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.
ZeMKI at AoIR 2025
The 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) will take place from October 15 to 18, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ZeMKI will also be represented with numerous contributions under this year's theme, “Ruptures.”
13. October 2025
ZeMKI at the annual protest research conference
This year's protest research conference, entitled “Protests and Social Movements between Innovation and Tradition,” will take place from October 1 to October 2, 2025, at the Forum am Domshof in Bremen. ZeMKI will be represented with numerous presentations.
1. October 2025
Ad-hoc Group at the DGS Congress 2025
The Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity participated in the 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association “Transitions” (22–26 September 2025, University of Duisburg-Essen) by convening an ad-hoc group.
29. September 2025
Start of a very international semester with many guests at ZeMKI
On September 22, 2025, the winter semester had already begun for international students at the University of Bremen and ZeMKI welcomes noumerous guests from all over the world.
23. September 2025
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