ZeMKI 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. previous 123456…8 next News 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 News 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 News 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 News 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 News 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 News ZeMKI at the European Communication Conference 2024 Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). 20. September 2024 News Presentation by Prof. Cornelius Puschmann at the WIN conference “Foundations and Perspectives of European Platform Regulation” in Heidelberg Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID) will give a lecture at the WIN Conference. 17. September 2024 News Successful dissertation colloquium by ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer On September 11, 2024, ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer successfully completed his doctoral colloquium - congratulations! The title of the dissertation is “Political action and news use of the Fridays for Future Movement in Germany”. 13. September 2024 previous 123456…8 next
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News ZeMKI at the European Communication Conference 2024 Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). 20. September 2024
News Presentation by Prof. Cornelius Puschmann at the WIN conference “Foundations and Perspectives of European Platform Regulation” in Heidelberg Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID) will give a lecture at the WIN Conference. 17. September 2024
News Successful dissertation colloquium by ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer On September 11, 2024, ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer successfully completed his doctoral colloquium - congratulations! The title of the dissertation is “Political action and news use of the Fridays for Future Movement in Germany”. 13. September 2024