ZeMKI-News (7)

ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger and Katharina Schöppl are speaking today, April 9, 2026, at the ECREA Journalism Section conference on the topic "The threads behind the trends." They will present a paper titled "Emotional Belonging Against Epistemic Uncertainty? Understanding Alternative Media Use Beyond Ideology".

At the first research colloquium of the summer semester on April 8, 2026, at ZeMKI, Greg Elmer spoke about “The TV Show,” a provocative documentary that explores complex personal identities, online relationships, and political conflicts within a daily YouTube “TV show.”

The Filmfest Bremen will take place from April 15 to 19, 2026 - and molo is serving as a festival partner for the second time.

On April 8, 2026, at 4:15 p.m., the research colloquia for the 2026 summer semester will kick off with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Greg Elmer from Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada. The lecture, titled "Special Screening with Q’n’A: THE TV SHOW", will take place at Linzer Straße 4 in Room 60.070.

On March 28, the award ceremony for the “Klappe!” short film competition was once again held as part of Filmfest Bremen. This year, the First Jury Prize went to Lukas Brennecke, a former master’s student (…)

On March 18, 2026, ZeMKI welcomed Prof. Dr. Emilija Gagrčin as a new member. In a short interview, Emilija Gagrčin outlined her academic career, shared her thoughts on ZeMKI and Bremen, and elaborated on her (…)

ZeMKI is pleased to welcome a new addition: Prof. Dr. Axel Bruns has recently joined the “Communicative AI” (ComAI) research group as a Mercator Fellow.

Since 2023, the research project We The (Social) Media (WTSM) has been examining how social movements use social networks and which challenges arise in the process.

The new ZeMKI working paper by Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed and Carlos Gutiérrez-González, entitled “Restoring audiovisual products sustainably: innovative approaches to work with audiovisual archives” is now available. What is it about? The paper explores evolving definitions (…)

On Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 17:00, the PGMT Lab through the EU-funded project REMIT ("Reignite Multilateralism via Technology") will host a public discussion with Professor Marianne Franklin of the University of Groningen. The event, held at the Kleiner Saal of the Haus der Wissenschaften is open to the public and moderated by PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker.

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach participates at the conference "Code & Codex – AI and Ethics in Military Combat" that takes place at Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/ Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg on 19th and 20th of March 2026.

The article “Counter publicity as a feeling? Alternative media and public dissent as the will and imagination of their users” co-authored by the ZeMKI members Katharina Schöppl and Christian Schwarzenegger, is awarded second prize for the best communication studies journal article of 2025 at the DGPuK 2026 conference.