Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)

Research on Platform Governance and AI

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.

  • 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…

  • Current research access programs to social media data: what they offer, what are the limitations?

    Review of YouTube, Meta, and TikTok researcher access. In lieu of the enforcement of the Digital Services Act in the EU, which would supposedly make data access easier for researchers, this blog post reviews current data access programs for the academics. What kind of data do platforms allow to access and by whom?  Read a…

  • 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…

  • PGMT talks at #ICA23

    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,…

  • Shaping AI – PGMT Going to Canada

    Shaping AI – PGMT Going to Canada

    Following last week’s DGPuK 2023, this week again is conference week at PGMT: We are en route to Canada 🇨🇦🍁. Before heading to Toronto for #ICA23, we are co-hosting the Shaping AI symposium “(un)Stable Diffusions“, a two-day international symposium on AI’s publics, publicities, and publicizations at Milieux Institute in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke, together with our project partners…

  • Attitudes toward the Global Digital Compact consultation process: Dennis Redeker presents at GIG-ARTS 2023

    Attitudes toward the Global Digital Compact consultation process: Dennis Redeker presents at GIG-ARTS 2023

    This week, on 16 May, lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker presented a paper on people’s attitudes toward the Global Digital Compact consultations at the annual GIG-ARTS Internet governance research conference. The vibrant GIG-ARTS 2023 took place at the University of Padova, one of the Europe’s oldest universities. The Global Digital Compact (GDC) consultations are currently…

  • AI, Agenda-Setting and the illusion of automation – PGMT at #DGPuK2023

    It is quite busy weeks ahead at the PGMT lab. Just before ICA 2023, we are hosting the Annual Conference of the German Communication Association DGPuK 2023 here at ZeMKI in Bremen. The overaching theme is “Automation in Media and Communication”, and PGMT is contributing with two papers: The conference is happening on-site on the…

  • Folklore Input into the Ukrainian Strategic Narrative – Artem Zakharchenko with input to ASN World Convention 2023, NYC

    This week our fellow and guest researcher Dr. Artem Zakharchenko is presenting his work at the ASN World Convention 2023 in New York City, hosted by Columbia University. Artem will participate in the panel “Folklore and Narratives of Russia’s War against Ukraine” with a contribution on “Folklore Input into the Ukrainian Strategic Narrative”. Dr. Artem…

  • Behind the Scenes – ZeMKI and University of Groningen launch online talk series on platform governance

    The Lab “Platform Governance, Media, and Technology” (PGMT) at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, and the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, are launching an online talk and discussion series “Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research”. This series kicks-off on Tuesday, May 9, 15:00 CEST with a talk by Tarleton…