ZeMKI members Dr. Erik Koenen and Vertr. Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger initiate a Working Group on "Diachronic Perspectives of Knowledge and Sustainable Research Strategies for the Study of Digital Society: Historical Contexts of the Emergence of Digital Media Culture(s)" at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies - CAIS Bochum. The first workshop will take place from 12 to 15 June 2023. The aim of the Working Group is to develop diachronic perspectives and sustainable research strategies for the study of digital society. The Working Group aims to open up and broaden the focus of communication studies research on digital society diachronically for long-term developments and processes. The focus of interest is specifically on the complex historical contexts of the emergence of digital media culture(s) in the process of social penetration with computer and digital media technologies since the 1980s until today.