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 12345…12 next News Session 17 of "Behind the Scenes" Online Talk Series with Tom Divon & Carolina Are In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series "Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research", Tom Divon and Dr. Carolina Are will be guests on the topic of "Platform Gaslighting". 24. February 2025 News Christian Katzenbach as an interview guest in the online magazine ‘up2date.’ In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Professor Dr. Christian Katzenbach reports on how the denial of responsibility by large tech companies such as Meta and X can affect democracy. 11. February 2025 News Guest Lectures on Platform Governance and Social Justice in Dublin We are delighted to announce that Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero, from our ZeMKI’s Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology, is delivering two guest lectures at University College Dublin (UCD) on February 18 & 20, 2025. 10. February 2025 News Session 16 of "Behind the Scenes" Online Talk Series with Emillie de Keulenaar In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series ‘Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research’, Emillie de Keulenaar from the University of Groningen will be our guest. 7. February 2025 News Developments in Internet censorship in Russia In her article „Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship“, from January 22, 2025, ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva sums up the latest developments in internet censorship in Russia. 23. January 2025 ConferencesSummer Semester 2025 ZeMKI hosts AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 Datum: 3. June 2025 – 4. June 2025 The Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, is hosting the next AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on 3-4 june 2025. 20. January 2025 News Christian Katzenbach as an expert in the “Tagesspiegel” ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach comments on Zuckerberg's decision to end cooperation with fact-checkers in the Tagesspiegel: "We need platforms that take responsibility". 17. January 2025 News Christian Katzenbach featured in "WIRED" article about Elon Musk and right-wing politics ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach was featured in a WIRED article from January 9, 2025, as an expert on the topic of Elon Musk and right-wing politics. 17. January 2025 previous 12345…12 next
News Session 17 of "Behind the Scenes" Online Talk Series with Tom Divon & Carolina Are In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series "Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research", Tom Divon and Dr. Carolina Are will be guests on the topic of "Platform Gaslighting". 24. February 2025
News Christian Katzenbach as an interview guest in the online magazine ‘up2date.’ In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Professor Dr. Christian Katzenbach reports on how the denial of responsibility by large tech companies such as Meta and X can affect democracy. 11. February 2025
News Guest Lectures on Platform Governance and Social Justice in Dublin We are delighted to announce that Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero, from our ZeMKI’s Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology, is delivering two guest lectures at University College Dublin (UCD) on February 18 & 20, 2025. 10. February 2025
News Session 16 of "Behind the Scenes" Online Talk Series with Emillie de Keulenaar In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series ‘Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research’, Emillie de Keulenaar from the University of Groningen will be our guest. 7. February 2025
News Developments in Internet censorship in Russia In her article „Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship“, from January 22, 2025, ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva sums up the latest developments in internet censorship in Russia. 23. January 2025
ConferencesSummer Semester 2025 ZeMKI hosts AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 Datum: 3. June 2025 – 4. June 2025 The Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, is hosting the next AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on 3-4 june 2025. 20. January 2025
News Christian Katzenbach as an expert in the “Tagesspiegel” ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach comments on Zuckerberg's decision to end cooperation with fact-checkers in the Tagesspiegel: "We need platforms that take responsibility". 17. January 2025
News Christian Katzenbach featured in "WIRED" article about Elon Musk and right-wing politics ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach was featured in a WIRED article from January 9, 2025, as an expert on the topic of Elon Musk and right-wing politics. 17. January 2025