The 71st Annual Conference of the DGPuK (German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies) will take place from March 18 to 20, 2026, at the Institute of Journalism at the Technical University of Dortmund. This year’s theme, “#Science #Communication #Democracy,” focuses on the interplay between science, media-mediated communication, and democratic processes. The conference will focus on key challenges for media, science, and democracy in the digital age and promote exchange between researchers.
ZeMKI will be represented at DGPuK 2026 with several contributions.
March 19, 2026
11:00-12:00 AM
Location: SRG 1.004
Stephanie Geise, Sabine Reich, Michael Linke: Synthetic Images in Political Advertising: Strategic Use and Audience Response during Germany’s Federal Elections in 2025
1:30-3:00 PM
Location: SRG 2.028
Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann, Stephanie Geise, Wilke Jürgen: To trend or not to trend – das ist hier die Frage. Auf der Suche nach Trends in der Berichterstattung deutscher Tageszeitungen zu Bundestags- und Europawahlkämpfen von 1949 bzw. 1979 bis heute
3:30-5:00 PM
Location: SRG 1.004
Rieke Böhling: „Be a part of something big“ – Kollaborative Familienforschung, Plattformen und Erinnerung
3:30-5:00 PM
Location: SRG 2.028
Katharina Schöppl, Christian Schwarzenegger: #Alternative Wissenschaft – #Alternative Kommunikation – #Alternative Demokratie: Epistemische Autoritäten in alternativen Medienumgebungen
3:30-5:00 PM
Location: SRG 1.001
Andreas Hepp, Philip Sinner, Florian Hohmann, Karsten Wolf, Jan Küster: „OpenQDA 1.0.3 – ein CAQDAS als kommunikations- und medienwissenschaftlicher Beitrag zur Forschungsinfrastruktur“
Kim Ermler, Christian Katzenbach: “Platform Goverance Archive (PGA): Forschungsdaten zu Regeln in Social Media und Generative AI”
Andreas Hepp, Florian Hohmann, Christian Katzenbach, Wiebke Loosen, Alexander Ohlei, Cornelius Puschmann, Gregor Wiedemann, Rahel Winter: “ComAI Research Space: Eine Forschungsinfrastruktur zur Erforschung von KI-Diskursen und KI-Trends”
March 20, 2026
10:30-12:00 AM
Location: SRG 1.024
Jan Rau, Daniel Dzikowski, Gregor Wiedemann, Philipp Kessling, Cornelius Puschmann: Methodische Herausforderungen der Anwendung von Vektor-Autoregression in der Untersuchung digitaler Informationsflüsse: Ein Multiverse-Ansatz
1:30-3:00 PM
SRG 1.004
Click here for the complete program of the DGPuK 2026
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