ZeMKI at the European Communication Conference 2024

Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), which will take place in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana from September 24 to 27. The European umbrella conference for communication science takes place every two years and focuses on the topic of “Communication and social (dis)order”.

Overview of lectures and panel discussions:

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Disrupting traditional gender roles in communication: Three women war correspondents report the First World War on the Italian front
Presentation: Dr. Stephanie Seul
09:00 – 09:15

Climate advocacy in a multi-platform environment: Networked coalitions of German climate protestors
Presentation: Hannah-Marie Büttner, Hendrik Meyer, Tim Schatto-Eckrodt, Dr. Patrick Zerrer
09:15 – 09:30

Watching the Greens? Predictors and contingencies of partisan political information seeking with online search engines
Presentation: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Helena Rauxloh, Dr. Sebastian Stier, Dr. Lisa Merten, Katrin Weller, Juhi Kulshrestha
09:30 – 09:45

MeSort – methodological development and empirical findings: An innovative approach to research communication repertoires and strategies of grassroots sports clubs
Presentation: Thomas Neumann, Dr. Philip Sinner, Dr. Jörg-Uwe Nieland, Prof. Dr. Christof Seeger
11:30 – 11:45

Unveiling the Mobile Media Mosaic: Analyzing news repertoires combining individual mobile and desktop tracking data
Presentation: Dr. Patrick Zerrer, Dr. Lisa Merten, Dr. Sebastian Stier, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Frank Mangold
11:45 – 12:00

Press Start to Continue: The Quest for a Research Agenda for Digital Gaming in Media and Communication History
Presentation: Dr. Erik Koenen, Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger
12:00 – 12:15

Deep mediatized actors of sports betting in Belgium: When producers and consumers become a data source in a communicative figuration
Presentation: Dr. Philip Sinner, Niels Bibert
12:00 – 12:15

Fighting Hate Speech and Promoting Democracy Online: Actor constellation and communicative practices of Austria’s No Hate Speech Committee
Presentation: Prof. Dr. Sascha Trültzsch-Wijnen, Dr. Philip Sinner, Prof. Dr. Christine Trültzsch-Wijnen
14:45 – 15:00

The making of misinformation: A longitudinal analysis of platforms’ misinformation policies
Presentation: Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Andrea Roca, Dr. Daria Dergacheva, Adrian Kopps, Vasilisa Kuznetsova
16:30 – 16:45 Uhr

Platforms, content moderation and social (dis)order: Transformations of platforms and their governance
Host: ZeMKI-Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (Lead: Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach)
16:30 – 18:00 Uhr

The transformation of hate speech and its regulation through platform governance
Presentation: Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero
16:45 – 17:00 Uhr

All the (fake) news that’s fit to share? News values in perceived misinformation across 24 countries
Presentation: Sami Nenno, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann
17:00 – 17:15

Values-based tech governance: An introduction
Presentation: Dr. Rebeccah Scharlach
17:00 – 17:15 Uhr

Alternative Media and the fluid Dynamics of Trust and Distrust: Implications for social Cohesion and Democracy
Presentation: Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger, Katharina Schöppl
19:15 – 19:30

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Playful visions: Visual AI aesthetics in synthetic warfare
Presentation: Sandra Kero, Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger, Prof. Dr. Manuel Menke
09:15 – 09:30

Negotiating AI(s) futures: Stakeholders strategic communication shaping AI imaginaries in Germany, the US, and China
Presentation: Vanessa Richter, Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Jing Zeng
10:00 – 10:15 Uhr

Towards an empty signifier? Unraveling the dynamics and manipulations of the ‘resistance’ narrative across the political spectrum
Presentation: Hanna-Sophie Rueß, Prof. Dr. Susanne Kinnebrock, Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger
14:45 – 15:00

Friday, September 27, 2024

A climate of change? Unveiling the impact of multimodal climate change coverage on public perception and policy support
Presentation: Katharina Maubach, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise
12:00 – 12:15

The complete conference program is available here.