I have just arrived in 🚊Graz, where we are meeting for the (late) summer ☀️retreat of our @com-ai.bsky.social Until Wednesday, we want to discuss what #research has been carried out in the projects over the last 6️⃣ months, what the challenges of #triangulating #methods 🔣 are,

#CfP THE IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE OF AI – VISIONS, POSITIONS, CONFLICTS ❓ What are the #future #visions and #imaginaries of #communications, #society, and social #change in diverse #global contexts in relation to #AI, #AGI and #ComAI? 📣 Submissions invited to #IJoC: comai.space/en/call-for-...

‼️ #JobAlert: Computer Science / Computational Social Science / Media and Communications At @zemki.bsky.social we are looking for a research assistant for developing web-based tools for collecting and visualising data on communicative #AI. More information: comai.space/stellenaussc...

While #OpenAI has released GPT-5, our research into the ‘imaginative landscape of AI’ in #SiliconValley / the San Francisco Bay Area is progressing. #ComAI

📣 Warum brauchen wir kleine und große #Visionen 🌈 🤖 🌳 der #Zukunft? Welche Rolle kann #KI dabei spielen? 🗞️ In der aktuellen Wochenausgabe der @taz.de habe ich dazu einen Artikel anhand des Beispiels der #Expo in #Osaka, #Japan, geschrieben: taz.de/Expo-in-Osak...

This talk is tomorrow - on ‘The Future of Communicative AI: Why Societal Communication Matters and What This Means for Media and Communication Research’, #ComAI, #AI, #pioneercommunities, #Future: aimeetshss.acdh-ch-dev.oeaw.ac.at/conference/a...

I am very pleased that our article "Solving the crisis with 'do-it-yourself #heroes'? The media coverage on pioneer communities, #Covid-19, and technological #solutionism" is now also available in print: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

molo war auf der @re-publica.com – und fällt gleich auf! Wie beim MDR zu lesen ist: #rp25 ist ein Gegenentwurf zu großen sozialen Medien wie #Facebook, #Tiktok oder #X. Wer uns ausprobieren will: molo.news Der Beitrag des MDR zur #rp25 findet sich hier: www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

#ICA25 will still take place in Denver

BREAKING: "Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029." #ICA25

Am 7.5.2025 hält @ahepp.bsky.social am Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) der Hitotsubashi University, Tokio, einen Vortrag zum Thema der digitalen Zukünfte und welcher Forschungsperspektive es bedarf, diese zu erforschen. zemki.uni-bremen.de/forschungsau...

Die Erforschung der digitalen Transformation fragt meist nach deren Folgen. Der Wandel ist aber schon im Gange, deshalb sei die Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung der Konsequenz um eine der Emergenz zu ergänzen, schreibt @ahepp.bsky.social im Berliner Journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

On Tuesday (22 April) I will be at @unibremen.bsky.social for a panel discussion hosted by @zemki.bsky.social Looking forward to hanging out with @ahepp.bsky.social and colleagues to talk about LLMs and the death of the author. zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/open-disc...

I will be working with multiple scholars and labs including @ahepp.bsky.social, Christian Katzenbach, and Andreas Breiter to better understand how AI is changing our world and people navigate these changes.

🛫 💪 On February 25 & 26, 2025, we had our Kick-Off of the Research Unit @com-ai.bsky.social “Communicative AI: The transformation of societal communication” at @zemki.bsky.social - together with our partners at HBI, University Graz, @univie.ac.at & ifib. We couldn't have wished for a better start!

It is noteworthy that Elon #Musk is trying to play the 'open' (“charity”) vs. 'commercial' (“for-profit”) card in his takeover bid for #OpenAI – and how Sam #Altman reacts to it. What is true, however, is that Twitter was once worth more: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Fresh back from our great retreat with the @zemki.bsky.social Lab Mediatization and Datafication - 2 days of intense discussion, great ideas and lots of fun. Thanks for that!

