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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.

Blake Hallinan & CJ Reynolds from Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be speaking in the next session of the PGMT Lab online talk series “Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research”.

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’.

Michael Reiss from the Leibniz Institute for Media Research will give a lecture on the use of generative AI for research and as a source of information for users as part of the DCID Lab Colloquium on 15 January 2025 at 10:30 am.

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.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the DVD, Bremen Zwei broadcasts an interview with ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger.

The University of Bremen is seeking to fill a professorship in Communication and Media Studies in Faculty 9 Cultural Studies as soon as possible with then following profile: Tenure-Track-Professor (f/m/x) with tenure-track after W2 (Salary Level W1) for the subject area Media, Society and the Good Life.

In the WDR 5 feature "Curiosity is enough" on the topic "Ancestry research - who am I?" ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling reports from her current research on family history, memory and genealogy platforms.