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In a recent article for the Medium Magazine, ZeMKI member Dr. Leif Kramp examines the international debate surrounding social media bans for children and adolescents. In it, he argues that the focus should be less on bans and more on promoting confident use of social media and online platforms in general. Efforts to strengthen digital resilience should target children, adolescents, and their parents and be promoted systematically and broadly.

In Cambridge, Christian will contribute to the CGHR research theme "Global Experiences of Algorithmic Governance," building on his long-standing work on how technologies both shape and are shaped by discourses and regulations.

ZeMKI member Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will give a presentation titled "EDUCATIONAL GAMES AS WAYS OF TEACHING ABOUT ANTISEMITISM" at the "Religion and (In)Equalities: European Academy of Religion Ninth Annual Conference" in Rome on June 30, 2026.

The new ZeMKI working paper by Prof. Dr. Lars de Wildt, entitled "Cultural Hegemony in Videogames (and the rise of China)" is now available.

The Saturday edition of the Weser-Kurier on June 27 featured an essay by ZeMKI member Dr. Leif Kramp on the dominance of a handful of platform companies in digital media usage.

The IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) will take place from June 28 to July 2, 2026, at the University of Galway (Ireland). The theme of this year’s conference is “Peripheries and Connections: Media, Communication, and Transformation.” ZeMKI will be represented at the conference with several presentations.

As part of the event “Who Is Making Generative AI the ‘Inevitable’ Technology of the Future?”, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach will give a presentation in English on the social and political shaping of generative AI.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling will participate in the “Research and Education” panel at Career Day as part of the Euroculture Intensive Program.

ZeMKI has posted a job opening for a research assistant (Ph.D. candidate) for the research program of the Good Life and Media Society Lab headed by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Emilija Gagrčin.

Prof. Christian Katzenbach participated in the RAIN Film Festival in Barcelona. Organized by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the international festival is dedicated to AI-generated cinema and a meeting point for research, creation and critical thinking and takes place from 14 to 17 June.

ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner recently appeared as a guest on a WDR segment hosted by Kevin Barth in connection with the World Cup. The segment focuses on how children provide commentary on soccer matches.

The special issue "Religion and Covid-19," edited by Gladys Ganiel, Solange Lefebvre, and Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, includes articles by Prof. Dr. Radde-Antweiler (Researching Religions in Societies Emerging from Covid-19: Introduction and Church Communication during COVID-19) and Dr. Amrei Sander (Religion in Times of Crisis: Religious Organizations and Groups in Germany and Their Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic), among others.