These were two exciting days among bright smart colleagues: annual retreat of the #Datafication and #Mediatization Lab @zemki.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social on the ambivalences of #comai at Gut Bredbeck

💪‼️🥳 The update to 1.0 of #OpenQDA, our software and research infrastructure for coding #qualitative #data, is out: In addition to a new interface, the code system can now be managed easily and intuitively, and much more. #QDA #opensource zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/openqda-1...

🚨 #Jobalert: The application deadline for the tenure track assistant professorship #Media, #Society and the #GoodLife at @zemki.bsky.social is February 6 (in 2 days): zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/job-adver...

The @zemki.bsky.social Research Day has begun: once a semester we all meet to discuss our research and new ideas together. A highlight every semester!

👀 What happens when #SiliconValley CEOs watch #Trump more carefully: They believe Trump "will be incredible for the country in many ways!". It's remarkable how one #SiliconValley CEO after the other is swinging in Trump's direction. Sam #Altman from #OpenAI was next.

🔈 📻 Der Deutschlandfunk hat über unsere lokale #Plattform #molo berichtet – als Alternative zu #Facebook, #Instagram und ehemals #Twitter. Es geht darum, wie molo #Lokaljournalismus und #Community zusammen bringt und was die Überlegungen für die Zukunft sind. www.deutschlandfunk.de/lokale-alter...

Angst vor KI? Die Mehrheit der Gäste sagt nein oder ist unentschieden. Die ZeMKI-Mediengespräche zum Thema „KI im Journalismus“ heute mit @jensradue.bsky.social und @ahepp.bsky.social im voll besetzten Bremer Presse-Club mit Bremen Zwei.

Any seats left? NO! Bremen Press Club overcrowded for the @zemki.bsky.social ZeMKI-Mediengespräch on AI and Journalism. Lisa-Maria Röhling (Radio Bremen/Bremen Zwei) together with Dr Jens Radü (Der Spiegel @spiegel.de) and Professor Dr Andreas Hepp (@ahepp.bsky.social ZeMKI @unibremen.bsky.social).

In today's @zemki.bsky.social @com-ai.bsky.social #ComAI lecture, @sonja-utz.de presents her research on the #credibility of communicative #AI: Voice assistants (spoken-interactive) are more credible than search engine results (text). But what about #ChatGPT (interactive, but text)?

Starkes Signal!! Über 60 dt. Hochschulen & Forschungsinstitutionen haben heute ihren Ausstieg bei X bekanntgegeben, s.u. #eXit X sei nicht mehr vereinbar mit ihren Grundwerten: „Weltoffenheit, wissenschaftliche Integrität, Transparenz und demokratischer Diskurs.“ Liste der Beteiligten hier:

Der Countdown läuft! Jetzt aber los: Ihr habt noch 7 Tage, um eure Ideen für das #rp25 Programm einzureichen! Alle Infos zum #CfP gibt's hier 🔗 re-publica.com/de/cfp-berlin #GenXYZ #FinalCountdown

#Job ‼️🚨: Assistant Professorship for #Media, #Society and the #GoodLife at @zemki.bsky.social, @unibremen.bsky.social. We are looking for a young innovative colleague who wants to research and teach in an exciting environment. Deadline is February 6th, 25, ℹ️: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/job-adver...

1/2 Die Entwicklungen bei #Facebook und #Instagram zeigen, dass #SiliconValley soziale Medien problematisch sind, weil sie zunehmend #Meinungsfreiheit mit „anything goes“ verwechseln.

Would you like to do research on #media, #communications, #data and #AI at the @zemki.bsky.social? Our paid 4-week fellowships are open, in an innovative and inspiring research environment. Deadline for applications is January 31st, for more information see: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/the-zemki...

This year, @zemki.bsky.social will be 20 - and we are planning a conference on the topic of ‘20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?’. Would you like to take part? Further information and the call for papers are available here: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/event/20-...

End of last year we presented the latest version of #OpenQDA, an open source research infrastructure for qualitative data analysis at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social – here is a short report on this by Roland Toth: methodslab.weizenbaum-institut.de/2024/12/20/s...

