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Dr. Miira Hill and Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann from the DCID Lab receive the Communication History Division Top Paper Award of the ICA for their paper “Nostalgic for a Better Democracy? How German Right-Wing Social Media Commentators (Mis)remember the Past”.

The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture, and video gaming.

In June 2025, ZeMKI member professor Dr Andreas Hepp will address key questions on the transformation of public communication and the digital futures of communicative AI at two renowned events.

On June 13, 2025, as part of the ICA conference in Denver, a panel entitled “Critical Perspectives on Communicative AI and Society: Imaginaries, Data Infrastructures, Democracy, Silence and Automated Markets”took place.

How do we stay mentally strong in digital times? This question is at the center of three current lectures by Leif Kramp, which deal with the effects of the digital transformation on users and journalists.

What characterizes the “intellectual landscape” surrounding the development of artificial intelligence in California? ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp is currently researching pioneering communities in Silicon Valley as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Andreas (…)

On June 7, 2025, the radio report "molo - Lokaljournalismus in einer App" by WDR5 is published.

Check out a full lineup of presentations of ZeMKI researchers and explore where to find us and join the conversation.

On June 4, Niels Bibert successfully defended his dissertation at the KU Leuven entitled “An Odd Game? Understanding Esports Betting Access, Drivers and Consumption”.

The article published in 2024 entitled “Solving the crisis with ‘do-it-yourself heroes’? The media coverage on pioneer communities, Covid-19, and technological solutionism” in the journal ‘Communications’ is now also available in print.

From May 26 to 30, 2025, the third edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Salerno, Italy. Entitled “Digital Constitutionalism and Digital Sovereignty: Navigating Power (…)

Three new recordings of the ComAI Lectures with Axel Bruns, Benedetta Brevini and Christian Greiffenhagen are now available in full length on the ZeMKI YouTube channel.