The ZeMKI Persons Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp HeadThe Management TeamProfessors Lab headLab Datafication and MediatizationLab membershipLab Datafication and MediatizationContactBuilding/room: LINZ4 40.200Phone: +49 (0) 421 218 67 620E-mail: andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.deWebsite: http://www.andreas-hepp.name/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-hepp-2b0b481a1/Mastodon https://sciences.social/@Andreas_HeppBluesky https://ahepp.bsky.social/ CV Dr Andreas Hepp is Professor of Media and Communications and Head of ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, Germany. He previously worked at the University of Trier, the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT), the Technical University of Ilmenau and the University of Münster. He was Visiting Researcher and Professor at leading institutions such as the London School of Economics and Political Science, Goldsmiths University of London, Université Paris II Panthéon ASSAS, Stanford University and others. Andreas Hepp’s research focuses on mediatization, datafication, automation of communication / communicative AI, media use and appropriation. He is the author of 12 monographs including “The Mediated Construction of Reality” (with Nick Couldry, 2017), “Transcultural Communication” (2015) and “Cultures of Mediatization” (2013). His latest book is “Deep Mediatization” (2020). He is currently working on a book on digital pioneers to be published by Polity Press. Main research interests Media and communication theory Media sociology Mediatization Datafication Automation of communication/ communicative AI Media use and appropriation Memberships German Association for Media Education, Media Literacy and Communication Culture (GMK) German Communication Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, DGPuK) German Sociological Association (DGS) European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) International Communication Association (ICA) Most recent publications (Source: ORCID)Solving the crisis with “do-it-yourself heroes”? The media coverage on pioneer communities, Covid-19, and technological solutionism. Communicationshttps://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2023-0077Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneer communities. New Media & Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241253766Mediatization and Human-Machine Communication: Trajectories, Discussions, Perspectives. Human-Machine Communicationhttps://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.7.1Agency in a datafied society: an introduction. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologieshttps://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241254692Lasst uns unsere Tools gemeinsam bauen!. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Co-Creation von Forschungssoftware für die Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft. Publizistikhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-023-00803-wChatGPT, LaMDA, and the Hype Around Communicative AI: The Automation of Communication as a Field of Research in Media and Communication Studies. Human-Machine Communicationhttps://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.6.4Andreas Hepp and Anne Schmitz (2022). The limits of the Maker ideology: local Makerspaces, experimental practices, and COVID-19. Continuum. 36 (2). 199--213. Informa UK Limitedhttps://doi.org/10.1080%2F10304312.2021.2003755Agency, social relations, and order: Media sociology’s shift into the digital. Communicationshttps://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2020-0079Andreas Hepp (2022). Digital media, data infrastructures, and space. 57--75. Routledgehttps://doi.org/10.4324%2F9780367817183-6Von der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion zur kommunikativen KI. Automatisierung von Kommunikation als Gegenstand der Kommunikations- und Medienforschung. Publizistikhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-022-00758-4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7292-4147
