Call for abstracts: 20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?Submit nowZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information ResearchThe 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. previous123456…12next News PGMT Lab at AoIR2024 conference in Sheffield, UK The PGMT Lab is going to AoIR in Sheffield, UK, from October 30 to November 2, 2024. The conference brings together hundreds of academics, researchers and other participants for an interdisciplinary, multi-methodological look at the Internet. 23. October 2024News Presentations by Christian Schwarzenegger in Copenhagen and Stockholm ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger holds two presentations at workshops in Copenhagen and Stockholm this week. 22. October 2024News New PGMT Lab Member: Dr. Rebecca Scharlach We are excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Scharlach as the newest member of the PGMT Lab at ZeMKI! In her postdoctoral project, Rebecca will explore the socio-technical impact of integrating generative AI into social media platforms. 17. October 2024News Presentation by Dom Ford at the Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference 2024 ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford gave a presentation at this year's Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference (CEEGS): "Reimagining Games, Art, and Performativity" in Nafplio, Greece, on October 10-12. 16. October 2024News Research Colloquium Prof. Dr. Lars de Wildt (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): "Global Gaming’s Reorientation to China" On October 23, 2024, the research colloquium by Prof. Dr. Lars de Wildt on "Global Gaming’s Reorientation to China" will take place at the ZeMKI. 16. October 2024News ZeMKI member Daria Dergacheva presenting at ‘Countering Hybrid Threats While Protecting Digital Rights’ Workshop Dr. Daria Dergacheva from PGMT Lab will present on the topic “Governing Russian disinformation: very large social media platforms policies in the context of Russian invasion and war in Ukraine” at a workshop at Maastricht University on October 11, 2024. 10. October 2024News Stephanie Geise and Cornelius Puschmann are Part of the Graduate Student Scholarship Program “Contentious Politics in the Digital Age” ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise and Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann are part of the Graduate Student Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). 9. October 2024News Research Fellow: Dr. Piotr Siuda From September to October 2024, Dr. Piotr Siuda (Faculty of Cultural Studies, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland) will be a Research Fellow at ZeMKI. His research focus is gaming. More information here. 7. October 2024News molo grows with a fresh update: new functions, new cities and a new look & feel The local information app "molo.news" now operates under the shortened name "molo" and has received a comprehensive update. 4. October 2024News ZeMKI Members: Presentations at Beyond Play Conference Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf and Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger gave the opening lecture at the Beyond Play conference. 1. October 2024News Beyond Play: Start of the conference On September 30, 2024, the “Beyond Play The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society” conference will start at 11 a.m. with an exciting program at the University of Bremen. The conference will run until October 2, 2024. 30. September 2024News Presentation about OpenQDA, the open research software initiative at DINI Conference On September 18th, the OpenQDA-Team gave a presentation "The OpenQDA project: a software architecture for a sustainable open research software for collaborative qualitative data analysis" at the 25th DINI conference in Potsdam. 29. September 2024News New Publication by Erik Koenen and other ZeMKI Members A new publication entitled “Communicating the League of Nations: Contributions to a Transnational Communication History of the League of Nations in the Inter-War Period (1920-1938)” by Erik Koenen and other ZeMKI members has been published. 25. September 2024 SEE DEMOCRACY: Stephanie Geise will be a guest at City 46 on 28.09 With three documentaries and accompanying discussions, City 46 cinema's film series "DEMOKRATIE SEHEN/SEE DEMOCRACY" addresses the state of democracy today and brings the absence, failure and significance of democracy in different countries to the screen. 25. September 2024News Publication of the program: 3rd IASGAR Research Day - Digital Gaming and Values The program for the 3rd IASGAR Research Day “Digital Gaming and Values” on September 28, 2024 is now online. 24. September 2024News 7th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division Media Sports and Sports Communication From September 18 to 20, the 7th annual conference of the DGPuK sdivision Media Sports and Sports Communication took place in Hamburg with strong participation from the ZeMKI. 21. September 2024News Closing of the 2024 Writing Week Today marked the end of the 2024 Writing Week, which took place from September 16 to 20 at the Ev. Bildungszentrum Bad Bederkesa. 20. September 2024News ZeMKI at the European Communication Conference 2024 Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). 20. September 2024News PGMT Lab at 10th ECREA conference in Ljubljana The Lab Platform Governance, Media & Technology is goint to ECREA at the University of Ljubljana from September 24-27, 2024. 19. September 2024News 'Movie Wednesday' on the topic "Radically vegan?" ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger discusses the media actions of radical vegans at a public event organized by Radio Bremen. 18. September 2024News Presentation by Prof. Cornelius Puschmann at the WIN conference “Foundations and Perspectives of European Platform Regulation” in Heidelberg Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID) will give a lecture at the WIN Conference. 17. September 2024News Successful dissertation colloquium by ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer 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”. 13. September 2024News Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled: Panel "Please distance yourself!! What happens when Muslims speak out publicly" 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. 13. September 2024News Lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp at Esslingen University 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. 10. September 2024 previous123456…12next
