The Lab “Platform Governance, Media, and Technology” (PGMT) does research, teaching and knowledge transfer at the intersection of governance, digital communication and new technologies. We are particularly interested in platforms and their governance, as well the discursive, political and technological construction of “artificial intelligence” (AI). This website is to showcase a repertoire of our activities. Please also visit our official page at our home institution, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen.
Research
The PGMT Lab does research, teaching and knowledge transfer at the intersection of governance, digital communication and new technologies.
Online Talk Series
We are hosting a monthly online conversation on empirical research on platform governance. Each session consists of a short input talk by a scholar, followed by ample time for discussions and exchange.
Platform Governance Archive
We are hosting the Platform Governance Archive (PGA) – a longitudinal data repository and interface on social media platforms’ policies and content moderations guidelines.
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New article by PGMT member Vanessa Richter on Influencers’ Instagram Imaginaries
PGMT member Vanessa Richter together with Zhen Ye has published an article on “Influencers’ Instagram Imaginaries as a global phenomenon: Negotiating precarious interdependencies on followers, the platform environment, and commercial expectations” in a Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies special issue on social media and platform work. The article deals with…
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PGMT member’s research supported by Data Science Center Seed Grant
The Data Science Center (DSC) at the University of Bremen supports research by PGMT Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker, which is planned at the intersection of data science and methods development for social scientific survey research. Large-scale cross-national surveys in the social sciences are normally run as face-to-face surveys which makes them extremely resource-intensive. Online surveys,…
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Talks at “Global Perspectives on Platform, Labour, and Social Reproduction”
Next week 27-28 June 2023, the conference “Global Perspectives on Platform, Labour, and Social Reproduction” will happen at the University of Amsterdam. PGMT will be present with two presentations by Vanessa Richter and Paloma Viejo Otero. Vanessa will present joint work with Thomas Poell on the “Politics of Platform Imaginaries”; Paloma will talk about our…
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ZeMKI/PGMT participates in interdisciplinary Erasmus+ blended-intensive programme
Students of the BA Communication and Media Studies and the two MA programs at ZeMKI, University of Bremen, participate in a transnational blended learning experience funded by the Erasmus+ program. More than a dozen students from ZeMKI’s programs and the university’s Political Science MA study programs participate in a so-called “blended-intensive programme” (BIP), a relatively…
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YouTube now permitting misinformation about US elections
YouTube ‧ Community Guidelines · June 2, 2023 YouTube changed its guidelines now allowing false claims regarding the 2020 and other past US presidential elections on their site. An updated YouTube elections misinformation policy implies that the platform will no longer remove false information about any past US presidential election, including claims about widespread fraud,…
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MA Class Trip to Re:Publica 2023
This week members of PGMT are on a MA class trip to re:publica 2023. With his MA research seminar “Social Media Platforms: Formation, Change, Governance”, Christian Katzenbach is visiting this major European conference and festival on the digital society. Students are attending sessions on platforms and AI in order to better understand the transformations and…
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PGMT Submission to EU Consultation on Data Access for Research
As part of the implementation of the Digital Services Act, the EU Commission run a consultation on data access for research. We at PGMT made a joint submission in response to the Call for Evidence of the European Commission on the Delegated Regulation on data access provided for in the Digital Services Act (DSA), led by PGMT…
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Next up in Online Talk Series: Rebecca Scharlach on Social Media’s Governing Principles (June 13)
In two weeks, we are holding the second session of our online talk series: On June 13, 15:00 CEST, Rebecca Scharlach from Hebrew University will talk about about her empirical research on underlying principles in social media’s platform polices: “The promises and challenges of identifying values in social media platform policies“. This is an online…
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PGMT talks at #ICA23
After #unstable23 and the Shaping AI Consortium Meeting in Montreal we are now heading to Toronto for #ICA23 (by a wonderful evening train ride BTW – highly recommended!). In Toronto, we will be presenting the following papers: Finally Opening Up? The Evolution of Transparency Reporting Practices of Social Media PlatformsChristian Katzenbach; Dennis Redeker; Selim BasogluFriday,…