Publication

A new study by Kim Lisa Ermler and her co-authors examines how German news media portray “trustworthy AI” and assign responsibility for it. The findings reveal tensions between challenging existing power asymmetries and legitimizing certain actors as providers of trustworthy technologies.

A new article co-authored by Prof. Christian Katzenbach and international colleagues has been published in AI & Society. Analyzing AI controversies across four countries between 2012 and 2022, the study reveals a major shift from "deep", situated AI frictions to "wide", abstract controversies surrounding Generative AI.

We are happy to share that our lab member, Rebecca Scharlach, was invited to write a commentary on the paper "The dark side of public values in algorithmic systems".

A new article by Luisa Runge, Christian Katzenbach, and Miira Hill has just been published in Feminist Media Studies. Examining TikTok’s community guidelines and corporate communication, the study reveals how the platform's progressive narratives of empowerment often clash with ambiguous policies that obscure the structural dimensions of sexism.

New publication by Christian Katzenbach, Vasilisa Kuznetsova and Elizabeth Dubois on the development of election-related policies on major social media platforms and their changing responsibilities for democratic processes.

As part of the completed DFG-funded “Imaginaries of AI” project, the article “Who’s driving the AI hype in its formative phase? A longitudinal analysis of stakeholders in the US and German AI discourse on Twitter 2012–2021”, written by Dr. Vanessa Richter, Dr. Daria Dergacheva, Vasilisa Kuznetsova and Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, got published in AI and Society.

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach co-authored a new article about the discursive order of AI, published in Big Data & Society.

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach from the Lab for Platform Governance, Media and Technology has published a new special issue entitled “Automation in the Digital Society” together with Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold.

Will the arrest of Telegram’s CEO in France have implications for platform regulation, in the EU and elsewhere?  The arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s CEO and owner, has sent shockwaves through Telegram’s user base and (…)

An important publication from the Lab’s own Dr. Prof. Christian Katzenbach in collaboration with colleagues was published.

‘Unpacking the US TikTok ban’ Can the US government really ban TikTok? Do they really want to do that? In her blog post, ZeMKI member Rebecca Scharlach summarises the events that lead to the proposed TikTok ban (…)

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach and Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero from the “Platform Governance, Media and Technology” Lab at the University of Bremen in collaboration with Leipzig University member Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold have published a (…)