ZeMKI Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology The Lab “Platform Governance, Media and Technology” examines the interactions between regulation, discourses and the development of technologies and business models. Digital platforms and new infrastructures, algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) and data are currently fundamentally (re)organising communication, the public sphere and society. At the same time, these media, their technologies and economic structures are themselves (still) in a process of formation that is shaped by governance, regulation and public debate. How should platforms like Facebook and YouTube deal with disinformation campaigns and hate speech? What challenges does the increasing use of automation and AI bring? And how do public debates and perceptions of problems in turn impact back on regulation and technology development? We explore these questions with a focus on three areas of work: (1) Platform Governance and Economics; (2) Institutionalisation of AI – Regulation, Discourses, Technology; (3) Automation Regulation and Communication. In several large international third-party funded projects on these topics, funded by the DFG, the EU’s H2020 framework programme, the BMBF, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), we collaborate with partners in France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, and Italy. In empirical studies, the Lab integrates computational methods and qualitative approaches. We attach great importance to the development of open data infrastructures (Platform Governance Archive), especially in the notoriously non-transparent research field of platform governance. previous 123…12 next News New Publication Explores Global AI Imaginaries How is the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) envisioned – and who shapes these visions? A new article by ZeMKI members Vanessa Richter and Christian Katzenbach investigates this question. 10. July 2025 Summer Semester 2025 ZeMKI Summer Party 2025 Datum: 2. July 2025Location: Bremen On July 2, 2025, ZeMKI celebrated its traditional summer party at the Linzer Straße location in bright sunshine and midsummer temperatures. 3. July 2025 News Laura Liebig successfully defends her dissertation Congratulations to former ZeMKI member Laura Liebig, who recently successfully defended her dissertation entitled Power Dynamics in AI Discourse! 1. July 2025 News Eugenia Siapera as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen In the summer of 2025, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen welcomes Professor Eugenia Siapera as a Visiting Research Fellow. 1. July 2025 News Dennis Redeker at UN Internet Governance Forum 2025 ZeMKI member Dr. Dennis Redeker of the “Platform Governance, Media and Technology” Lab attended the United Nation’s Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Lillestrøm, Norway and presented research results and other outputs from research conducted at ZeMKI. 26. June 2025 News ZeMKI media and communication students part of Erasmus+ BIP held in Salerno From May 26 to 30, 2025, the third edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Salerno, Italy. Entitled “Digital Constitutionalism and Digital Sovereignty: Navigating Power and Rights in the Digital Age”, this international teaching program followed on successful BIP editions in Padua (2023) and at (…) 6. June 2025 Summer Semester 2025 Critical Times: Power and Politics in Tech Governance Datum: 3. June 2025Location: Kassenhalle, Forum am Domshof As part of the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen, a public panel discussion on “Critical Times: Power and Politics in Tech Governance” will take place on Tuesday evening, June 3, in the Kassenhalle at the Forum am Domshof. 19. May 2025 News Christian Katzenbach as a guest at “Wissen um 11” ZeMKI member Prof. Christian Katzenbach will give a lecture on “Responsibility and irresponsibility of digital platforms” on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at “Wissen um 11”, the science matinee at the Haus der Wissenschaften. 19. May 2025 previous 123…12 next
News New Publication Explores Global AI Imaginaries How is the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) envisioned – and who shapes these visions? A new article by ZeMKI members Vanessa Richter and Christian Katzenbach investigates this question. 10. July 2025
Summer Semester 2025 ZeMKI Summer Party 2025 Datum: 2. July 2025Location: Bremen On July 2, 2025, ZeMKI celebrated its traditional summer party at the Linzer Straße location in bright sunshine and midsummer temperatures. 3. July 2025
News Laura Liebig successfully defends her dissertation Congratulations to former ZeMKI member Laura Liebig, who recently successfully defended her dissertation entitled Power Dynamics in AI Discourse! 1. July 2025
News Eugenia Siapera as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen In the summer of 2025, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen welcomes Professor Eugenia Siapera as a Visiting Research Fellow. 1. July 2025
News Dennis Redeker at UN Internet Governance Forum 2025 ZeMKI member Dr. Dennis Redeker of the “Platform Governance, Media and Technology” Lab attended the United Nation’s Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Lillestrøm, Norway and presented research results and other outputs from research conducted at ZeMKI. 26. June 2025
News ZeMKI media and communication students part of Erasmus+ BIP held in Salerno From May 26 to 30, 2025, the third edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Salerno, Italy. Entitled “Digital Constitutionalism and Digital Sovereignty: Navigating Power and Rights in the Digital Age”, this international teaching program followed on successful BIP editions in Padua (2023) and at (…) 6. June 2025
Summer Semester 2025 Critical Times: Power and Politics in Tech Governance Datum: 3. June 2025Location: Kassenhalle, Forum am Domshof As part of the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen, a public panel discussion on “Critical Times: Power and Politics in Tech Governance” will take place on Tuesday evening, June 3, in the Kassenhalle at the Forum am Domshof. 19. May 2025
News Christian Katzenbach as a guest at “Wissen um 11” ZeMKI member Prof. Christian Katzenbach will give a lecture on “Responsibility and irresponsibility of digital platforms” on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at “Wissen um 11”, the science matinee at the Haus der Wissenschaften. 19. May 2025