Welcome to #IKMZ, Paloma Gimenez Gil! 🎉 Paloma, a journalist and comms specialist will research how the UBS takeover of Credit Suisse was framed in global financial media. She joins us from Sept 2025–Aug 2026 under the supervision of Prof. Nadine Strauß. Welcome, Paloma!

📣 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.

Everyone agrees that quality matters – but what does “good” #evaluation actually mean?! Join our international lunchtime talk on the evaluation of science communication to discuss standardisation and perspectives from research and practice. Register now: eveeno.com/497479374 #SciComm

📢New publication📢 @tobiasdienlin.com shows that social media has a small but negative effect on well-being. Other activities like listening to music (+8%) or relaxing (+6%) have stronger effects. Impacts vary by age, gender, and country with younger users & men reporting stronger negative effects 🌍

💡 Am 23.09.2025 präsentiert @sfuerst.bsky.social in Winterthur die Ergebnisse der ersten schweizweiten Befragung von Medienschaffenden zu #KünstlicheIntelligenz im Journalismus. Mit Podiumsdiskussion & Apéro für weiteren Austausch und Networking😍 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🎉 Congratulations to PD Dr. Sarah Geber, who has been appointed to a professorship in Media & Communication Studies at the University of Mannheim😍 She joined the Department of Media & Communication Studies in August 2025. All the best as you begin this new chapter🎉 www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...

New directors #IKMZ🎉😍 After 5 years of dedicated service, @mss7676.bsky.social & @markeisenegger.bsky.social have stepped down as co-directors of the department. Their leadership has shaped IKMZ in meaningful ways, and we’re deeply grateful for their commitment!

We are happy to announce @friemel.bsky.social as the new co-director of the @ikmz.bsky.social together with @esserfrank.bsky.social. We are looking forward to all they’ll bring to the department and the broader university community. Congratulations, and welcome to your new role! 🎉

🔍 Looking for an interesting and informative book to add to your summer reading list? 📕 Check out "Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online" from @eszter.com and @palfrey.org!

Thrilled to finally see this paper out in print several years after @schafer.bsky.social and I started this project alongside @ikennedy.bsky.social, @beeeeeers.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social & @katestarbird.bsky.social! Unfortunately the detrimental policies we discuss remain relevant.

🎉 Congratulations to @nielsmede.bsky.social on his new role as Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research! The tenure-track position focuses on communication in life science contexts! Wishing you all the best in this exciting next chapter! 👏 www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...

🆕 CheckNews is expanding! The media literacy platform now offers free explainer videos in its new Science Chat series — tackling key topics around digitalization, media, and democracy. #MediaLiteracy #DigitalEducation #ScienceCommunication #CheckNews #fög #uzh More information ⬇️ shorturl.at/7QnaT

📢 New publication! @sfuerst.bsky.social published together with colleagues a special issue entitled “„Öffentliche, Transdisziplinäre und Transformative Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft” 📢 #OpenAccess More information⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/silke-...

Dr. Sandra Cortesi developed with colleagues from research, education, design, & policy the #FrontiersinDigitalChildSafety #report on innovative, child-centered strategies for digital safety. 🟩 Frontiers in Digital Child Safety report: tumthinktank.de/en/project/f... 🟩 More Info: shorturl.at/gkcOC

Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research @ikmz.bsky.social: LECTURER RESEARCH IN DIGITAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION (PERMANENT POSTDOCTORAL POSITION, 100%) 😍 Deadline for applications is 30 August, 2025. More information⬇️

🥳🥳 New publication by @sfuerst.bsky.social & @linardsudris.bsky.social with the title “Can constructive journalism provide impetus in the media crisis?” Published in the special issue “Media structures revisited” www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📢 CfP for a special issue on "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" 📅 Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2025 👉 lnkd.in/d6EMsBx2 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Great #IKMZ departmental trip last week😍 visiting the Zivilschutzmuseum, enjoying a lovely apéro, & ending with a great barbecue evening. Special thanks to Mark & Mike, who gave their farewell speeches as departmental leads. The whole #IKMZ thanks them for their contributions and leadership!🎉

Congratulations to Sandra Cortesi for making the shortlist for the 2025 UZH Teaching Award 👏 The award honors faculty who are consistent inspire curiosity in their students while ensuring that complex issues are accessible to all. Full shortlist: lnkd.in/eDn229wC

Bleak prospects for science journalism in Switzerland. My interview with Otfried Jarren from @ikmz.bsky.social in @horizons-en.bsky.social

Congratulations, @kirankappeler.bsky.social, for winning the 2025 Dissertation Award of the @sgkm.bsky.social 👏 Kiran wrote an excellent thesis on "Negotiating Digital Technology Use in the Highly Digitized Swiss Society". We are proud and happy for you, very well-deserved! 🥂 #SACM #SGKM2025 #FHGR

Congratulations Prof. Meg Jing Zeng for being elected to the new Executive Committee of @aoir.bsky.social! 👏 #AoIR is a leading #academic association in the field of #Internet studies. Meg will serve alongside the other elected members from 2025-2027, taking up her post in Oct 2026. Best of luck! ✨

