Publications (5)

There is an old Far Side comic strip, which depicts members of an exotic tribe wearing stereotypical grass skirts, nose bones and all. As two men approach their hut, the members of the tribe are (…)

Editorial The year 2019 was the first year that ZeMKI was recognized as a Central Research Unit (ZWE) of the University of Bremen. This makes us one of eight outstanding cross-departmental research units with a (…)

Since the popularization of the internet and information and communication technologies (ICTs), the access of older people to the digital society was limited and their engagement grew slowly. However, recently there has been an increase (…)

Where is the “center” and where is the “periphery” in film history? This question will guide the following paper on film critic Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes (1916-1977) and his intellectual network, from a postcolonial perspective, (…)

In April 2019 a report from Environment and Climate Change Canada revealed that Canada was warming twice as fast the rest of the world (Environment and Climate Change Canada 2019). Amongst the many anticipated consequences (…)

Recently, peer-to-peer (“p2p”) lending systems have emerged as popular vehicles for unsecured consumer and small-business lending (Nesta, 2014). P2p lending is an innovation distinct from the better-known crowdfunding: where crowdfunding systems operate as a mixture (…)

The quality of our news diet, the polarizing effects of political communication, or the way digital, social and mobile media are transforming public communications have long been matters of concern. Studies in media and communications (…)

Although cultural diplomacy has a long history worldwide, it was the mass media era which provided it with new tools, thus enabling the live broadcasting of cultural events. Cultural diplomats quickly learned the logic of (…)

Democracy is not just an ideal but also an aspiration for a just system of governance, and a model of what a ‘good’ society looks like. Democracy at its most basic is the rule of (…)

Over time, governments have developed numerous tactics to deter asylum seekers. Strict border controls, harsh penalties for immigrants who enter without authorization, and exclusion from legal employment or social benefits all work together to deter (…)

Editorial Sometimes, things happen faster than you think. 2018 was such a year for the ZeMKI. At the beginning of the year, our steering committee decided to submit an application to the Academic Senate (AS) (…)

Media-related changes in societies do not simply result from “disruptive technologies” being invented and then implemented by companies. Such a perspective would be far too simplistic an assumption of impact to capture the complexity of (…)