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A new publication by ZeMKI member Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero entitled "Platform Governance and Social Justice. Governing Hate Speech on Social Media" will be published by Emerald Publishing Limited on November 18, 2024.

In context with Elon Musk's takeover of X, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach was recently quoted in the dossier "Digitalwende" of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and will be heard on Deutschlandfunk Kultur on Saturday, November 2, 2024.

The PGMT Lab is going to AoIR in Sheffield, UK, from October 30 to November 2, 2024. The conference brings together hundreds of academics, researchers and other participants for an interdisciplinary, multi-methodological look at the Internet.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Scharlach as the newest member of the PGMT Lab at ZeMKI! In her postdoctoral project, Rebecca will explore the socio-technical impact of integrating generative AI into social media platforms.

ZeMKI and PGMT-Lab member Prof. Christian Katzenbach is giving a lecture on ‘Algorithmic Governance and Agency: Imaginaries, Infrastructures, and Politics’ at the University of Cambridge on October 29.

"An Industry Perspective on Regulating Platformized Sexual Content" - Rébecca Suzanne Franco will be speaking in the next session of PGMT Lab's online talk series “Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research".

Dr. Daria Dergacheva from PGMT Lab will present on the topic “Governing Russian disinformation: very large social media platforms policies in the context of Russian invasion and war in Ukraine” at a workshop at Maastricht University on October 11, 2024.

Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).

The Lab Platform Governance, Media & Technology is goint to ECREA at the University of Ljubljana from September 24-27, 2024.

Under the coordination of PGMT Lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker, the first Blended Intensive Program (BIP) took place at the University of Bremen. The Erasmus+-funded program offers teachers innovative opportunities for international cooperation and students (…)

Vasilisa Kuznetsova presents a paper on misinformation about climate change and platform policies and public communication at the 6th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) held on 02-04 September 2024 in Münster.

For two days, the Bredbeck Estate in the district of Osterholz was dedicated to the further development of the research strategy of the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of (…)