If the German press didn't constantly report on Elon #Musk's X contributions, that would be a gigantic step. Where did they get the idea that his X contributions are important? Not reporting would probably have saved us from his Welt article.

Slow thinking, not necessarily indoors. #SlowScience

Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'! Once again, a lot has happened. We are looking forward to next year, to many new and old encounters and to joint plans! zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki-wis...

Our @zemki.bsky.social research report is out just in time for the end of the year! If you want to find out more about what we have researched in the past year and what we are planning in our @com-ai.bsky.social research unit, then it's worth taking a look! 👇 zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/out-now-z...

Just published by our @zemki.bsky.social colleagues @schwarz3n3gg3r.bsky.social, @erikkoenen74.bsky.social, @radde-antweiler.bsky.social and @kadewe.bsky.social and highly recommended: an in-depth reflection on the transformative power of digital #gaming: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Do ppl trust #GenAI as a source in #sciencecommunication? Paper in @jscicom.bsky.social w/ #BKremer @liliannf.bsky.social @nielsmede.bsky.social: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi... ➡️Germans sceptical about #GenAI in #scicomm ➡️46% of population don't trust it ➡️Trust in GenAI linked to trust in science

Very full house at todays ComAI Lecture hosted by @zemki.bsky.social ! Our guest is Prof. Dr. Jeremy Knox (U. Of Oxford), talking on „AI, Education, and Power“ Wishing you all a very interesting evening and a joyful holiday season ✨ ComAI Lecture Series will continue 14.01.25 with @sonja-utz.de

Will #chatbots teach your children? Jeremy Knox argues in his @zemki.bsky.social #ComAI lecture that such ideas are part of a long tradition of imagining the role of #technology in #education which is also a story of power in education. This becomes more and more sensory power.

🚨🚀 @netzwerkrecherche.org conducted a survey on “Independent Public Interest Media”. 174 newsrooms from 31 European countries were surveyed. Anyone interested in #pioneerjournalism, alternative models of #journalism and #platformcoop: Take a look! 👇 👇 👇 journalismvalueproject.eu/survey/

A reminder: today at 15:00 MET I will give a talk on #datafication, #automation and communicative #AI, discussing the need to broaden #mediatization research (at the online symposium "Living and Research in Times of Deep Mediatisation"). For more information see: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/talk-by-a...

Interesting blind spot noted during the 60-70's Whole Earth Catalog Movement in this interview of Richard Barbrook on 'California Ideology'. Wonder if the newer bioregional / solarpunk movements are repeating the same thing or learning from the past.

What moves locally: The latest version of #molo has gone online - our local news and event #platform (in German). You can now not only post in the app, but also create new distribution areas. The app can be found in the Apple and Google Store. #journalism #news #localjournalism #community molo.news

Just published: our article on "Solving the crisis with ‘do-it-yourself heroes‘?". It's about the #media coverage on the #Maker and #QuantifiedSelf movements, #Covid-19, and technological #solutionism. With Jeanette Asmuss, Julie Lüpkes and Anne Schmitz 👇👇👇 www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

On November 26, 2024, Christoph Pieper (Director of Communications Werder Bremen) will be a guest in the KMW 1 lecture "Introduction to Theories and Basic Concepts" by ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner. zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/practice-...

Today the @ifkw.bsky.social at LMU is celebrating its 100th birthday and I'm on my way. Let's see how they celebrate the 100th. Next year it will be our turn at @zemki.bsky.social for the 20th, which will certainly be a different party 🎈 🥳 🎉 ... www.ifkw.uni-muenchen.de/institut/ind...

With all the current discussion about Elon #Musk, it seems worth reflecting on #CalifornianIdeology again. The interview that @ntnsndr.in conducted with Richard Barbrook last year is definitely worth reading – much of it is more relevant now than it appeared at the time: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

AI can be used to 'disrupt' anything of value: publishing, art, music, you name it: www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub... All you need is a guilt-free extractive mindset. Data Colonialism provides the playbook: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455862... @chuckwendig.bsky.social @suyidavies.com