News (16)
Andreas Hepp discusses the role of sociology of knowledge at the DGS Congress
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Section "Wissenssoziologie", Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp is participating in a panel discussion at the Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) today.
ZeMKI members at the ECREA Digital Games Research Section Symposium
ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf, Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger, and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will give presentations on September 25, 2025, at the ECREA Digital Games Research Section Symposium “Digital Worlds, Real Impact - The Evolving Role of Games in Society”.
Religious agency in the digital age
How is religious agency changing in the age of digitalization and artificial intelligence? Researchers at the Universities of Bremen and Würzburg are addressing this question in the new DFG research network CARD. The interdisciplinary project is scheduled to run for three years.
Start of a very international semester with many guests at ZeMKI
On September 22, 2025, the winter semester had already begun for international students at the University of Bremen and ZeMKI welcomes noumerous guests from all over the world.
The OpenQDA team announces the release of version 1.0.3
The OpenQDA team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.3. OpenQDA has been enhanced with new features, which are now available.
Delia González de Reufels on the COSMO podcast Lost Sheroes
ZeMKI member Delia González de Reufels was a guest on the COSMO podcast on September 21, 2025, discussing the topic “La Malinche – Strategin oder Verräterin Mexikos?”
Vesi Vuković on her YUFE-project “Films by Yugoslav Women Filmmakers: Image, Sonic Icons, Lack of Digitisation, and Gender”
The research project “Films by Yugoslav Women Filmmakers: Image, Sonic Icons, Lack of Digitization, and Gender,” led by ZeMKI member Dr. Vesi Vuković, sheds light on the mostly overlooked Yugoslav women filmmakers and other often neglected roles of women in film, such as editors and screenwriters.
ZeMKI at DGPs 2025 in Duisburg
The research team of Sabine Reich, Stephanie Geise, Anna Ricarda Luther, and Michael Linke will present their latest study at the Media Psychology section conference of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) 2025 in Duisburg.
Annual retreat of the ZeMKI steering committee
On September 9 and 10, 2025, the annual meeting of the steering committee of the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen took place at the Bildungsstätte Bredbeck (Osterholz-Scharmbeck).
New article by Andreas Hepp in New Media & Society
The article by ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp entitled "Curators of digital futures: The life cycle of pioneer communities", which appeared online in the Journal "New Media & Society" in 2024, is now also available in print.
Political Polarization and Individualized Online Information Environments: A Longitudinal Tracking Study (POLTRACK)
The POLTRACK research project investigates how the use of digital information services affects political opinion formation.
INDI project presented at the BMFTR status conference in Berlin
On September 3 and 4, Dr. Patrick Zerrer and Paul Pressmann participate in the second BMFTR status conference of projects in Berlin. There, they present the latest findings from the INDI (“Informed by Influencers”) research project.