ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research

On 16.11.2023, ZeMKI member Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero will give a lecture at the GESIS, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne. She will be part of the opening panel of the Conference on Harmful Online Communication (CHOC), which will take place on November 16 and 17. The opening panel discussion with the topic “Harmful (…)

“Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research” will take place online for the fifth time on November 14th at 2:00 pm. Our guest is Zheyu Shang , she will give a talk on “Towards a More Inclusive Platform Governance: User’s Practices of Participatory Content Moderation on China’s Digital Platforms”. Zheyu Shang is a PhD candidate at (…)

On 21.11.2023 is the first lecture from the series “Communicative AI Lecture: ChatGPT, Ethics and Sustainability”. The guest is Prof. Dr. Julia Velkova (Linköping University, Sweden) with the topic “Greening the cloud: data and energy entanglements in fiction”, this lecture is also part of the Sustainability Lectures of Department 9. When: 21.11.2023 – 18:00 to (…)

The ZeMKI Lab “Socio-Technical Systems and Critical Data Studies” of Prof. Dr. Andreas Breitner, together with the ZeMKI Lab “Media and Education” of Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf and colleagues from the University of Twente (ELAN, Prof. Kim Schildkamp), won the second hackathon on the topic of “AI in Education”. Over the course of two (…)

From 9 to 11 November, the members of the Temporary Working Group will meet at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague to discuss current empirical projects and theoretical approaches to media sports, sports communication, mediatization, automation and datafication under the umbrella topic of “Sports Communication in Transition”. The conference will be (…)

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will give a lecture on “The Discussion of Climate Change in Gaming Discussion Forums” in the panel “Building a better World through Videogaming?”. The lecture is on 09.11.2023 in Busan/South Korea as part of the 7th World Humanities Forum. More information about the program and the forum can be (…)

On Wednesday, November 8, games researcher and ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford will give a guest lecture as part of his research stay at the University of Malta. In line with Dom Ford’s research, the talk entitled: “Approaching From Software’s Souls series as myth`at the Institute for Digital Games”, will focus on the notion of (…)

Organized by Dr. Dennis Redeker, a panel discussion entitled “Building in the Digital Age: How to fight hate and misinformation on social media – in Georgia and beyond” will take place on 02.11.2023. When: 02.11.2023 – 17:00 to 19:00 hrs Where: House of Science Bremen (1st floor) Guests are Prof. Dr. Sergi Jorbenadze (Tbilisi State (…)

ZeMKI members Dr. Dom Ford and Bodil Stelter will be at CEEGS 2023 in Leipzig from 19 to 21 October. This year’s CEEGS is entitled “Meaning and Making of Games” and is being hosted by Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. Dr. Dom Ford will give a lecture entitled “The city, according to city builders: the (…)

ZeMKI member Dr. Jens Pohlmann gave a lecture at the Department of Communication at the University of Davis in California, USA, on 12.10.2023. The lecture was entitled “Platform Regulation and Freedom of Speech in Germany/Europe and the USA”. In terms of content, the lecture focused on the initial results of the analysis of the discourse (…)

This year’s student symposium 2023 is entitled “Religion – Values – Media.” ZeMKI students and the ZeMKI Lab “Media and Religion” are involved. When: 11.10.2023 – 1 pm to 6:15 pm 12.10.2023 – 9 am to 5:15 pm Where: SFG 1020/1030 Click here for the program. First semester students are welcome!

The anthology “Medienvielfalt – Religionsvielfalt: Facetten der Transformation von Medien und Religion” from the book series “Medien, Kultur, Kommunikation” was edited by ZeMKI member Anke Offerhaus. The following texts by Anke Offerhaus were also published in the anthology: Media Diversity – Religious Diversity: Facets of the Transformation of Media and Religion (Introduction)) Online mourning also (…)

From 5 to 6 October, ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Dr. Leif Kramp, Hendrik Kühn, Gino Krüger, Dr. Philip Sinner and Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf met with their national and international colleagues for the workshop “Refiguration of Public Communication 2023” of the Network of Communicative Figurations, organized by ZeMKI, in Hamburg.

Under the title “Oldenburg School for the Social Sciences and the Humanities”, a series of events will take place in Oldenburg at the beginning of October to promote young academics in the humanities and social sciences. When: 04. to 06.10.2023 Where: Smart House, Oldenburg On October 6, ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford will give a (…)

ZeMKI member Dr. Leif Kramp is co-author of a study publication on the current state of non-profit journalism in Germany (“Non-Profit Journalism”). The white paper, which was written together with Dr. Stephan Weichert (VOCER Institute for Digital Resilience) and published by the Otto Brenner Foundation as workbook 112, reviews the current basis for discussion on (…)

In the third episode of the ZeMKI podcast, host Juri Fidora talks to ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, head of the “Platform Governance, Media and Technology” lab. Listen to the new episode here

In the report by the Y-Kollektiv (ARD) “Hitler memes at schools. Trivialization of Nazi ideology”, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger is interviewed as an expert. He explains why sharing Hitler memes does not necessarily have to be political, but why distancing oneself from them by claiming that they are just for fun is also (…)

This year’s conference of the DGPuK Media Sports and Sports Communication specialist group took place in Stuttgart from September 20 to 22, 2023. The prize for the best institution was awarded for the ninth time. This year it went to a ZeMKI team. The winners were ZeMKI BA graduate Mirko Vopalensky and ZeMKI member Dr. (…)

Dr. Jens Pohlmann’s latest publication, “The Creation of an Avant-Garde Brand: Heiner Müller’s Self-Presentation in the German Public Sphere”, is based on the author’s dissertation. In terms of content, the book examines the critical relationship between the avant-garde and marketing using the example of Heinrich Müller’s self-presentation in the German public sphere. The cover of (…)

On 27.09.2023, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger will discuss the question “History in social media format. Opportunities and risks” at the LMU Munich. The event is organized by Weiße Rose e.V. The reason for the discussion is the presentation of the book “@ichbinsophiescholl. Representation and Discussion of History in Social Media” edited by Mia (…)

This week, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger is taking part in the conference “The Politics of Populist Culture” in Kiel. In his lecture The Memefication of Populism. Commentary, Contestation and Camouflage in Digital Meme Cultures”, he explores the attractiveness of meme communication for populist abbreviations and exaggerations. Meme culture, with its ironic and affective (…)

The “Future of Journalism 2023” conference will take place on September 14 and 15, 2023 at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture in Cardiff, Wales. ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a lecture on the second day of the conference entitled “What does communicative AI “enable” in reporting? “Imaginaries” and “realities” of (…)

“Theoretical modeling and empirical approach from a linguistic perspective” is the topic of the conference at the University of Zurich, at the German Department. ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a keynote speech on the challenges of communicative AI on 10.09.2023. To the program of the conference