ZeMKI-News (12)

The latest issue of the gamevironments Journal, focusing on gaming, was published on December 18, 2025. Among the published articles are exciting pieces such as "The Byzantine Army in Video Games: Common Misconceptions Shaping Popular Perceptions" and "Hollow yet Hopeful? Sky Islands, Hubris, and Gravity in Video Games." Check it out here. 

Dr. Miira Hill from the DCID Lab discussed the impact of social media on democracy with leading German researchers. The group is working on a consensus paper and stronger networking within the research field.

The new ZeMKI Research Report 2024/2025 looks back on a special year: 2025 was marked by the 20th anniversary of ZeMKI.

On December 17 and 18, 2025, the international conference “GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future” will take place at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and online via Zoom. ZeMKI will also be represented with several contributions.

On December 11, 2025, ZeMKI member Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will give a lecture at the University of Bern on "RECOV-19: The Changing Role of Religion in Societies Emerging from Covid-19". The Covid19 pandemic has revealed how diverse worldviews shape responses to crises.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will participate in a network meeting of the CARD project at the University of Würzburg from December 8th to 10th. How is religious agency changing in the age of digitalization and artificial intelligence? Researchers at the Universities of Bremen and Würzburg are addressing this question in the new DFG research network CARD. The interdisciplinary project is scheduled to run for three years.

The local information platform molo unveils version 5.0 of its app, which offers users a range of helpful new features.

On December 5, the workshop Towards Development of Mediatization Research IX will take place, with this year's theme being youth, sports, and media.

On December 4 and 5, 2025, the workshop “How quickly times change – Diagnosing the present and refiguring spaces” will take place at the Technical University of Berlin as part of the Collaborative Research Center 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces.”

On the occasion of ChatGPT's third anniversary, ZeMKI member Christian Katzenbach explains how AI can be controlled with a rule-based system.

Prof. Cornelius Puschmann, head of the Lab for Digital Communication and Information Diversity (DCID), was interviewed on DLF's @mediasres program about the reporting on the World Climate Summit in Belém.

In the context of the third anniversary of chatGPT, ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann explains how AI-driven bots threaten public communication.