Call for abstracts: 20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?Submit now ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research The Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) is one of nine central research units at the University of Bremen and is one of the important European institutions researching questions into media-related transformations at the interface of the cultural, social, and technical sciences. Our research focuses on the emerging digital society in terms of the inequalities it generates while probing the historicity of their genesis and the challenges posed by algorithmic systems, automation, and the burgeoning datafied society. previous 1234…12 next News Radio interview with Rieke Böhling: "Genealogy - who am I?" In the WDR 5 feature "Curiosity is enough" on the topic "Ancestry research - who am I?" ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling reports from her current research on family history, memory and genealogy platforms. 8. January 2025 News Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025 Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI. 7. January 2025 News ZeMKI research software in focus In December 2024, the latest version of OpenQDA, an open source research infrastructure for qualitative data analysis, was presented at a workshop at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. A report on this has now been published by Roland Toth. 3. January 2025 News Publication of 10th Anniversary Issue "Revisiting Gamevironments" The journal gamevironments celebrates its 10th anniversary with the publication of the 21st issue “Revisiting Gamevironments”. 2. January 2025 Research ColloquiumFall Semster 24/25 DataNord: Empowering Data Skills – Strengthening Bremen’s Research Datum: 22. January 2025Location: ZeMKI The DataNord Roadshow invites you to explore our wide range of services and discover the offerings that best meet your research needs. 2. January 2025 News ComAI research unit on communicative artificial intelligence kicks off At ZeMKI, the DFG/FWF research unit “ComAI” on the automation of social communication, which was acquired jointly with the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, the University of Graz and the University of Vienna, starts on January 1, 2025. 1. January 2025 ConferencesFall Semester 25/26 20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society? Datum: 23. October 2025 – 24. October 2025Location: Haus der Wissenschaft The international anniversary conference of the ZeMKI in the 20th year of its existence examines the foundations of media and communication research: It is about exploring long-term trends resulting from today's media change and visions for the future. 20. December 2024 News ZeMKI wishes a happy end of year! Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'! 19. December 2024 NewsPublication Out now: ZeMKI Research Report 2023/2024 The research report presents the diverse research activities at ZeMKI since fall 2023 on 164 pages. For the first time, special attention is paid to a focus topic, which is presented on a total of 24 pages: this year communicative artificial intelligence, or ComAI for short. 19. December 2024 News Article published in Media and Communication ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger, Dr. Erik Koenen, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf have published the article “Beyond Play: Researching the Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in Deeply Mediatized Societies” in the journal Media and Communication. 18. December 2024 EventsNews Workshop at ZeMKI to develop a YUFE BIP on platform and AI governance On 2 and 3 December 2024, the “Perspectives on Platform Governance” workshop took place between researchers from four YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) partner universities at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen, Germany. Hosted by the Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab at ZeMKI, University of Bremen, and funded by the State (…) 16. December 2024 News ComAI Lecture with Jeremy Knox On December 17, the ComAI Lecture with Prof. Dr. Jeremy Knox (University of Oxford & University of Edinburgh) on the topic "AI, Education, and Power" will take place at Bremer Presse-Club. 10. December 2024 NewsPublication New book: “Resilience in the digital society” (in German) ZeMKI member Dr. Leif Kramp co-authored a monograph (in German language) on digital media use in times of wars, crises and AI. 4. December 2024 News Lecture by Sandra Kero at the TH Köln: "Femininity as Obsession and Strategy" ZeMKI member Sandra Kero gave a lecture entitled "Femininity as obsession and strategy. The extreme right and women" on November 27 at the TH Köln. 2. December 2024 News Open throughout Germany: Local Information Platform molo expands and is now available everywhere The local info app molo is expanding: The BMBF-funded ZeMKI project is no longer limited to project locations, but can now be used throughout Germany as a platform for local information and events. 