News PGMT Lab at AoIR2024 conference in Sheffield, UK The PGMT Lab is going to AoIR in Sheffield, UK, from October 30 to November 2, 2024. The conference brings together hundreds of academics, researchers and other participants for an interdisciplinary, multi-methodological look at the Internet. 23. October 2024
News Presentations by Christian Schwarzenegger in Copenhagen and Stockholm ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger holds two presentations at workshops in Copenhagen and Stockholm this week. 22. October 2024
News New PGMT Lab Member: Dr. Rebecca Scharlach We are excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Scharlach as the newest member of the PGMT Lab at ZeMKI! In her postdoctoral project, Rebecca will explore the socio-technical impact of integrating generative AI into social media platforms. 17. October 2024
News Presentation by Dom Ford at the Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference 2024 ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford gave a presentation at this year's Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference (CEEGS): "Reimagining Games, Art, and Performativity" in Nafplio, Greece, on October 10-12. 16. October 2024
News Research Colloquium Prof. Dr. Lars de Wildt (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): "Global Gaming’s Reorientation to China" On October 23, 2024, the research colloquium by Prof. Dr. Lars de Wildt on "Global Gaming’s Reorientation to China" will take place at the ZeMKI. 16. October 2024
News ZeMKI member Daria Dergacheva presenting at ‘Countering Hybrid Threats While Protecting Digital Rights’ Workshop Dr. Daria Dergacheva from PGMT Lab will present on the topic “Governing Russian disinformation: very large social media platforms policies in the context of Russian invasion and war in Ukraine” at a workshop at Maastricht University on October 11, 2024. 10. October 2024
News Stephanie Geise and Cornelius Puschmann are Part of the Graduate Student Scholarship Program “Contentious Politics in the Digital Age” ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise and Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann are part of the Graduate Student Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). 9. October 2024
News Research Fellow: Dr. Piotr Siuda From September to October 2024, Dr. Piotr Siuda (Faculty of Cultural Studies, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland) will be a Research Fellow at ZeMKI. His research focus is gaming. More information here. 7. October 2024
News molo grows with a fresh update: new functions, new cities and a new look & feel The local information app "molo.news" now operates under the shortened name "molo" and has received a comprehensive update. 4. October 2024
News ZeMKI Members: Presentations at Beyond Play Conference Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf and Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger gave the opening lecture at the Beyond Play conference. 1. October 2024
News Beyond Play: Start of the conference On September 30, 2024, the “Beyond Play The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society” conference will start at 11 a.m. with an exciting program at the University of Bremen. The conference will run until October 2, 2024. 30. September 2024
News Presentation about OpenQDA, the open research software initiative at DINI Conference On September 18th, the OpenQDA-Team gave a presentation "The OpenQDA project: a software architecture for a sustainable open research software for collaborative qualitative data analysis" at the 25th DINI conference in Potsdam. 29. September 2024
News New Publication by Erik Koenen and other ZeMKI Members A new publication entitled “Communicating the League of Nations: Contributions to a Transnational Communication History of the League of Nations in the Inter-War Period (1920-1938)” by Erik Koenen and other ZeMKI members has been published. 25. September 2024
SEE DEMOCRACY: Stephanie Geise will be a guest at City 46 on 28.09 With three documentaries and accompanying discussions, City 46 cinema's film series "DEMOKRATIE SEHEN/SEE DEMOCRACY" addresses the state of democracy today and brings the absence, failure and significance of democracy in different countries to the screen. 25. September 2024
News Publication of the program: 3rd IASGAR Research Day - Digital Gaming and Values The program for the 3rd IASGAR Research Day “Digital Gaming and Values” on September 28, 2024 is now online. 24. September 2024
News 7th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division Media Sports and Sports Communication From September 18 to 20, the 7th annual conference of the DGPuK sdivision Media Sports and Sports Communication took place in Hamburg with strong participation from the ZeMKI. 21. September 2024
News Closing of the 2024 Writing Week Today marked the end of the 2024 Writing Week, which took place from September 16 to 20 at the Ev. Bildungszentrum Bad Bederkesa. 20. September 2024
News ZeMKI at the European Communication Conference 2024 Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). 20. September 2024
News PGMT Lab at 10th ECREA conference in Ljubljana The Lab Platform Governance, Media & Technology is goint to ECREA at the University of Ljubljana from September 24-27, 2024. 19. September 2024
News 'Movie Wednesday' on the topic "Radically vegan?" ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger discusses the media actions of radical vegans at a public event organized by Radio Bremen. 18. September 2024
News Presentation by Prof. Cornelius Puschmann at the WIN conference “Foundations and Perspectives of European Platform Regulation” in Heidelberg Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID) will give a lecture at the WIN Conference. 17. September 2024
News Successful dissertation colloquium by ZeMKI member Patrick Zerrer 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”. 13. September 2024
News Samira Ghozzi-Ben Miled: Panel "Please distance yourself!! What happens when Muslims speak out publicly" 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. 13. September 2024
News Lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp at Esslingen University 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. 10. September 2024
