ZeMKI-News (25)

From over 150 applications, the steering committee of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen selected five researchers who will work together with at least two ZeMKI labs in interdisciplinary research for four weeks each until the end of 2025.

ZeMKI member Stephanie Geise talks about how images can manipulate our thoughts, especially when it comes to political election campaigns, in the new part of the buten un binnen thematic week “Denken & Gedanken“ on February 27.

In the media talk, which took place on January 21 at the Bremen Press Club, Jens Radü, head of the German magazine DER SPIEGEL, shared, among other things, how editorial offices deal with the use of AI.

In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series "Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research", Tom Divon and Dr. Carolina Are will be guests on the topic of "Platform Gaslighting".

In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Professor Dr. Stephanie Geise reports on how dangerous AI-generated images can be for democracy and what measures can ensure transparency and integrity.

With the involvement of the audience, one of the questions discussed at the media talk on “AI in journalism” on January 21 was: “Does artificial intelligence scare you?”.

In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Cornelius Puschmann explains what consequences the abolition of moderation mechanisms on platforms such as X and Facebook could have for democracy.

On Tuesday, 21 January, the ZeMKI and Radio Bremen jointly hosted a media talk on the topic of ‘AI in journalism’ at the Bremen Press Club.

In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Professor Dr. Christian Katzenbach reports on how the denial of responsibility by large tech companies such as Meta and X can affect democracy.

ZeMKI member Prof. doctor Stephanie Geise in the current article by "buten un binnen" examining how the top candidates of the Bremen parties design their campaign strategies on social media.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero, from our ZeMKI’s Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology, is delivering two guest lectures at University College Dublin (UCD) on February 18 & 20, 2025.

In the next session of the PGMT-Lab online talk series ‘Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research’, Emillie de Keulenaar from the University of Groningen will be our guest.