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.

ComAI research unit on communicative artificial intelligence kicks off
At ZeMKI, the DFG/FWF research unit “ComAI” on the automation of social communication, which was acquired jointly with the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, the University of Graz and the University of Vienna, starts on January 1, 2025.
1. January 2025

ZeMKI wishes a happy end of year!
Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'!
19. December 2024

Guest lecture by Darin Harff: Political communication by influencers
Dr. Darian Harff from the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna will give a guest lecture on the political communication of influencers at the DCID Lab's colloquium on December 18, 2025.
18. December 2024

Daniel Whelan-Shamy from Queensland as Visiting Researcher at ZeMKI
The Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID) welcomes Daniel Whelan-Shamy from the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, as a visiting researcher at ZeMKI.
25. November 2024

Lecture at the 'Generative Images - Generative Imageries' conference
Cornelius Puschmann and Paul Pressmann will give a talk on "Images of Resistance: Exploring Folk Theories in User-Induced Collective Interventions against AI-generated Images on Facebook" at a DGPuK conference in Bremen.
21. November 2024

POLTRACK Study on Alternative News Consumption Featured on NiemanLab
Harvard's NiemanLab has featured research from the POLTRACK project by Cornelius Puschmann, Patrick Zerrer, Sebastien Stier and Helena Rauxloh on predictors of alternative news consumption in a recent newsletter.
12. November 2024

Presentation on LLMs for text classification at the 2024 AoIR Conference
A paper authored by Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Hendrik Meyer, and Prof. Dr. Michael Brüggemann is scheduled for presentation at the 2024 Association of Internet Researchers Conference (AoIR) in Sheffield on November 2, 2024.
1. November 2024

Study on systemic risks of platforms on behalf of the Federal Network Agency
A research group involving ZeMKI members Prof. Cornelius Puschmann and Patrick Zerrer has been awarded the contract for a study by the Federal Network Agency on the systemic risks of platforms in the context of the Digital Service Act.
25. October 2024