ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research

On Sunday, 6 June 2021, our esteemed colleague Marco Höhn would have celebrated his 50th birthday. He died unexpectedly and suddenly in September 2020.

For a Thematic Issue in the International Journal of Communication: "Beyond Californian Ideology? Tech Communities and Alternative Imaginaries of Deep Mediatization"

ZeMKI member Dr. Rasmus Greiner publishes his book "Cinematic Histospheres. On the Theory and Practice of Historical Films".

ZeMKI member Andreas Hepp will give a lecture on 02 June on "The 'Life Cycle' of Pioneer Communities: The Emergence and the Decline of the Quantified Self and Maker Movements"

The ZeMKI members Dr. Hendrik Heuer, Dr. Juliane Jarke and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter published the article about "Machine learning in tutorials – Universal applicability, underinformed application, and other misconceptions"

Prof. Dr. Ellen Helsper gives the lecture as part of the research seminar in the summer semester 2021. It will take place on June 2, 2021 from 04:15 pm to 5:45pm online at Zoom.

Christina Broo joins the ZeMKI lab "Media Education and Educational Media" of Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf

Welcome! Christina Broo joins the ZeMKI lab "Media Education and Educational Media" of Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf

From May 27-31, 2021, the 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) will again be held virtually this year due to the ongoing Corona pandemic. ZeMKI members will present their latest research results at the conference.

Prof. Dr. Jan van Dijk will give his lecture as part of the research seminar in the summer semester 2021 on May 26, 2021 from 04:15 pm to 5:45pm online at Zoom.

The Paper "Algorithmic content moderation: Technical and political challenges in the automation of platform governance" by ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach is mentioned in "The Markup"

The book presentation takes place on 13th of May at 4pm. ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Averbeck-Lietz, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp and Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krotz contributed to the book.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach will give a keynote speech at the international conference of Istanbul Bilgi University on April 29.

The first lecture of the research seminar in the summer semester 2021 will take place on April 28, 2021 from 04:15 pm to 5:45pm online at Zoom.

As part of its pioneering research in the media sector, the ZeMKI is cooperating with Netzwerk Recherche on a project about innovative media start-ups in Europe.

On April 22-23, 2021, the ZeMKI will hold its annual international conference online together with the Communication History Section in the DGPUK (German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies) and the Institute for Newspaper Research in Dortmund.

Welcome! Yuru Li joins the ZeMKI lab "Media and Religion" of Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp together with Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen from the Leibniz Institute for Media Research publishes a research article on the conceptualisation of the role of pioneer journalists and pioneer communities in the organisational refiguration of journalism.

For the eighth time, students organize the event "Mediapractice", a week of various events to give students the opportunity to get to know companies and institutions of Bremen's media and pioneer communities creative industries.

The book article by ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp appeared in the special issue of "Soziologische Revue 2020" on "Sociology - Sociology in the German-Speaking World".