We are happy to share that our lab member, @rscarlets.bsky.social, was invited to write a commentary on "The dark side of public values in algorithmic systems." 📢 Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Finding the value of values - Rebecca Scharlach, 2026

In this commentary on The dark side of public values in algorithmic systems written by David Moats, Minna Ruckenstein, Dorthe Brogård Kristensen, Maria Eidensko...

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📢 We are excited to share a new article by Luisa Runge, @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, and Miira Hill, now published in Feminist Media Studies! 🔗 Read the full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Governing sexism on TikTok: ambiguities and tensions in community guidelines and corporate communication

While social media platforms increasingly present themselves as spaces for empowerment and diversity, they also reinforce gendered power relations through their governance practices. This study exa...

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@ckatzenbach.bsky.social, Head of the Lab, joins the Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR), University of Cambridge as Research Affiliate. You can check his new profile at CGHR: www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/people/profe... About CGHR Research Theme: lnkd.in/dT2AAq9A

Professor Christian Katzenbach - Centre of Governance & Human Rights

Christian Katzenbach is Professor of Media and Communication at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen.

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"Fixing election interference, safeguarding election integrity? Developments and dynamics of election-related policies on social media platforms" by Prof. @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, @vasilisak.bsky.social and Prof. Elizabeth Dubois out now! read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fixing election interference, safeguarding election integrity? Developments and dynamics of election-related policies on social media platforms

Platforms are key intermediaries of public and political communication, both heralded as facilitators of bottom-up democracy and condemned as democracy’s greatest danger. From misinformation to hat...

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We are happy to share that Head of the Lab, @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, participated in the +RAIN Film Festival in Barcelona! This is an international festival dedicated to AI-generated cinema and a meeting point for research, creation, and critical thinking.

A new article by Dr. Vanessa Richter, @dariadergacheva.bsky.social , @vasilisak.bsky.social and @ckatzenbach.bsky.social has been published in AI and Society!👏🏻 read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Who’s driving the AI hype in its formative phase? A longitudinal analysis of stakeholders in the US and German AI discourse on Twitter 2012–2021 - AI & SOCIETY

AI has become an ambiguous yet powerful term that routinely refers to different technological advances, with stakeholders competing for public attention to influence public perceptions and decision-ma...

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Dr. Rianne Riemens was a visiting researcher at the PGMT Lab for the past 2 weeks. She is a postdoctoral researcher at Universiteit Utrecht working on Big Tech and processes of platformization in relation to climate crisis. She gave a guest talk and we discussed these topics in a colloqium.

🔊 Symposium: “Statecraft, Sovereignty & Digital Government”, 16th and 17th of April at Goldsmiths.   Paloma Viejo Otero will be presenting her paper on "Media Persistence and Grassroots Digital Sovereignty: Lessons from Community Based Networks". the whole program here: digitalstatecraft2026.org

🗣️ Public Talk: "Governing Digital Technologies in a New Era of Global Politics" 📍 On Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 17:00, our Lab, through the EU-funded project REMIT, will host a public discussion with Professor Marianne Franklin of the University of Groningen, moderated by Dr. Dennis Redeker.

📢 @ckatzenbach.bsky.social participates in the conference “Code & Codex – AI and Ethics in Military Combat” that takes place on 19th and 20th of March 2026 at Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg! 🔗full program: www.hsu-hh.de/theevs/wp-co...)

📢 „Studying the discursive order of artificial intelligence: Cross-national media coverage in China, Germany, and the US (2012–2024)” by Jing Zeng, Daniela Mahl, Mike S. Schäfer, Saba R. Brause and @ckatzenbach.bsky.social out now in Big Data & Society 🎉 📖 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Studying the discursive order of artificial intelligence: Cross-national media coverage in China, Germany, and the US (2012–2024) - Jing Zeng, Daniela Mahl, Mike S. Schäfer, Saba R. Brause, Christian ...

As a transformative force, artificial intelligence (AI) has become central to national interests, international prestige, and geopolitical strategy, sparking a ...

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We are happy to share that @kasiapol.bsky.social, PhD student from @carletonsppa.bsky.social, is spending January 2026 as a visiting researcher at our lab. The visit builds on theoretical connections with @ckatzenbach.bsky.social‘s work on sociotechnical imaginaries.

