ZeMKI-News (26)

We are excited to announce the release of OpenQDA 1.0! This major update brings numerous improvements that make working with OpenQDA even more intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable.

At the ZeMKI General Assembly on January 24, 2025, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (right) and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler (left) were confirmed in office as ZeMKI spokespersons for a further two years. In addition, Sandra (…)

In her article „Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship“, from January 22, 2025, ZeMKI member Dr. Daria Dergacheva sums up the latest developments in internet censorship in Russia.

ZeMKI member Professor Dr. Andreas Hepp reports on the molo news platform on Deutschlandfunk's format @mediasres.

Horizont Editor Helena Birkner reports on the continuing success and development of the app 'molo'.

In one section of the new handbook on contexts of media reception, ZeMKI members Prof. Dr Andreas Hepp and Dr. Philip Sinner deal with the subject area of ‘Media reception, community and communitisation’.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach comments on Zuckerberg's decision to end cooperation with fact-checkers in the Tagesspiegel: "We need platforms that take responsibility".

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach was featured in a WIRED article from January 9, 2025, as an expert on the topic of Elon Musk and right-wing politics.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger gives a lecture on the topic: "Eternal values", latest tools: The far right's use of generative AI for meme-driven propaganda.

A new chapter on the study of monsters in video games has been published by Joleen Blom and ZeMKI member Dr. Dom Ford in ‘Monstrosity in Games and Play’.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr Andreas Hepp, project manager of the ‘molo.news’ app, reported on the ad-free and data-saving news platform for local news in the Radio Eins podcast ‘Medienmagazin’ on 11 January 2025.

The Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, is hosting the next AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on 3-4 june 2025.