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He shows how genetics and science are used in video games to rationalize prophecies.

DCID member Yuru Li will present a project on AI-generated political parodies on TikTok together with Xin Zhou (University of Jena) at the Computational Visual Media Research (CVMR25) symposium from 5 to 7 August 2025 at the University of Zurich. 

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger is participating in this year’s ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School as an expert. He will offer a workshop on qualitative methods and support doctoral students by providing constructive feedback on their research projects.

On August 2, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger will give a lecture at Wissen um 11 titled „Warum ist deine Wahrheit besser als meine? - Vom Wissen der Welt in der Hosentasche zu gefühlten Wahrheiten und konflikthaften Wirklichkeiten“.

The authors deal with peripherality as a sociocultural, practical and contextual category in the context of gaming and religious practice. The articles apply the category to games such as Baldur's Gate, Cyberpunkt 2077, Crusader Kings.

On 22 July, ZeMKI member Sandra Kero gave an interview for the WDR COSMO program „Beauty Backlash – Was das Comeback traditioneller Schönheitsideale mit dem erstarkenden Rechtspopulismus zu tun hat“.

Philipp Kessling, advisory member of the DCID-Lab at ZeMKI, will present two posters at the 2025 International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) in Norrköping.

From July 21 to 23, 2025, the first AI Lab of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) will take place in Münster. Also taking part is the ComAI project “Communicative AI for Teaching and Learning”, which is providing academic support for the AI Lab.

The IAMCR will take place in Singapore from July 13 to 17, 2025. This year's theme is: “Communicating Environmental Justice: Many Voices, One Planet”.

How is the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) envisioned – and who shapes these visions? A new article by ZeMKI members Vanessa Richter and Christian Katzenbach investigates this question.

The full media talk with journalist, filmmaker and author Hubertus Koch on the topic of "Journalism on social media: Disappointment, fatigue or great opportunities?" from June 19, 2025 is now available on YouTube.

Titled “Expo in Osaka: Wooden Ring Instead of Crystal Ball”, Andreas Hepp examines the range of future scenarios presented at Expo 2025 – from AI-driven life narratives to grassroots sustainability initiatives in the German newspaper taz.