Herzlichen Dank an das @brdata.bsky.social Team für die spannenden Einblicke. Wir sind super happy und stolz, dass wir mit der Technologie unseres Data Donation Labs @mediauseandeffects.bsky.social dieses wichtige Projekt ermöglichen konnten. @nico-ap.bsky.social @ikmz.bsky.social @dizh.bsky.social

📣 Launch-Event: Online-Tool zur Förderung von KI-Kompetenz bei Jugendlichen 💻 ❤️-liche Einladung 📅 24.06.25, 19–20 Uhr via Zoom ✅ Forschung zu KI-Kompetenzen im Unterricht + Live-Demo des Tools 👉 ki-schule.eu/events/ @dizh.bsky.social @ikmz.bsky.social @zhawdigital.bsky.social @phzuerich.bsky.social

Taking place on 5–7 August 2025 at the University of Zurich: the symposium “Computational Visual Media Research (CVMR): Methods, Theories, and Reflections” #CVMR25, organized by Prof. Dr. Jing Zeng. #Registration is now open – apply by 8 May! More info: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/en/research/...

Open #postdoc position in #science #communication at @ikmz.bsky.social – one that I fully and genuinely recommend. I've worked 6+ years in this team, and it's these very colleagues, NB @mss7676.bsky.social, and the exceptional research conditions that make me sad to leave #IKMZ soon 🙏 ➡️ t.uzh.ch/1PM

🚀 Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being. Apply by: 11 May 2025 Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement) jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Welcome at IKMZ, @tobiasdienlin.com! ✨ Tobias Dienlin is our new Full Professor leading the Media Psychology and Methods Division. Previously at @unihohenheim.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social #OhioStateUniversity @univie.ac.at, he joined #IKMZ on 1 April. We are happy to have you at #IKMZ! 🙌

Open #postdoc position in @mss7676.bsky.social's team at #IKMZ! 📣 Consider applying by 15.05.25 if you do research on #science #communication – including communication about science-related topics like #AI, #health, and #climate. Also, please spread the word! More info: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

We're happy to have @christelvaneck.bsky.social as a visiting researcher at #IKMZ! Christel is an Assistant Professor at @ascor.bsky.social and an expert on #climatechange #communication, science communication, and #polarization. Thanks for being with us, we hope Zurich will be treating you well! ☀️

Congratulations, Dr. Maud Reveilhac! Maud, who was a #postdoc at #IKMZ, has been appointed Asst. Prof. (tenure-track) in Digital Social Science at LUT University, Finland. We are sad that you will leave, Maud, but also very happy for you and wish you all the best! 🎉 www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...

🎵 It's coming home, it's coming ... Wanderausstellung is coming home ... 🎵 Ab 13.3.25 in Zürich. Lust darauf, in einem Escape-(News-)Room eine journalistische Recherche zu lösen? Gespannt, wie viel ihr an einer Spiel-Quiz-Konsole über die Medien wisst? www.photobastei.ch/site/activit...

Familiar face, new position: We're excited that @annisch.bsky.social is our new Asst. Prof. for #PoliticalCommunication. After a postdoctoral stay at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, she was a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at IKMZ since 2021. Welcome, Anne! 🙌 www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...

Heute vor zehn Jahren verstarb Kurt Imhof. Das @foeg.bsky.social erinnert an seinen Mitbegründer – einen herausragenden Wissenschaftler und streitbaren Geist, der sich für die Werte der Aufklärung, eine lebendige Demokratie und die kritische Analyse öffentlicher Kommunikation einsetzte.

Interested in studying one of the Master’s programs at our department? At the UZH #MasterInformationDays, we will introduce you to the #IKMZ Master’s programs: 📱 04/03/25, 12:30: MA Internet & Society (online) 🧑‍🏫 04/03/25, 19:00: MA Fachdidaktik Medien und Informatik (room AND 3.53) (1/2)

I have some exciting personal news to share: On April 1st, I'll join @ikmz.bsky.social at University of Zurich for a professorship labelled Media Psychology and Methods! I'm quite excited and very much looking forward to this new chapter and incredible opportunity!

Come work with us! Anne Schulz offers a doctoral position (3-6 years) in #political #communication research focusing on #news audiences and political #participation. Deadline for applications: 16 February 2025. More info 👇 @polcomm.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social

Congratulations, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social! Viktoria and Niels won the 2024 Postdoc Team Award of the University of Zurich for their 68-country project #TISP — and just published the first peer-reviewed publications of this project: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...

Come work with us! Der Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. @friemel.bsky.social für #Mediennutzung & #Medienwirkung sucht: ▶️ eine:n Oberassistent:in (PostDoc, 80%) — jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... ▶️ eine:n Assistent:in (Doktorand:in, 60%) — jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... Die Sichtung der Bewerbungen startet am 17.02.

What could be a better #firstpost than our Season’s Greetings? The #IKMZ wishes you happy holidays and a great start into the new year! 🎉 We’re very grateful for all the engaged colleagues, students, and visitors who shaped our department in 2024. Let’s keep in touch in 2025 – now also on Bluesky 🤝