Research Reports (2)

Editorial For the ZeMKI, 2015 was a special year because it was characterized by the centre’s 10-year anniversary: Founded in 2005 under the name IMKI (Institute for Media, Communication and Information Research) and renamed in 2011 as ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research), we look back at a history that is no longer (…)

Editorial For media and communications researchers, 2014 was a special year. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) dedicated the Year of Science under the motto „The digital society“ (http://www.digital-ist.de); this has always been a core theme of the research at the ZeMKI, and so its members were engaged broadly in various ways in (…)

Editorial 2013 was a year of many activities and achievements for the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI). One of the main drivers for this development was the “Communicative figurations“ research group that had been recognized by the Academic Senate of the University of Bremen in 2011. The research group is based at (…)

Editorial At the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) of the University of Bremen, the year 2012 was connected with several major changes and achievements: Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz took up her post as professor of communication and media studies with a focus on media change. This not just established another subject group at the (…)

Editorial Foreword by the Vice-Rector for Research and Early-Career Researchers 2011 was a special year in the history of the University of Bremen: In its 40th year after being founded, it achieved an important milestone in its bid to become the first university in north-western Germany to be awarded excellence status. The university was invited (…)