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ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp publishes the article “Figurationen digitaler Zukünfte - oder: Warum wir eine Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung der Emergenz brauchen” in the newly published thematic issue of the Berliner Journal für Soziologie.

In June 2025, ZeMKI member professor Dr Andreas Hepp will address key questions on the transformation of public communication and the digital futures of communicative AI at two renowned events.

On June 13, 2025, as part of the ICA conference in Denver, a panel entitled “Critical Perspectives on Communicative AI and Society: Imaginaries, Data Infrastructures, Democracy, Silence and Automated Markets”took place.

How do we stay mentally strong in digital times? This question is at the center of three current lectures by Leif Kramp, which deal with the effects of the digital transformation on users and journalists.

What characterizes the “intellectual landscape” surrounding the development of artificial intelligence in California? ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp is currently researching pioneering communities in Silicon Valley as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Andreas (…)

On June 7, 2025, the radio report "molo - Lokaljournalismus in einer App" by WDR5 is published.

On June 4, Niels Bibert successfully defended his dissertation at the KU Leuven entitled “An Odd Game? Understanding Esports Betting Access, Drivers and Consumption”.

The article published in 2024 entitled “Solving the crisis with ‘do-it-yourself heroes’? The media coverage on pioneer communities, Covid-19, and technological solutionism” in the journal ‘Communications’ is now also available in print.

In an article published by MDR on May 29, 2025, the local news app molo is presented as an alternative to large platforms such as Facebook and TikTok.

On May 22, 2025, the local news app “molo” will be presented at the 69th Conference for Urban Press Relations and Communication in Rostock.

An interview with ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner served as the basis for the report “Sport für junge Zielgruppen” in the program “WDR 5 Töne, Texte, Bilder”.

ZeMKI members Andrea Grahl and Alex Krause will be holding a workshop on “molo – eine Plattform als neues soziales Medium für Stadt und Region” at re:publica 2025 on May 26 at 3 pm.