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Reports, Publications, Projects, Blog Posts & Podcasts from the Institute
Connected Kids: Socialisation in a Changing Media Environment
Children and young people use media to establish their position within their respective social groups and contexts. The role their media repertoires and communicative practices play in this and how these change over time is being examined in a qualitative longitudinal study with colleagues from the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Call for Papers: Transmedia Conference 2025
How can "transmedia" history be implemented from a theoretical and empirical perspective? The international conference "“Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" invites submissions.
Summer School about AI Regulation
33 students from Brazil, Germany (Universität Hamburg) and India took part in the NoC Summer School in New Delhi at the National Law University Delhi on the topic "Beyond Digital India Act, Marco Civil and DSA".
Certificate for Family Friendliness
On 31 May 2024, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research was awarded the "audit berufundfamilie" certificate, the quality seal for a “family and life-phase-conscious personnel policy".
Matthias C. Kettemann in World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology
The Secretary-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO has appointed Prof. Matthias C. Kettemann, head of an HBI research programme, on the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST).
How is Journalism Doing in Germany?
In the podcast "Satzzeichen", Anna von Garmissen talks about how journalism is doing in Germany and the findings of a recent study.
What Is the State of Journalism in Germany?
The average German journalist is male, 45.3 years old, has an academic degree and often feels stressed. The results of our latest journalist survey are now summarized in a video on YouTube.
First Complete Account of the History of dpa Published
Hans-Ulrich Wagner has published the first scientifically sound and comprehensive account of the history of the German Press Agency (dpa).
On Tendencies towards the Multiplication and Dynamization of Law
In his article with the original German title "Von Kelsen zu Castells? Zu Tendenzen der Vervielfältigung und Dynamisierung des Rechts" in the journal Rechtstheorie, Tobias Mast deals with structural changes in the legal system and the actors involved.
Event dates
Workshop on Digitalization
14. October 2024PhD students and postdocs are invited to present their work at the joint research and network meeting on digitalization called DigiMeet.
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