💡Check out the new article “Global creator culture? Converging values and generic practices in YouTube reviews“ 🤳🏽 led by Blake Hallinan with the contribution of PGMT Postdoc Rebecca Scharlach. Out now #openaccess. Read it here 👉 academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...

Global creator culture? Converging values and generic practices in YouTube reviews

Abstract. Social media facilitates new forms of cultural production from professionalized and commercialized users known as creators. While some have posit

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📢 New publication! Yishu Mao, Vanessa Richter and @ckatzenbach.bsky.social examine how corporate actors shape the future of #AIgovernance through “hedging” imaginaries across China 🇨🇳 Germany 🇩🇪 & the US 🇺🇸 Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1177/2053... 
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PGMT members proudly represented ZeMKI at #PlatGovNet2025! With 3 panel chairs and 3 presentations across topics from AI governance to content moderation and social XR, our researchers helped shape vibrant discussions on the future of platform governance. Thanks to all who joined!

Yesterday’s we hosted a DSA40 Workshop with the attendance of experts LK Sailing and Julian Jaursch. Outlining how strong institutional structures are for securing platform data access under the DSA and affirming how building teams is essential for ensuring researchers can exercise this right!

💡 New Publication from the Shaping AI project now published in Big Data & Society. “On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation”🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... By @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , Anders Kristian Munk and @annajobin.bsky.social

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Do you want to apply under DSA40? PGMT and MMM are hosting a workshop on Nov 26 (15:00–18:00) to help researchers prepare stronger Article 40 applications. Funding available for participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Email viejoote@uni-bremen.de by Nov 18 for registration and details.

💡 New publication alert! “On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now. 📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025

Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...

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Join to see the continuation of the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 conversations at #AoIR2025! At today’s roundtable “Where Do We Go From Here? Part II – Lessons from the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on AI & Platform Governance” to reflect on the future of platform and AI governance.

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Hey #AoIR2025 catch me today at 4 pm with a wonderful group of scholars - Taylor Annabell, Diyi Liu, Thales Lelo and Tom Divon - for a roundtable on the future of tech governance research. This is going to be an open discussion, so please join and share your thoughts!

📘 New Publication: “Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards” - lead by @blakeplease.bsky.social, and in collaboration with our lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social. 👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025

Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...

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Blake Hallinan@blakeplease.bsky.social · last yr.

How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

⏰ Call for Papers: The #PlatGovNet2025 conference is accepting submissions now! Key info: 🗓️ The conference will take place on December 1–2, 2025. 📝 Abstracts (800–1,000 words) are due September 2 💯% free and online! 👉 Details and submission link here: platgov.net/conferences/...

📘 New Publication: “Negotiating AI(s) futures: competing imaginaries of AI by stakeholders in the US, China, and Germany” by Vanessa Richter, @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, and Jing Zeng, published in the @jscicom.bsky.social. 👉 Read the full article here: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

Our incredible #AoIR2025Symposium is almost over… We are grateful for the opportunity to host so many brilliant scholars who share our passion for researching platform governance, content moderation, and generative AI. Already looking forward to what comes next. Let’s keep the momentum going!

🥳 We're kicking off the #AoIR2025Symposium tonight in Bremen! Thank you to everyone joining us for the next two days to critically explore the evolving landscape of platform and AI governance. We look forward to lively discussions! 👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

We are getting ready for you! #AoIR2025Symposium platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🎉Next week, we will kick off our #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen with a fantastic program and lineup, and we have almost reached capacity! This is your last chance to secure one of the remaining seats: members.aoir.org/event-6113333 See you next week! 👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Finally, we are delighted to introduce Tarleton Gillespie as the final keynote speaker of our #AoIR2025Symposium Welcome Conversation, "Where Do We Stand, and How Did We Get Here?" Welcome! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Re-meet @natalihelberger.bsky.social, one of the keynote speakers in the "Where Do We Stand, and How Did We Get Here?" Welcome Conversation of our #AoIR2025Symposium. Welcome Natali Helberger! 👉 Full conference program & registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Amazing @ubiquity75.xyz will complete our #AoIR2025Symposium Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?,” on Wednesday. Welcome to Bremen Sarah T. Roberts! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...