Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)

Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)

@pgmt.bsky.social

Lab directed by @ckatzenbach at @ZeMKI, Uni Bremen. Research and outreach on platform governance, AI, discourses, and regulation. Home of https://platformgovernancearchive.org URL: https://platform-governance.org

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)
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We are so happy for our lab member, @vasilisak.bsky.social, who just published her new PhD paper, "All talk, no rules: Content moderation practices and discursive strategies in platform governance of climate misinformation"! 👏 Read the full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comAll talk, no rules: Content moderation practices and discursive strategies in platform governance of climate misinformation - Vasilisa Kuznetsova, 2026The spread of misinformation plays a significant role in shaping how climate change is understood—or misunderstood—in public discourse. Social media platforms h...
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Our lab head, @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, is the new Editor-in-Chief of New Media & Society alongside Prof. Crystal Abidin! 📚 They aim to boost regional diversity and maintain high standards in this leading journal. Read more here: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/christian...

zemki.uni-bremen.deChristian Katzenbach now Editor-In-Chief of New Media & SocietyZeMKI Professor Christian Katzenbach has taken over the role of Editor-in-Chief of the field-leading journal New Media & Society together with Australia-based professor Crystal Abidin. The journal has...
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Welcome to Bremen, Nicola Palladino! 🌍 He joins ZeMKI as our 1st EU-Africa AI Fellow, initiated by the Lab PGMT. He'll collaborate on the AI PAN-AFRICANISM project. More information here: www.aipanafricanism.org/news--events

aipanafricanism.orgNews & EventsThe Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen is pleased to host two “EU-Africa AI Governance Fellows” in 2026 and 2027. Initiated by the Lab...
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Our lab head, @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, will deliver a keynote at the KWG Annual Conference in Berlin! 🎤 In "Talking AI into Being," he explores how our communication about AI actively shapes and institutionalizes the technology itself. Check the info here: comai.space/en/talking-a...

comai.space"Talking AI into Being": Keynote by Christian Katzenbach at the KWG Annual Conference "Kritik und Kultur"On 18 September 2026, ComAI PI Christian Katzenbach delivers a keynote at the 11th Annual Conference of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (KWG), titled "
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📖 New publication: “A tale of two controversies: situated AI frictions and the generative AI tsunami” by Chiara Poletti, Noortje Marres, Donato Ricci, our lab head Prof. @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, Lena Marie Henkes, and Guillaume Dandurand. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comA tale of two controversies: situated AI frictions and the generative AI tsunami - AI & SOCIETYWhat makes AI controversial? This article reports on an international expert consultation that we conducted between 2021 and 2023 to analyse recent controversies about AI in four countries: the United...
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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/...

journals.sagepub.comFinding the value of values - Rebecca Scharlach, 2026In 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....

tandfonline.comGoverning sexism on TikTok: ambiguities and tensions in community guidelines and corporate communicationWhile 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

cghr.polis.cam.ac.ukProfessor Christian Katzenbach - Centre of Governance & Human RightsChristian 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....

tandfonline.comFixing election interference, safeguarding election integrity? Developments and dynamics of election-related policies on social media platformsPlatforms 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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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...

link.springer.comWho’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 & SOCIETYAI 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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📢 „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/...

journals.sagepub.comStudying 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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💡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...

academic.oup.comGlobal creator culture? Converging values and generic practices in YouTube reviewsAbstract. 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... 
#ResponsibleAI #TechImaginaries #Research

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)
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💡 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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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)
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💡 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/...

journals.sagepub.comOn the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025Do 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...
Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)
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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.

Rebecca Scharlach@rscarlets.bsky.social

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!

Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)
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📘 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/...

journals.sagepub.comPriorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...
Blake Hallinan@blakeplease.bsky.social

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...

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