Platform Governance

A new article co-authored by Prof. Christian Katzenbach and international colleagues has been published in AI & Society. Analyzing AI controversies across four countries between 2012 and 2022, the study reveals a major shift from "deep", situated AI frictions to "wide", abstract controversies surrounding Generative AI.

A new article by Luisa Runge, Christian Katzenbach, and Miira Hill has just been published in Feminist Media Studies. Examining TikTok’s community guidelines and corporate communication, the study reveals how the platform's progressive narratives of empowerment often clash with ambiguous policies that obscure the structural dimensions of sexism.

From 11 to 15 May 2026, the fourth edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Dublin, Ireland. Entitled “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and Governance”, this international teaching program follows successful BIP editions in Padua (2023), at ZeMKI (2024), and in Salerno (2025). Ten students of the media and communication (…)

PGMT Lab member Vasilisa Kuznetsova will be presenting at the upcoming Spring School "Media Climate Justice: Research, Skillsharing, Hacking", taking place in Bochum from 11 to 13 April. 

In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series “Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research”, Simran Agarwal will talk about “Examining the State-Platform Nexus in the Governance of Online News in India”.

ZeMKI members Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero and Dr. Rebecca Scharlach published their new paper “‘We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re) conceptualise safety” in the Platforms & Society Journal. Find the link to the full article here.

In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series "Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research", Tom Divon and Dr. Carolina Are will be guests on the topic of "Platform Gaslighting".

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero, from our ZeMKI’s Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology, is delivering two guest lectures at University College Dublin (UCD) on February 18 & 20, 2025.