The 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR 2025) will take place this year in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once again, several HBI researchers will be there to present their research. All presentations will be in English.
Eva-Luise Knor will give a presentation on “Imaginaries of Error: Exploring the Sensemaking of Generative AI Failures among German Lay Users.“ The presentation will take place on October 16, 2025, as part of the ”AI Boundaries” session from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Brazilian time).
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen will give a presentation with Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (ZeMKi, University of Bremen) on the topic “Why the Future of Journalism Is Not a Technological Rupture: On the Imagination of the Societal Needs of Public Communication and Innovation in Pioneer Journalism.” This presentation will take place on October 18 as part of the “Journalism and Data” session from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Brazilian time).
Philipp Kessling will participate in the panel, “Social Media in Elections: Evidence from the United States, Germany, and Australia,” where he will present findings from a study of political campaigners’ strategies for using TikTok in Germany’s 2025 federal election campaign. The panel will take place on October 18, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Brazilian time).