Tag: platform governance
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New publication: “A tale of two controversies: situated AI frictions and the generative AI tsunami”
We are happy to share that a new article titled “A tale of two controversies: situated AI frictions and the generative AI tsunami” has been published in AI & Society. The paper is co-authored by Chiara Poletti, Noortje Marres, Donato Ricci, our lab head Prof. Christian Katzenbach, Lena Marie Henkes, and Guillaume Dandurand. Based on…
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New Publication: Governing Sexism on TikTok
We are excited to share that this article by our lab member Luisa Runge, lab head Christian Katzenbach and Miira Hill has just been published in Feminist Media Studies! “Governing sexism on TikTok: ambiguities and tensions in community guidelines and corporate communication” How does TikTok address sexism and how does its public communication align with…
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Guest Lecture by Prof. Tim R Samples on The Rules of Digital Platforms: Introducing the 1999-2025 LDT Corpus
Terms of use (TOUs) are among the most prolific contracts in human history, governing digital rights at societal scale. Yet their evolution over time is less examined, and public data is scarce. As part of the Media Structures and Platform Governance seminar, on 26 May 2026, Prof. Tim R Samples (University of Georgia) joined us…
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ZeMKI students part of Erasmus+ BIP held at Dublin City University
From 11 to 15 May 2026, the fourth edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Dublin, Ireland. Entitled “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and Governance”, this international teaching program follows successful BIP editions in Padua (2023), at ZeMKI (2024), and in Salerno (2025). Ten students of the media…
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Successful workshop on “International Relations in the Digital Age”
On 26 and 27 March 2026, PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker (ZeMKI) jointly with Dr. Berenike Prem (InIIS, University of Bremen), in cooperation with the International Relations Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), hosted the workshop”International Relations in the Digital Age: Governing – and Being Governed by – Technology” (see Call for Papers…
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Lab member Dennis Redeker at UN Internet Governance Forum 2025
PGMT Lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker attended the United Nation’s Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Lillestrøm, Norway and presented research results and other outputs from research conducted at ZeMKI at the University of Bremen. Among other activities, Dennis gave two talks and (co-)organized three sessions on the program of the annual UN conference. One presentation…
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ZeMKI media and communication students part of Erasmus+ BIP held in Salerno
From May 26 to 30, 2025, the third edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Salerno, Italy. Entitled “Digital Constitutionalism and Digital Sovereignty: Navigating Power and Rights in the Digital Age”, this international teaching program followed on successful BIP editions in Padua (2023) and at…
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PGMT Lab member taught at SWING 2025, Salerno
Dr. Dennis Redeker has been invited to teach at the Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING) in March 2025. Joining Internet and platform governance experts from around Europe, Dennis delivered a lecture and participated in a discussion on how the UN system deals with global challenges of governing digital technologies. In his contribution, he…
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New publication by Paloma Viejo Otero and Rebecca Scharlach
“We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re)conceptualise safety” Paloma Viejo Otero and Rebecca ScharlachMarch 20, 2025 We are happy to announce that our lab members Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero and Dr. Rebecca Scharlach published their new paper “‘We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re) conceptualise safety” in…
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PGMT Lab hosts YUFE partners to develop teaching program
On 2 and 3 December 2024, the “Perspectives on Platform Governance” workshop took place between researchers from four YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) partner universities at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen, Germany. Hosted by the Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab at ZeMKI, University of Bremen, and funded by the State…