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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Invitation to the Workshop ‘The Playground’
The Platform Governance Media and Technology Lab (PGMT), Radical Data and the cooperative kintsugi-lab cordinally invite to participate at a two day workshop: The Playground: A Program on Taking Play Seriously in Digital Culture ZeMKI, Bremen, June 24-25, 2024 The Playground is a series of experiments on integrating play in the co-creation of digital art…
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PGA starts tracking Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social
The Platform Governance Archive (PGA) is expanding its scope to track the policy changes of three new social media platforms: Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social. The initiative aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and governance of these emerging platforms. Threads is an online social media and networking service launched on July 5,…
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PGMT Lab’s presence at ICA 2024
6. June 2024 The International Communications Association (ICA) will take place on its 74th year in Gold Cost, Australia, from June 20 to 24. The ZeMKI will be represented with numerous contributions to the event and the Platform Governance Media and Technology Lab (PGMT) members are set to contribute with their research. To kick off the Institute’s presence at…
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‘Plat-formation: The Formation of Platforms and Their Governance’ – lecture by Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach at the University of Sheffield on Thursday
ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach will give a lecture on ‘Plat-formation: The Formation of Platforms and Their Governance’ at the University of Sheffield on Thursday, the 30th of May. Abstract How do social media platforms become what they are, how do they change and what is the role of governance in this process? Platforms…
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Lab member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference today in Brussels.
PGMT Lab member Dr. Daria Dergacheva is speaking at CPDP.ai 2024 conference in Brussels today, 22 May 2024. She is a panelist at the panel organized by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), on “The Impact of Online Content Moderation and Curation on Fundamental Rights: How to Assess, Mitigate and Monitor Systemic Risks on…
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#TikTokban
Unpacking the US TikTok ban by Rebecca Scharlach TL;DR: TikTok, one of the most popular platforms worldwide, is seen as a security risk for the United States. But why? (A meme about the TikTok ban. For more, klick here) Can the US government really ban TikTok? Do they really want to do that? Unsurprisingly, many…
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PGMT Lab member organizes session at first REMIT Conference in Leuven
Member of ZeMKI and the PGMT Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker organizes a conference session on the topic of “Digital Governance between Multistakeholderism and Multilateralism” as part of the first conference of the EU Horizon Europe research project “Reignite Multilateralism via Technology” (REMIT). The conference takes place on 16 and 17 May 2024 at KU Leuven in Belgium and brings…
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Erasmus+ BIP on the UN Global Digital Compact a success
In late April 2024, ZeMKI and the University of Bremen, hosted their first-ever Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). Around thirty students and half a dozen instructors from eight universities across Europe participated in a week-long workshop designed under the theme “Digital Constitutionalism and the UN Global Digital Compact”. This in-person phase of the blended-intensive format is…
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Mark Malone will present on Monday 29th as part of the “Equality, Wellbeing and Platform Governance” Project
As part of her YUFE research project on Equality, Wellbeing and Platform Governance, fellow Dr Paloma Viejo has invited researcher and activist Mark Malone who will present on Monday 29th April at 14:00hs in room SFG 1040 a talk about the emergence of reactionary and far right activity in Ireland, specifically on themes of anti-migrant,…
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“Science Comics” Exhibition opens at Haus der Wissenschaft
PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker organizes an exhibition of science comics at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen. The communication of scientific methods and findings to the general public has been breaking new ground for some years now. This now includes media formats that were previously rarely associated with scientific communication. So-called science comics initially only conveyed academic…