We are pleased to welcome Michael Latzer to UPF! Join us next Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in Sala La Nau (51.100, 1st floor, Building 51), Campus del Poblenou. Registration: eventum.upf.edu/150610/detai...

📣 Our four World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports are now available also in English: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 ➡️ Learn more about digital divides, generative AI use, convergent technologies, and digital everyday religion 👩‍💻🤖 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

Congratulations to our team member Daniela Jaramillo-Dent @danijaradent.bsky.social for winning the Best Seminar Award at @ikmz.bsky.social for her spring semester course on content creators and social media ecosystems. Very well deserved! 🙌 ➡️ mediachange.ch/news/188

📱 The use of digital services is increasing in Switzerland, with instant messaging use rising to 96% in 2025. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

📱😌 Internet use is becoming an everyday religion: 34% of 14-19-year-olds report that the use of digital services gives them peace of mind. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

👁️ In Switzerland, 82% of internet users self-inhibit their information seeking due to feeling surveilled. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

🫆 Skepticism prevails regarding cyborg technologies: a majority of Swiss internet users fear cybercrime (78%) and privacy violations (67%). 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

⌛ About half of Swiss internet users want to reduce their internet use time (49% vs. 2019: 28%). 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

🛍️ The digitalization of everyday life is progressing rapidly: 65% of transactions are cashless, and 39% of products are purchased online. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

🤖 In Switzerland, 45% of 20- to 29-year-olds feel very comfortable using generative AI, compared to 20% of those aged 70 and older. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

Some of our latest findings on generative AI and cyborg technologies from our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports are discussed (in German) in the Tages-Anzeiger. Read more here 👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz-so-n...

🌐 In 2025, people in Switzerland spend an average of 5.7 hours online per day, rising to 8.4 hours among people aged 20 to 29. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

🧑‍⚖️ In Switzerland, 42% of AI users call for stricter artificial intelligence regulation, compared to 61% of AI non-users. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

🧑‍💻 The share of the Swiss online population that has used generative AI has risen sharply – from 37% in 2023 to 54% in 2024 and 73% in 2025. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet

Generative AI deepens the digital divide in Switzerland and is increasingly becoming part of everyday life. The latest findings of the World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 are now online 🤖 ✨ ➡️ mediachange.ch/news/187

Last week, I participated in the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies mid-year conference in the beautiful Stockholm area. It was a great opportunity and a memorable way to conclude my conference experiences this year!

I had a great time at the @aoir.bsky.social conference in Niterói, Brazil, this week. I am grateful for the opportunity to present our @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social research, supported by @snsf.ch, on how digital communication motives mitigate the chilling effects of dataveillance.

📣 Wir laden Sie herzlich zu unserer öffentlichen Vortragsreihe „Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern“ ein. Gastredner:innen geben spannende Einblicke in die aktuelle Digitalisierung der Gesellschaft und in Künstliche Intelligenz.

📝 Pub alert: My first dissertation (and first-author) paper "Triggers of a Sense of Dataveillance: Empirical Insights Into Characteristics and Determinants" is out in @emergingmedia.bsky.social 👉 Find it here: lnkd.in/e-xeJQGD @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social @ikmz.bsky.social @snf-fns.ch

📣 New open-access paper from @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social available! We investigated young adults’ dataveillance imaginaries, sense of dataveillance, and behavioral responses on YouTube. 👉 publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...

Had the pleasure of presenting and discussing our mixed-methods study providing causal evidence of chilling effects of dataveillance in Switzerland at #ica25 in #Denver. Thanks for having us and for the lively discussion! @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social @moritzbuchi.bsky.social

We warmly congratulate our team members Sarah Daoust-Braun @sarahdaoustbraun.bsky.social and Noemi Festic for winning the 2025 Saxer Award for Best Presentation at the #SGKM Annual Conference for their work on how motives for digital communication mitigate the chilling effects of dataveillance! 👏

Congratulations to our former colleague Kiran Kappeler kirankappeler.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 Dissertation Award at the sgkm.bsky.social Annual Conference for her outstanding dissertation on “Negotiating Digital Technology Use in the Highly Digitized Swiss Society.” Well deserved! 🙌

✨School voor Sociale Wetenschappen van Universiteit Hasselt werft (open rank) professor Media Studies/Communicatiewetenschappen & Digitalisering aan❗ 🧑‍🏫 Wil je deel worden van ons dynamische, gepassioneerde en groeiende team? 📣 Dan zoeken wij jou! shorturl.at/6UmjL 📝 Solliciteren tem 13.02.2025

The English version of our report on knowledge, use and attitudes on Generative AI tools in Switzerland, in collaboration with the Swiss public broadcasting association, is now available 🤖👩‍💻 Find out more: mediachange.ch/research/art...

How have Swiss internet users integrated AI tools into their everyday lives? 🤖 98% know them, 54% of everyone and 93% of the young use them 👩‍💻 Check out our new report with @SRGSSR on knowledge, use, and attitudes on Generative AI in Switzerland! 🇨🇭📊 mediachange.ch/news/183/