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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PGMT member presents at the UN IGF in Kyoto
Member of ZeMKI and the Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab, Dr. Dennis Redeker, attends the 2023 United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kyoto, Japan to conduct research and present research and teaching activities. In Japan, Dennis pursues background conversations, individual interviews and focus group interviews with stakeholders in the UN Global Digital Compact consultation and negotiation processes. This research is part…
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New book by Dennis Redeker (PGMT) and colleagues: “The Content Governance Dilemma”
In July 2023, PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker – together with Dr. Edoardo Celeste (Dublin City University), Dr. Nicola Palladino (Trinity College Dublin) and Dr. Kinfe Yilma (Addis Ababa University) – published a new book with Palgrave Macmillan. “The Content Governance Dilemma: Digital Constitutionalism, Social Media and the Search for a Global Standard” can be…
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Portrait of Lab Lead and PGMT work
The online magazine Up2Date of the University of Bremen has produced a nice portrait of the head of the PGMT Lab Christian Katzenbach and of the work at PGMT. The text focussed on our wok on discourses and regulation of AI, specifically on the projects Shaping AI and Imaginaries of AI. The article quotes Christian…
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PGMT at #IAMCR2023
Good morning! Today #IAMCR2023 is starting with the full programm in Lyon and online. The PGMT team is directly starting with two competing presentations at 8:30 this Monday: Then on Wednesday: Don’t hesitate to reach out to us either via mail, or catch Adrian, Daria, or Vanessa in the hallways in Lyon.
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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…