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!

The dissertation deals with the investigation of power and influence dynamics in the German AI discourse from 2012 to 2021 in policies, traditional and social media. Liebig’s work shows how political actors, media and tech companies shape the discourse and how power structures, dominant narratives and the fading out of alternative perspectives become visible.

The examination committee consisted of ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (first reviewer), Prof. Dr. Christan Katzenbach (first supervisor), Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann (second supervisor), Vasilisa Kuznetsova and Dr. Dennis Redeker (both non-voting members) as well as Prof. Dr. Andreas Jungherr (second reviewer) from the University of Bamberg.

Finally, as is tradition, Liebig immortalized herself on the signature board on the ceiling of the hallway in the main building of ZeMKI, thus completing her achievement! Congratulations!