2. December 2024 News New Article: "Solving the Crisis with 'Do-It-Yourself Heroes'?" A new article on the media coverage of " Maker" and "Quantified Self" movements in the Covid-19 pandemic by Jeanette Asmuss and ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Julie Lüpkes and Anne Schmitz has been published in the journal "Communications". 29. November 2024 News Practice meets Science: Christoph Pieper (Director of Communications at Werder Bremen) as a Guest at the ZeMKI On November 26, 2024, Christoph Pieper (Director of Communications Werder Bremen) will be a guest in the KMW 1 lecture "Introduction to Theories and Basic Concepts" by ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner. 26. November 2024 News Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled: Publication of her work on Western constructions in Tintin The monograph by ZeMKI member Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled (M.A.) on "Tintin" - Western Constructions of the Middle East in Pop Cultural Media: A Discourse Analysis on the Construction of the Other" was recently published by VIRR. 26. November 2024 News Talk by Andreas Hepp at the Online Colloquium "Living and Research in Times of Deep Mediatization" ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a talk entitled: "Datafication, Automation and Communicative AI: Broadening the Scope of Mediatization Research" at an online colloquium on December 6 at 3 pm. 25. November 2024 News Daniel Whelan-Shamy from Queensland as Visiting Researcher at ZeMKI The Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID) welcomes Daniel Whelan-Shamy from the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, as a visiting researcher at ZeMKI. 25. November 2024 News ComAI Lecture with Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese On November 26, the ComAI Lecture with Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese (Universiteit van Amsterdam) on the topic "The AI Effect: How (generative) AI is reshaping discussions about elections and democracy" will take place at Bremer Presse-Club. 21. November 2024 News Dom Ford: Lecture"How players talk about disastrous game launches: What went wrong with Cities: Skylines II?" On November 29, 2024, ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford will give a talk on "How players talk about disastrous game launches: What went wrong with Cities: Skylines II?" at the “Conference on Language, Norms and Digital Lives” at the University of Copenhagen. 20. November 2024 News Rebecca Scharlach as a Guest on SWR Aktuell Podcast ZeMKI member Dr. Rebecca Scharlach was a guest on the podcast "Im Gespräch" by SWR Aktuell and talks about ways to escape the flood of negative news, especially on social networks. 18. November 2024 News ComAI Lecture with Ralf Bendrath On November 19, this semester's first ComAI Lecture with Ralf Bendrath (Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament) on the topic "How the EU's AI Act came about. Insights from a Negotiator" will take place at Bremer Presse-Club. 18. November 2024 previous 1234…12 next
News Radio interview with Rieke Böhling: "Genealogy - who am I?" In the WDR 5 feature "Curiosity is enough" on the topic "Ancestry research - who am I?" ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling reports from her current research on family history, memory and genealogy platforms. 8. January 2025
News Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025 Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI. 7. January 2025
News ZeMKI research software in focus In December 2024, the latest version of OpenQDA, an open source research infrastructure for qualitative data analysis, was presented at a workshop at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. A report on this has now been published by Roland Toth. 3. January 2025
News Publication of 10th Anniversary Issue "Revisiting Gamevironments" The journal gamevironments celebrates its 10th anniversary with the publication of the 21st issue “Revisiting Gamevironments”. 2. January 2025
Research ColloquiumFall Semster 24/25 DataNord: Empowering Data Skills – Strengthening Bremen’s Research Datum: 22. January 2025Location: ZeMKI The DataNord Roadshow invites you to explore our wide range of services and discover the offerings that best meet your research needs. 2. January 2025
News ComAI research unit on communicative artificial intelligence kicks off At ZeMKI, the DFG/FWF research unit “ComAI” on the automation of social communication, which was acquired jointly with the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, the University of Graz and the University of Vienna, starts on January 1, 2025. 1. January 2025
ConferencesFall Semester 25/26 20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society? Datum: 23. October 2025 – 24. October 2025Location: Haus der Wissenschaft The international anniversary conference of the ZeMKI in the 20th year of its existence examines the foundations of media and communication research: It is about exploring long-term trends resulting from today's media change and visions for the future. 20. December 2024
News ZeMKI wishes a happy end of year! Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'! 19. December 2024
