ZeMKI-News (6)

Two members of ZeMKI have been newly appointed to the editorial board of the journal gamevironments: Christian Schwarzenegger and Karsten D. Wolf will strengthen the scientific panel of the gaming journal.

To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, numerous events are taking place across Germany in the form of workshops, news camps, and web talks. Radio Bremen is also participating in the event. As part of the workshop "Who do you believe?", students of Communication and Media Studies (KMW) are invited to the Radio Bremen studio.

On April 8, 2026, Bruna Paroni from the University of Urbino, Italy, gave a talk at ZeMKI in Bremen on algorithmic amplification of visual content in Brazilian election campaigns.

The latest version of OpenQDA was released today. Users can now add and manage notes—also known as “memos”—to their project materials. A key feature here is that notes in OpenQDA can be visible both privately (…)

Insults, threats, rumors, or the sharing of intimate images against one’s will—digital violence is now a daily occurrence and a reality of life for many children and adolescents. That is why it is all the more important to shed light on the issue of digital violence and provide parents with concrete steps they can take.

The first subproject of the ComAI research group, titled “Pioneer Communities: Imaginations of Communicative AI and Their Possible Futures,” analyzes how pioneer communities shape the emergence and spread of communicative artificial intelligence (ComAI) based on (…)

On April 16, the “Growmorrow – Celebrate the Future” event will take place in Bremen. ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger has been invited to participate in a panel discussion on the main stage titled “Freedom of Speech, Media, and AI – Who Shapes Our Reality?”.

Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero will present at the symposium "Statecraft, Sovereignty & Digital Government" that will take place on 16 - 17 April 2026 at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Karina Moritzen is a PhD candidate in Musicology at the Universtiy of Oldenburg and in Communication at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. Since April 2026, she serves as an advisory member of the “Media and Religion” lab led by Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler at ZeMKI.

ZeMKI Head Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp will deliver the keynote address at the international conference “Creative Communication and Empowerment,” which will take place on April 17 and 18 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

On Friday, April 17, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling will present her current postdoctoral project in the Cultures of Media Production Theme Group at the Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies as part of her collaboration with Dr. Berber Hagedoorn from the University of Groningen.

The next research colloquium of the 2026 summer semester will take place on April 15, 2026, at 4:15 pm, featuring a lecture by Prof. Dr. Ferruh Yilmaz from Tulane University (USA). The lecture, titled “The Global Rise of the Far Right: Populist Strategy, Crisis, and Affect,” will take place at Linzer Straße 4 in Room 60.070.