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.
Cornelius Puschmann as a guest on the news podcast "im Loop"
ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann was a guest on the latest episode of the news podcast "im Loop". The interview focused on the current debate surrounding a social media ban for minors.
22. February 2026
These are the ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellows of 2026
For 2026, the ZeMKI Steering Committee has selected seven international visiting scholars as part of the Visiting Research Fellowship program. Each fellow will spend at least four weeks collaborating with selected ZeMKI Labs.
17. February 2026
Article on In-App Communication in the New M&K Special Issue
In the article “Beyond the Black Box: A Multimodal Approach to Understanding In-App Communication,” Patrick Zerrer, Paul Pressmann, and Cornelius Puschmann, together with Philipp Krieter, introduce new methodological approaches to capturing in-app communication.
16. February 2026
Article on the #Lützerath Protests in Environmental Communication
In the article “Activists Preserving the (Multi-Platform) Environment: Advocacy Coalitions of #Lützerath Climate Protests,” Hendrik Meyer, Patrick Zerrer, Hannah-Marie Büttner, and Tim Schatto-Eckrodt analyze how digital platforms shaped the climate protests surrounding the village of Lützerath.
2. February 2026
Cornelius Puschmann as an Expert in Deutschlandfunk's media magazine
ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann appeared as an expert guest on Deutschlandfunk's media magazine @mediasres. The episode, entitled “Minneapolis: The Influence of Right-Wing Newsfluencers,” focuses on the question of what influence right-wing influencers have on political opinion-forming in the US.
30. January 2026
Miira Hill at Workshop on Social Media Research and Democracy
Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID Lab discussed the impact of social media on democracy with leading German researchers. The group is working on a consensus paper and stronger networking within the research field.
18. December 2025
Cornelius Puschmann talks at @mediasres about news reporting on COP30
Prof. Cornelius Puschmann, head of the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID), was interviewed on DLF's @mediasres program about the reporting on the World Climate Summit in Belém.
28. November 2025
Cornelius Puschmann on ChatGPT and public communication
In the context of the third anniversary of chatGPT, ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann explains how AI-driven bots threaten public communication.
28. November 2025