Social Media

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach from the Lab for Platform Governance, Media and Technology has published a new special issue entitled “Automation in the Digital Society” together with Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold.

ZeMKI member Dr Philip Sinner has published two articles in the anthology "COVID-19 und die Sportkommunikation. Der Einfluss der Corona-Pandemie auf Sport, Medien und Journalismus".

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach will give a lecture on ‘Plat-formation: The Formation of Platforms and Their Governance’ at the University of Sheffield on Thursday, the 30th of May. Abstract How do social media platforms become what they are, how do they change and what is the role of governance in this process? Platforms (…)

‘Unpacking the US TikTok ban’ Can the US government really ban TikTok? Do they really want to do that? In her blog post, ZeMKI member Rebecca Scharlach summarises the events that lead to the proposed TikTok ban in the United States, discusses the general issues that TikTok has been facing, explains the relevance of the First Amendment (…)