Generative Images Conference 2024: "Generative Images - Generative Imageries: Challenges of Visual Communication (Research) in the Age of AI"The Conference 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 123456…9 next NewsZeMKI-News Article by Prof. Cornelius Puschmann on Right-wing Extremist Narratives and Influencers in BzKJAktuell Prof. Cornelius Puschmann, head of the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab, has co-authored an article with Sophia Rothut (LMU Munich) and Darian Harff (KU Leuven) in the current issue of BzKJAktuell (02/2024), the journal of the Federal Agency for Child and Youth Media Protection (BzKJ). The article, entitled “Right-wing extremist narratives and social media (…) 28. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Research Colloquium: Katharina Hajek (LMU Munich & UdK Berlin, Germany): "Constructing a Climate of Compliance – Understanding Resistance to Pro-Environmental Messages" On 29/05/2024 the research colloquium of Katharina Hajek (LMU Munich & UdK Berlin, Germany) will take place on the topic “Constructing a Climate of Compliance – Understanding Resistance to Pro-Environmental Messages”. Abstract: Does every restriction of freedom lead to the same resistance? In the lecture, Katharina V. Hajek will provide insights into a project funded (…) 27. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Three new articles by Lab member Sami Nenno Sami Nenno, member of the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab, has recently published three new scientific articles in several publications. 27. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Prof Puschmann's contribution to the Digital Democracy and Citizenship Conference 2024 accepted The contribution by Prof Cornelius Puschmann, Head of the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab, for the upcoming Digital Democracy and Citizenship Conference in September 2024 has been accepted. 24. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Sami Nenno on AI and disinformation in the taz Sami Nenno from the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab comments as an expert on AI and disinformation on the potential of synthetically generated voices for disinformation in the German newspaper taz. The background to this is the presentation of OpenAI’s voice engine model, which makes it possible to create artificial voices based on short (…) 24. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News ZeMKI member Dennis Redeker organized conference roundtable on global digital policy ZeMKI member Dr. Dennis Redeker, member of the Lab "Platform Governance, Media and Technology", organized a roundtable on "Digital Governance between Multistakeholderism and Multilateralism" as part of the first conference of the EU Horizon Europe research project "Reignite Multilateralism via Technology" (REMIT). The conference took place on May 16 and 17, 2024 at KU Leuven and brought together academics with a policy audience from different areas of European and global technology policy. 22. May 2024 EventsNewsZeMKI-News ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference today in Brussels ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference in Brussels today, 22 May 2024. She is a panelist at the panel organized by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), on “The Impact of Online Content Moderation and Curation on Fundamental Rights: How to Assess, Mitigate and Monitor Systemic Risks on Online (…) 22. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Prof. Dr. Holger Böning deceased Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Holger Böning *December 16, 1949 – †May 5, 2024 The ZeMKI mourns the loss of its member, the long-standing spokesperson of the Institute of German Press Research in Faculty 9 at the University of Bremen. In the more than thirty years of his work at this institute, Holger Böning decisively advanced (…) 21. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News New Article: Multimodal AI-Framework for Formative Assessment in ePortfolios Fatima Maya and Karsten D. Wolf have just published their new research article “An Architecture for Formative Assessment Analytics of Multimodal Artefacts in ePortfolios Supported by Artificial Intelligence” in the edited volume “Assessment Analytics in Education” (Springer Link) as part of the IMPACT-Projekt. From the abstract: “A key objective of higher education is to promote (…) 21. May 2024 NewsPublicationZeMKI-News New article by ZeMKI member Prof Dr Andreas Hepp: Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneer communities ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp has published online first a new article at New Media & Society on the topic of ‘Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneering communities’. Link to the article Hepp, A. (2024). Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneer communities. New Media & Society, Online First. doi:10.1177/14614448241253766 21. May 2024 NewsPublicationZeMKI-News Publication of the PhD thesis of Katharina Heitmann-Werner The dissertation of ZeMKI member Katharina Heitmann-Werner has been published by Springer VS under the title 'Zivilgesellschaft und Stadtöffentlichkeit - Eine akteurszentrierte Analyse der kommunikativen Figuration der Stadt' (Civil society and the urban public sphere - an actor-centred analysis of the communicative figuration of the city). 21. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Research software made at ZeMKI: OpenQDA goes public ZeMKI is currently developing “OpenQDA”, an open-source software for the qualitative coding of research data (interviews, observation protocols, etc.). 18. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News New ZeMKI member Vesi Vuković in the lab 'Film, Media Art and Popular Culture' We warmly welcome our new ZeMKI member! 14. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp at Fudan University: ‘Towards a Digital Society: On the Deep Mediatization of the Social World’ On 16/05/2024, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a lecture online at 10:00 CET at the Institute for Global Communications & Integrated Media at Fudan University on the deep mediatization of the social world. 14. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Prof Cornelius Puschmann invited as an expert to discuss the availability of data in social media at the University of Copenhagen Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID) is invited as an expert on social media data to the event "Navigating the Social Media Data Terrain: Roundtable on the Current Landscape of Social Media Data Availability" hosted by the SAMF Data Lab at the University of Copenhagen on 23 May 2024. 13. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News New ZeMKI-Member in the Lab Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes: Welcome Katharina Schöppl! Katharina Schöppl has been working as a research assistant in the “Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes” lab since May 2024. We warmly welcome Katharina Schöppl and wish her a great start at the ZeMKI! 13. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Erasmus+ "Blended-Intensive Programme" on global digital governance hosted at ZeMKI In late April 2024, ZeMKI and the University of Bremen, hosted their first-ever Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). Around thirty students and half a dozen instructors from eight universities across Europe participated in a week-long workshop designed under the theme “Digital Constitutionalism and the UN Global Digital Compact”. This in-person phase of the blended-intensive format is flanked by (…) 12. May 2024 ConferencesSpring Semester 2024 BeyondPlay 2024: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society Datum: 30. September 2024 – 2. October 2024Location: ZeMKI The International conference ‘Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society’ will take place from September 30th to October 2nd 2024 at the University of Bremen, Germany. The conference is hosted by the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung; ZeMKI) 10. May 2024 EventsNewsZeMKI-News Research Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Nicola Righetti (University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy): "Coordinated Behavior on Social Media: Concepts and Tools" On 15/05/2024, the research colloquium by Prof. Dr Nicola Righetti on ‘Coordinated Behaviour on Social Media: Concepts and Tools’ will take place at the ZeMKI. 10. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News New ZeMKI Member in the Lab Media and Education: Welcome Hang Dao! Hang Dao has been a research assistant and PhD fellow in the research area “Didactic Design of Multimedia Learning Environments” (Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf) at the University of Bremen and in the “Media and Education” lab at ZeMKI since April 2024. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Physics and English Studies and went on (…) 9. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Students Develop R Shiny Apps for Interactive Data Visualizations As part of the class Data Journalism with R in the winter term 2023-24, students in the media BA and MA programs have created a set of interactive web-based apps to visualize and make accessible a range of datasets on different socioeconomic issues. These apps are based on R shiny and make it possible to interrogate quantitative information in a variety of ways. 9. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Keynote speech by ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp at the “Mediatization Conference 5” On Friday, 10/05/2024 Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a keynote speech at the “Mediatization Conference 5 - Mediatization versus Datafication Dialogue or Competition?”. The lecture on “Datafication, automation and communicative AI: Toward a redefinition of mediatization research” will take place from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. hybrid in Lublin or online. 8. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Prof Cornelius Puschmann presents the INDI research project at the BMBF in Berlin Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Research (DCID) will present the research project "Informed by Influencers?" (INDI) at the networking meeting of the funding projects of the Science Communication Research funding guideline on 7 May 2024 at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Berlin. 6. May 2024 NewsZeMKI-News Lecture by ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill at the University of Passau On May 7th, ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill will give a lecture at the University of Passau on the topic of how commentators of the far right express their views on liberal values through social platforms. The talk offers insights into the intricate dynamics of political communication, especially concerning the misrepresentation of liberal values by (…) 6. May 2024 previous 123456…9 next
