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20th ZeMKI Anniversary: International Conference on "20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?"

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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.

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9th ZeMKI Research Day
  • Datum: 24. January 2025
  • Location: ZeMKI

The ZeMKI Research Day will take place on January 24. At the internal event, current 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 place for the (…)

14. January 2025

AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 (2)

ZeMKI hosts AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025
The Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, is hosting the next AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on 3-4 june 2025.

13. January 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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