NewsPublication Out now: ZeMKI Research Report 2023/2024 The research report presents the diverse research activities at ZeMKI since fall 2023 on 164 pages. For the first time, special attention is paid to a focus topic, which is presented on a total of 24 pages: this year communicative artificial intelligence, or ComAI for short. 19. December 2024
News Article published in Media and Communication ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger, Dr. Erik Koenen, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf have published the article “Beyond Play: Researching the Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in Deeply Mediatized Societies” in the journal Media and Communication. 18. December 2024
EventsNews Workshop at ZeMKI to develop a YUFE BIP on platform and AI governance On 2 and 3 December 2024, the “Perspectives on Platform Governance” workshop took place between researchers from four YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) partner universities at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen, Germany. Hosted by the Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab at ZeMKI, University of Bremen, and funded by the State (…) 16. December 2024
News ComAI Lecture with Jeremy Knox On December 17, the ComAI Lecture with Prof. Dr. Jeremy Knox (University of Oxford & University of Edinburgh) on the topic "AI, Education, and Power" will take place at Bremer Presse-Club. 10. December 2024
NewsPublication New book: “Resilience in the digital society” (in German) ZeMKI member Dr. Leif Kramp co-authored a monograph (in German language) on digital media use in times of wars, crises and AI. 4. December 2024
News Lecture by Sandra Kero at the TH Köln: "Femininity as Obsession and Strategy" ZeMKI member Sandra Kero gave a lecture entitled "Femininity as obsession and strategy. The extreme right and women" on November 27 at the TH Köln. 2. December 2024
News Open throughout Germany: Local Information Platform molo expands and is now available everywhere The local info app molo is expanding: The BMBF-funded ZeMKI project is no longer limited to project locations, but can now be used throughout Germany as a platform for local information and events. 2. December 2024
News New Article: "Solving the Crisis with 'Do-It-Yourself Heroes'?" A new article on the media coverage of " Maker" and "Quantified Self" movements in the Covid-19 pandemic by Jeanette Asmuss and ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Julie Lüpkes and Anne Schmitz has been published in the journal "Communications". 29. November 2024
News Practice meets Science: Christoph Pieper (Director of Communications at Werder Bremen) as a Guest at the ZeMKI On November 26, 2024, Christoph Pieper (Director of Communications Werder Bremen) will be a guest in the KMW 1 lecture "Introduction to Theories and Basic Concepts" by ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner. 26. November 2024
News Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled: Publication of her work on Western constructions in Tintin The monograph by ZeMKI member Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled (M.A.) on "Tintin" - Western Constructions of the Middle East in Pop Cultural Media: A Discourse Analysis on the Construction of the Other" was recently published by VIRR. 26. November 2024
News Talk by Andreas Hepp at the Online Colloquium "Living and Research in Times of Deep Mediatization" ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a talk entitled: "Datafication, Automation and Communicative AI: Broadening the Scope of Mediatization Research" at an online colloquium on December 6 at 3 pm. 25. November 2024
News Daniel Whelan-Shamy from Queensland as Visiting Researcher at ZeMKI The Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID) welcomes Daniel Whelan-Shamy from the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, as a visiting researcher at ZeMKI. 25. November 2024
News ComAI Lecture with Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese On November 26, the ComAI Lecture with Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese (Universiteit van Amsterdam) on the topic "The AI Effect: How (generative) AI is reshaping discussions about elections and democracy" will take place at Bremer Presse-Club. 21. November 2024
News Dom Ford: Lecture"How players talk about disastrous game launches: What went wrong with Cities: Skylines II?" On November 29, 2024, ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford will give a talk on "How players talk about disastrous game launches: What went wrong with Cities: Skylines II?" at the “Conference on Language, Norms and Digital Lives” at the University of Copenhagen. 20. November 2024
News Rebecca Scharlach as a Guest on SWR Aktuell Podcast ZeMKI member Dr. Rebecca Scharlach was a guest on the podcast "Im Gespräch" by SWR Aktuell and talks about ways to escape the flood of negative news, especially on social networks. 18. November 2024
News ComAI Lecture with Ralf Bendrath On November 19, this semester's first ComAI Lecture with Ralf Bendrath (Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament) on the topic "How the EU's AI Act came about. Insights from a Negotiator" will take place at Bremer Presse-Club. 18. November 2024
