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ZeMKI at Open Campus 2026

ZeMKI is taking part in the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026 today. Under the motto ‘Opening up worlds – sharing knowledge’, the university is offering insights into research, study programmes and academic projects on campus.

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Cornelius Puschmann as co-author of bidt study on AI in counterspeech

The Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) has published the report “The Role of AI in Counterspeech: Potentials and Risks,” co-authored by Cornelius Puschmann from ZeMKI. The study explores how artificial intelligence can be used to support counterspeech, that is digital responses to hate speech and disinformation.

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Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Patrick Zerrer, Paul Pressmann, Niklas Berger (ZeMKI, University of Bremen): Informed by Influencers (INDI)

Abstract:   The project Informed by Influencers (INDI) focusses on the way in which knowledge relevant to climate change is disseminated and consumed on social networks, with a particular emphasis on short-video platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Our aim is to determine the proportion of social media content on this topic that users are (…)

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Completed PhD defense on the power of social movements

We are delighted to announce that our ZeMKI member Hannah Marie Büttner successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Social Movement Power in Digitally Networked Protest: A Study of Anti-Covid Communities on Telegram,” on May 5, 2026.

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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.

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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.

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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.