20th ZeMKI Anniversary: International Conference on "20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?"Register now for free 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…46 next News Andreas Hepp on Visions of the Future at Expo 2025 in Osaka Titled “Expo in Osaka: Wooden Ring Instead of Crystal Ball”, Andreas Hepp examines the range of future scenarios presented at Expo 2025 – from AI-driven life narratives to grassroots sustainability initiatives in the German newspaper taz. 5. 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 Summer Semester 2025 10th ZeMKI Research Day Datum: 2. July 2025Location: Bremen The next ZeMKI Research Day will take place on July 2, 2025. At the internal event, current research projects will be presented and discussed, overarching research perspectives will be developed at thematic tables and current questions from the ZeMKI doctoral program and from the group of postdocs will be discussed. The Research Day is taking (…) 2. July 2025 News Joyojeet Pal as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen welcomes media and technology expert Joyojeet Pal as a Visiting Research Fellow in June 2025. 2. July 2025 News Stephanie Geise holds presentations at Haus der Wissenschaft On Saturday, 26.07.2025, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise will give a presentation titled „Politik wirkt – aber wie? Wie Bilder und Texte unser politisches Denken und Handeln beeinflussen“ at the Haus der Wissenschaft and will talk about how exactly visual and linguistic messages are processed in political media content and what role they play in shaping political opinion. 2. 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 Dom Ford gave talk and workshop at DiGRA ’25 in Malta Both the workshop and talk dealt with “the fictional”, using examples of games “that were never played” and the use of Communicative AI for NPC characters. 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 previous 1234…46 next
News Andreas Hepp on Visions of the Future at Expo 2025 in Osaka Titled “Expo in Osaka: Wooden Ring Instead of Crystal Ball”, Andreas Hepp examines the range of future scenarios presented at Expo 2025 – from AI-driven life narratives to grassroots sustainability initiatives in the German newspaper taz. 5. 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
Summer Semester 2025 10th ZeMKI Research Day Datum: 2. July 2025Location: Bremen The next ZeMKI Research Day will take place on July 2, 2025. At the internal event, current research projects will be presented and discussed, overarching research perspectives will be developed at thematic tables and current questions from the ZeMKI doctoral program and from the group of postdocs will be discussed. The Research Day is taking (…) 2. July 2025
News Joyojeet Pal as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen welcomes media and technology expert Joyojeet Pal as a Visiting Research Fellow in June 2025. 2. July 2025
News Stephanie Geise holds presentations at Haus der Wissenschaft On Saturday, 26.07.2025, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise will give a presentation titled „Politik wirkt – aber wie? Wie Bilder und Texte unser politisches Denken und Handeln beeinflussen“ at the Haus der Wissenschaft and will talk about how exactly visual and linguistic messages are processed in political media content and what role they play in shaping political opinion. 2. 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 Dom Ford gave talk and workshop at DiGRA ’25 in Malta Both the workshop and talk dealt with “the fictional”, using examples of games “that were never played” and the use of Communicative AI for NPC characters. 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
