ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research

Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).

The Lab Platform Governance, Media & Technology is goint to ECREA at the University of Ljubljana from September 24-27, 2024.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger discusses the media actions of radical vegans at a public event organized by Radio Bremen.

Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID) will give a lecture at the WIN Conference.

On September 11, 2024, ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer successfully completed his doctoral colloquium - congratulations! The title of the dissertation is “Political action and news use of the Fridays for Future Movement in Germany”.

Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled will be a guest on September 16, 2024 at 6 p.m. at a panel event at the House of Science Bremen. The topic of the event is “Distance yourself! What happens when Muslims speak out publicly.” The panel was organized by Muslim Empowerment Bremen. For more information click here.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a lecture on Friday, 20.09.2024, at the conference “Norbert Elias in Practice - From Human Science to Applied Science” at Esslingen University.

On Saturday, 21.09.2024, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a lecture at the Literarische Gesellschaft in Karlsruhe.

The article on the topic “Digital Gaming. Indicator of a profound mediatization” has now been published in the journal Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc). Click here to access the article.

Under the coordination of PGMT Lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker, the first Blended Intensive Program (BIP) took place at the University of Bremen. The Erasmus+-funded program offers teachers innovative opportunities for international cooperation and students the chance to participate in intensive short-term programs in Germany and abroad.  At the first BIP at the University of (…)

For two days, the Bredbeck Estate in the district of Osterholz was dedicated to the further development of the research strategy of the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen. On September 3 and 4, 2024, a total of 14 members of the ZeMKI Steering Committee discussed medium-term goals (…)

The Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity at the University of Bremen is pleased to participate in the "Qualitative Digital Methods" conference (September 9-10) at Ruhr University Bochum.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler has published new articles in the series "Religion – Wirtschaft – Politik".

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach from the Lab for Platform Governance, Media and Technology has published a new special issue entitled “Automation in the Digital Society” together with Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold.

On August 29, 2024, Miira Hill presented a joint paper with Luisa Runge and Christian Katzenbach at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) in Porto.

Imke A.M. Meyer and Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf gave a presentation entitled "Teaching Experience Design (TXD) Research: a case-study of the development of a classroom interaction environment in nursing education".

You can now registrate for the Beyond Play conference "The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society".

Recently, a new ZeMKI working paper entitled “The Refiguration of Public Communication: A Relational and Process-oriented Perspective” was published.

Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann and Patrick Zerrer from the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID), together with Dr. Sebastian Stier and Helena Rauxloh from the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, have published an article entitled “Politicized and Paranoid? Assessing Attitudinal Predictors of Alternative News Consumption” in the ‘Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media’.

The participating research institutions have announced a total of 18 research assistant positions (job scope: DFG 100%, FWF 75%) with the aim of pursuing a doctorate over a four-year period.

Sandra Kero has been a research assistant and PhD candidate in the lab "Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes" since July 2024

ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford has published a new journal article in Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association vol. 6, no. 3.

The Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) took place in Montréal on August 9-11, 2024.

The Registration for the conference "Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society"  has now started.