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.
Article on 3 years of ChatGPT in the University of Bremen's online magazine
In the article entitled “Three Years of ChatGPT: How Does AI Threaten Public Communication?”, which recently appeared in the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann explains the risks of automated bots for democratic discourse.
25. November 2025
Lecture by Yuru Li at CeCoR @ ASCoR in Amsterdam
Yuru Li from the DCID Lab gave a presentation entitled "The Multi-Modal Frames of Politicians' Personalization Strategies and Their Impact on Social Media Engagement" at the CeCoR research meeting in Amsterdam on November 20, 2025.
21. November 2025
Lecture by Cornelius Puschmann as part of the Diginomics Brownbag Seminar Series
Prof. Cornelius Puschmann, head of the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID), gave a lecture as part of the Brownbag Seminar series organized by the Diginomics Research Group.
13. November 2025
Patrick Zerrer visits the CSS department at GESIS as a guest researcher
DCID member Dr. Patrick Zerrer spent two weeks as a visiting researcher in GESIS’s CSS department, exchanging insights with the app team on digital behavioral data and Computational Social Science methods.
27. October 2025
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