From February 13 to 14, 2020, our research group met for the third time at the Bochum Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS). The CAIS promoted the meeting within its funding scheme for working groups.
2020 meeting of research group at CAIS
Author: rainer
CAIS research group hosts international workshop
Due to the current situation the workshop will not take place. We will inform about a possible alternative date on this website. (Update, March 2020)
“Unequal visibility in digital spaces“ — our research group will discuss this topic with international guests at the Bochum Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) on the 19th and 20th March 2020.
Research group at CAIS Forum 2019
Artificial intelligence and digitization – this was the motto of the CAIS Forum 2019 of the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum. On October 8, 2019, experts discussed opportunities and challenges as well as the use of artificial intelligence with the interested public.
As part of “Meet the Scientists”, PD Dr. Merja Mahrt presented the work of our research group and exchanged views on our research questions with citizens and experts from business and politics.
Further information on the CAIS Forum can be found at https://www.cais.nrw/caisforum19/
Panel “Integration and Division in Digitized Public Spheres”, 64th annual meeting of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
This year’s annual meeting of the DGPuK is dedicated to “integration through communication in digitized public spheres”. The research group will be present with a panel on “Integration and division in digitized public spheres: The relevance of visibility in struggles over meaning”. The panel will be moderated by PD Dr. Merja Mahrt (University of Düsseldorf). Read more
Research group on “(In)visibility in the digital age” starts
The newly founded research group “Hide and See(k) – Visibility in the Digital Age”—funded by Center of Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) as a working group—met on the 16. and 17.08.2018 for the two-day kick-off workshop at the CAIS in Bochum. The research group consists of scientists from German, Austrian, Swiss, and Swedish universities and researches how important visibility respectively invisibility is in the digital world.
ICA Blue Sky Workshop “Researching (in-)visible voices in the digital age”, 68th Annual ICA Conference
Brantner, C., Lobinger, K., Mahrt, M., Springer, N., & Wilhelm, C. (2018). Researching (in-)visible voices in the digital age. ICA Blue Sky Workshop, 68th Annual ICA Conference, 24-28 May 2018, Prague.