NewsZeMKI-News Article by Prof. Cornelius Puschmann on Right-wing Extremist Narratives and Influencers in BzKJAktuell Prof. Cornelius Puschmann, head of the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab, has co-authored an article with Sophia Rothut (LMU Munich) and Darian Harff (KU Leuven) in the current issue of BzKJAktuell (02/2024), the journal of the Federal Agency for Child and Youth Media Protection (BzKJ). The article, entitled “Right-wing extremist narratives and social media (…) 28. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Research Colloquium: Katharina Hajek (LMU Munich & UdK Berlin, Germany): "Constructing a Climate of Compliance – Understanding Resistance to Pro-Environmental Messages" On 29/05/2024 the research colloquium of Katharina Hajek (LMU Munich & UdK Berlin, Germany) will take place on the topic “Constructing a Climate of Compliance – Understanding Resistance to Pro-Environmental Messages”. Abstract: Does every restriction of freedom lead to the same resistance? In the lecture, Katharina V. Hajek will provide insights into a project funded (…) 27. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Three new articles by Lab member Sami Nenno Sami Nenno, member of the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab, has recently published three new scientific articles in several publications. 27. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Prof Puschmann's contribution to the Digital Democracy and Citizenship Conference 2024 accepted The contribution by Prof Cornelius Puschmann, Head of the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab, for the upcoming Digital Democracy and Citizenship Conference in September 2024 has been accepted. 24. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Sami Nenno on AI and disinformation in the taz Sami Nenno from the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab comments as an expert on AI and disinformation on the potential of synthetically generated voices for disinformation in the German newspaper taz. The background to this is the presentation of OpenAI’s voice engine model, which makes it possible to create artificial voices based on short (…) 24. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News ZeMKI member Dennis Redeker organized conference roundtable on global digital policy ZeMKI member Dr. Dennis Redeker, member of the Lab "Platform Governance, Media and Technology", organized a roundtable on "Digital Governance between Multistakeholderism and Multilateralism" as part of the first conference of the EU Horizon Europe research project "Reignite Multilateralism via Technology" (REMIT). The conference took place on May 16 and 17, 2024 at KU Leuven and brought together academics with a policy audience from different areas of European and global technology policy. 22. May 2024
EventsNewsZeMKI-News ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference today in Brussels ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference in Brussels today, 22 May 2024. She is a panelist at the panel organized by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), on “The Impact of Online Content Moderation and Curation on Fundamental Rights: How to Assess, Mitigate and Monitor Systemic Risks on Online (…) 22. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Prof. Dr. Holger Böning deceased Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Holger Böning *December 16, 1949 – †May 5, 2024 The ZeMKI mourns the loss of its member, the long-standing spokesperson of the Institute of German Press Research in Faculty 9 at the University of Bremen. In the more than thirty years of his work at this institute, Holger Böning decisively advanced (…) 21. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News New Article: Multimodal AI-Framework for Formative Assessment in ePortfolios Fatima Maya and Karsten D. Wolf have just published their new research article “An Architecture for Formative Assessment Analytics of Multimodal Artefacts in ePortfolios Supported by Artificial Intelligence” in the edited volume “Assessment Analytics in Education” (Springer Link) as part of the IMPACT-Projekt. From the abstract: “A key objective of higher education is to promote (…) 21. May 2024
NewsPublicationZeMKI-News New article by ZeMKI member Prof Dr Andreas Hepp: Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneer communities ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp has published online first a new article at New Media & Society on the topic of ‘Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneering communities’. Link to the article Hepp, A. (2024). Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneer communities. New Media & Society, Online First. doi:10.1177/14614448241253766 21. May 2024
