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The upcoming ComAI Lecture will take place next Tuesday, May 26. Our guest in Bremen will be Prof. Dr. Simone Natale, Associate Professor in Media Theory and History at the University of Turin, Italy. His lecture will focus on the topic “AI, Agency, and Power Geometries.”

From 11 to 15 May 2026, the fourth edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Dublin, Ireland. Entitled “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and Governance”, this international (…)

For students who missed this year’s regular application deadline or are only now becoming interested in studying abroad for a semester, the Erasmus Program offers the opportunity to apply for remaining spots through a late application process! The application deadline is June 5, 2026. 

We are delighted to announce that our ZeMKI member Hannah Marie Büttner successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Social Movement Power in Digitally Networked Protest: A Study of Anti-Covid Communities on Telegram,” on May 5, 2026.

The interdisciplinary research network CARD (Conceptualizing Agency, Religion and Digitalization) is holding its second working meeting at the University of Bremen from May 4th to May 6th. The focus of the event is the discussion of the first chapters of a planned handbook that will scientifically examine the complex interrelationships between agency, religion, and digital transformation processes.

On May 4, 2026, the English edition of the textbook Key Works: Theories in Communication Studies was published. It offers a comprehensive overview of key theories in communication studies and presents 28 essential texts at (…)

As part of the ARD Action Days and the workshop “Wem glaubt Ihr?” (Who Do You Believe?), students of Communication and Media Studies (KMW) were invited to Radio Bremen’s broadcasting center on April 28, 2026.

Two members of ZeMKI have been newly appointed to the editorial board of the journal gamevironments: Christian Schwarzenegger and Karsten D. Wolf will strengthen the scientific panel of the gaming journal.

To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, numerous events are taking place across Germany in the form of workshops, news camps, and web talks. Radio Bremen is also participating in the event. As part of the workshop "Who do you believe?", students of Communication and Media Studies (KMW) are invited to the Radio Bremen studio.

On April 8, 2026, Bruna Paroni from the University of Urbino, Italy, gave a talk at ZeMKI in Bremen on algorithmic amplification of visual content in Brazilian election campaigns.

The latest version of OpenQDA was released today. Users can now add and manage notes—also known as “memos”—to their project materials. A key feature here is that notes in OpenQDA can be visible both privately (…)

Insults, threats, rumors, or the sharing of intimate images against one’s will—digital violence is now a daily occurrence and a reality of life for many children and adolescents. That is why it is all the more important to shed light on the issue of digital violence and provide parents with concrete steps they can take.