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.
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
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