NewsPublicationZeMKI-News Publication of the PhD thesis of Katharina Heitmann-Werner The dissertation of ZeMKI member Katharina Heitmann-Werner has been published by Springer VS under the title 'Zivilgesellschaft und Stadtöffentlichkeit - Eine akteurszentrierte Analyse der kommunikativen Figuration der Stadt' (Civil society and the urban public sphere - an actor-centred analysis of the communicative figuration of the city). 21. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Research software made at ZeMKI: OpenQDA goes public ZeMKI is currently developing “OpenQDA”, an open-source software for the qualitative coding of research data (interviews, observation protocols, etc.). 18. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News New ZeMKI member Vesi Vuković in the lab 'Film, Media Art and Popular Culture' We warmly welcome our new ZeMKI member! 14. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp at Fudan University: ‘Towards a Digital Society: On the Deep Mediatization of the Social World’ On 16/05/2024, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a lecture online at 10:00 CET at the Institute for Global Communications & Integrated Media at Fudan University on the deep mediatization of the social world. 14. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Prof Cornelius Puschmann invited as an expert to discuss the availability of data in social media at the University of Copenhagen Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab (DCID) is invited as an expert on social media data to the event "Navigating the Social Media Data Terrain: Roundtable on the Current Landscape of Social Media Data Availability" hosted by the SAMF Data Lab at the University of Copenhagen on 23 May 2024. 13. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News New ZeMKI-Member in the Lab Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes: Welcome Katharina Schöppl! Katharina Schöppl has been working as a research assistant in the “Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes” lab since May 2024. We warmly welcome Katharina Schöppl and wish her a great start at the ZeMKI! 13. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Erasmus+ "Blended-Intensive Programme" on global digital governance hosted at ZeMKI In late April 2024, ZeMKI and the University of Bremen, hosted their first-ever Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). Around thirty students and half a dozen instructors from eight universities across Europe participated in a week-long workshop designed under the theme “Digital Constitutionalism and the UN Global Digital Compact”. This in-person phase of the blended-intensive format is flanked by (…) 12. May 2024
ConferencesSpring Semester 2024 BeyondPlay 2024: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society Datum: 30. September 2024 – 2. October 2024Location: ZeMKI The International conference ‘Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society’ will take place from September 30th to October 2nd 2024 at the University of Bremen, Germany. The conference is hosted by the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung; ZeMKI) 10. May 2024
EventsNewsZeMKI-News Research Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Nicola Righetti (University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy): "Coordinated Behavior on Social Media: Concepts and Tools" On 15/05/2024, the research colloquium by Prof. Dr Nicola Righetti on ‘Coordinated Behaviour on Social Media: Concepts and Tools’ will take place at the ZeMKI. 10. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News New ZeMKI Member in the Lab Media and Education: Welcome Hang Dao! Hang Dao has been a research assistant and PhD fellow in the research area “Didactic Design of Multimedia Learning Environments” (Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf) at the University of Bremen and in the “Media and Education” lab at ZeMKI since April 2024. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Physics and English Studies and went on (…) 9. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Students Develop R Shiny Apps for Interactive Data Visualizations As part of the class Data Journalism with R in the winter term 2023-24, students in the media BA and MA programs have created a set of interactive web-based apps to visualize and make accessible a range of datasets on different socioeconomic issues. These apps are based on R shiny and make it possible to interrogate quantitative information in a variety of ways. 9. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Keynote speech by ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp at the “Mediatization Conference 5” On Friday, 10/05/2024 Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will give a keynote speech at the “Mediatization Conference 5 - Mediatization versus Datafication Dialogue or Competition?”. The lecture on “Datafication, automation and communicative AI: Toward a redefinition of mediatization research” will take place from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. hybrid in Lublin or online. 8. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Prof Cornelius Puschmann presents the INDI research project at the BMBF in Berlin Prof. Cornelius Puschmann from the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Research (DCID) will present the research project "Informed by Influencers?" (INDI) at the networking meeting of the funding projects of the Science Communication Research funding guideline on 7 May 2024 at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Berlin. 6. May 2024
NewsZeMKI-News Lecture by ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill at the University of Passau On May 7th, ZeMKI member Dr. Miira Hill will give a lecture at the University of Passau on the topic of how commentators of the far right express their views on liberal values through social platforms. The talk offers insights into the intricate dynamics of political communication, especially concerning the misrepresentation of liberal values by (…) 6. May 2024