tracking Study (POLTRACK)
The POLTRACK research project investigates how the use of digital information services affects political opinion formation.
8. September 2025

INDI project presented at the BMFTR status conference in Berlin
On September 3 and 4, Dr. Patrick Zerrer and Paul Pressmann participate in the second BMFTR status conference of projects in Berlin. There, they present the latest findings from the INDI (“Informed by Influencers”) research project.
5. September 2025

Lucía Cores-Sarría visits ZeMKI as part of the YUFE network
From August 25 to September 4, 2025, Dr. Lucía Cores-Sarría from Madrid will be visiting ZeMKI through the YUFE network in the Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity.
3. September 2025

Cornelius Puschmann in a Tagesschau article on disinformation in the public debate on refugees
ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann is quoted in a Tagesschau article published on August 31, 2025, as an expert on disinformation in the context of the refugee debate.
1. September 2025

Call for Papers: The Imaginative Landscape of AI – Visions, Positions, Conflicts
The International Journal of Communication is launching a Special Section on The Imaginative Landscape of AI: Visions, Positions, Conflicts. Submissions that empirically explore emerging imaginaries, ideological positions, and conflicts surrounding AI are invited.
27. August 2025

Yuru Li presents project on AI parodies on TikTok at CVMR25 symposium
DCID member Yuru Li will present a project on AI-generated political parodies on TikTok together with Xin Zhou (University of Jena) at the Computational Visual Media Research (CVMR25) symposium from 5 to 7 August 2025 at the University of Zurich.
6. August 2025

Philipp Kessling Presents Two Projects at IC2S2 2025 in Norrköping
Philipp Kessling, advisory member of the DCID-Lab at ZeMKI, will present two posters at the 2025 International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) in Norrköping.
22. July 2025

ZeMKI Summer Party 2025
- Datum: 2. July 2025
- Location: 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