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.
Dr. Miira Hill presents at the ESA 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association in Porto
On August 29, 2024, Miira Hill presented a joint paper with Luisa Runge and Christian Katzenbach at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) in Porto.
1. September 2024
POLTRACK: Paper on attitudinal predictors of alternative news consumption published
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann and Patrick Zerrer from the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID), together with Dr. Sebastian Stier and Helena Rauxloh from the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, have published an article entitled “Politicized and Paranoid? Assessing Attitudinal Predictors of Alternative News Consumption” in the ‘Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media’.
26. August 2024
Call for applications for 8 doctoral positions at ZeMKI in the DFG Research Unit “Communicative AI” (FOR 5656)
The participating research institutions have announced a total of 18 research assistant positions (job scope: DFG 100%, FWF 75%) with the aim of pursuing a doctorate over a four-year period.
26. August 2024
ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill presents at the EASST-4S conference in Amsterdam
On July 19, 2024, Dr. Miira Hill presented a joint paper with Patrick Zerrer and Cornelius Puschmann at the EASST-4S Conference in Amsterdam.
24. July 2024
Article on Mobile Tracking by Patrick Zerrer and Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID Lab
A new paper by Patrick Zerrer and Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID Lab together with ZeMKI members Philipp Krieter and Stephanie Geise investigates mobile keyword tracking as a privacy-friendly data source in mobile media research.
5. July 2024
New DFG Research Unit on the automation of societal communication
The Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen, together with the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI) in Hamburg and other research institutions in Graz and Vienna, has successfully acquired a Research Unit from the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the topic of "Communicative Artificial Intelligence (ComAI)”.
3. July 2024
Invitation to the Conference: “Intertwining and Rethinking Digitalization, Society and Co-Worlds from a Queer Feminist Perspective”
Luisa Runge (M2C Institute for Applied Media Research, Bremen University of Applied Sciences) and Miira Hill (DCID, ZeMKI) have qualified for the conference “Intertwining and Rethinking Digitalization, Society, and Co-Worlds from a Queer Feminist Perspective” at Leibniz University Hannover with their contribution “Queer Feminist Perspectives on TikTok: A Critical Analysis of Sexism and Platform Governance.”
21. June 2024
ICA starts in one week: DCID Lab represented with four contributions
The Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID) Lab, headed by Prof Cornelius Puschmann, will be represented with four contributions at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Australia.
13. June 2024