ComAI-Lectures

This talk discusses how data donation infrastructures can be used to study political behaviour on social media platforms. It introduces data donation as a way to access user-centric traces of political information exposure and engagement that are otherwise difficult to obtain, and reflects on key conceptual and methodological challenges such as sampling, validity, and ethics. Drawing on ongoing work, the presentation outlines how donated platform data can be linked to survey measures of attitudes and behaviour, and sketches opportunities for future collaborative projects in the broader field of political communication and platform research.

Abstract This presentation examines worker-led AI governance, understood as the collective ability of workers, through unions, cooperatives, grassroots collectives, and social movements, to shape how AI is used, managed, deployed, negotiated, or refused at work. (…)

Abstract One of the paradoxes of AI is that it is a global phenomenon, but at the same time, it is always situated in specific, local contexts and cultures. While approaches that aim to study (…)

Abstract Generative AI has become a significant trend in visualization research and practice since the release of ChatGPT in 2022. Despite this, we do not know enough about how visualization professionals are actually using Generative (…)

Bio Axel Bruns is an Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for (…)

Abstract With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and data are being championed as forces for good and as solutions to the (…)

Abstract AI promises speed, efficiency, and seamless automation, yet in pursuing these ideals, we risk marginalizing practices and temporalities that matter: slowness, reflection, imperfection, and the capacity to linger. This talk reframes the conversation about (…)

Abstract This talk examines the shared implications of emerging AI technologies across media industries. Advancements in generative artificial intelligence are bringing rapid changes to communication industries. AI applications can perform increasingly human-like roles in the (…)

Abstract The workshop aims to explore the concepts of “protocological governance” and “intellectual landscape”, and their interconnectedness. “Protocological governance” seeks to rehabilitate the concept of protocol in media theory, recognizing it as an ambivalent form (…)

Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a focal point of academic discourse, particularly with regard to its role in shaping and moderating public online discussions. This presentation introduces three research projects that examine the (…)

The presentation highlights how science communicators and journalists use GenAI, how tools like ChatGPT present science, how citizens use GenAI to inform themselves about science, and the effects of these developments.

ComAI Lectures overview Fall Semester 2024/25 Ralf Bendrath (Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament): “How the EU’s AI Act came about. Insights from a Negotiator” Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese (Universiteit van Amsterdam): “The AI (…)