Andreas Hepp
@ahepp.bsky.social
Professor of media and communications at ZeMKI and Commfigurations, Uni Bremen, on #mediatization, #datafication, #pioneercommunities, #pioneerjournalism, #ComAI, #AI, #digitalfutures.
I have just arrived in 🚊Graz, where we are meeting for the (late) summer ☀️retreat of our @com-ai.bsky.social
Until Wednesday, we want to discuss what #research has been carried out in the projects over the last 6️⃣ months, what the challenges of #triangulating #methods 🔣 are,
Until Wednesday, we want to discuss what #research has been carried out in the projects over the last 6️⃣ months, what the challenges of #triangulating #methods 🔣 are,
September 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have just arrived in 🚊Graz, where we are meeting for the (late) summer ☀️retreat of our @com-ai.bsky.social
Until Wednesday, we want to discuss what #research has been carried out in the projects over the last 6️⃣ months, what the challenges of #triangulating #methods 🔣 are,
Until Wednesday, we want to discuss what #research has been carried out in the projects over the last 6️⃣ months, what the challenges of #triangulating #methods 🔣 are,
While #OpenAI has released GPT-5, our research into the ‘imaginative landscape of AI’ in #SiliconValley / the San Francisco Bay Area is progressing.
#ComAI
#ComAI
August 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
While #OpenAI has released GPT-5, our research into the ‘imaginative landscape of AI’ in #SiliconValley / the San Francisco Bay Area is progressing.
#ComAI
#ComAI
🛫 💪 On February 25 & 26, 2025, we had our Kick-Off of the Research Unit @com-ai.bsky.social “Communicative AI: The transformation of societal communication” at @zemki.bsky.social - together with our partners at HBI, University Graz, @univie.ac.at & ifib.
We couldn't have wished for a better start!
We couldn't have wished for a better start!
March 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🛫 💪 On February 25 & 26, 2025, we had our Kick-Off of the Research Unit @com-ai.bsky.social “Communicative AI: The transformation of societal communication” at @zemki.bsky.social - together with our partners at HBI, University Graz, @univie.ac.at & ifib.
We couldn't have wished for a better start!
We couldn't have wished for a better start!
Fresh back from our great retreat with the @zemki.bsky.social Lab Mediatization and Datafication - 2 days of intense discussion, great ideas and lots of fun. Thanks for that!
February 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fresh back from our great retreat with the @zemki.bsky.social Lab Mediatization and Datafication - 2 days of intense discussion, great ideas and lots of fun. Thanks for that!
The @zemki.bsky.social Research Day has begun: once a semester we all meet to discuss our research and new ideas together. A highlight every semester!
January 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The @zemki.bsky.social Research Day has begun: once a semester we all meet to discuss our research and new ideas together. A highlight every semester!
👀 What happens when #SiliconValley CEOs watch #Trump more carefully: They believe Trump "will be incredible for the country in many ways!".
It's remarkable how one #SiliconValley CEO after the other is swinging in Trump's direction. Sam #Altman from #OpenAI was next.
It's remarkable how one #SiliconValley CEO after the other is swinging in Trump's direction. Sam #Altman from #OpenAI was next.
January 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
👀 What happens when #SiliconValley CEOs watch #Trump more carefully: They believe Trump "will be incredible for the country in many ways!".
It's remarkable how one #SiliconValley CEO after the other is swinging in Trump's direction. Sam #Altman from #OpenAI was next.
It's remarkable how one #SiliconValley CEO after the other is swinging in Trump's direction. Sam #Altman from #OpenAI was next.
In today's @zemki.bsky.social @com-ai.bsky.social #ComAI lecture, @sonja-utz.de presents her research on the #credibility of communicative #AI: Voice assistants (spoken-interactive) are more credible than search engine results (text). But what about #ChatGPT (interactive, but text)?
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In today's @zemki.bsky.social @com-ai.bsky.social #ComAI lecture, @sonja-utz.de presents her research on the #credibility of communicative #AI: Voice assistants (spoken-interactive) are more credible than search engine results (text). But what about #ChatGPT (interactive, but text)?
Slow thinking, not necessarily indoors. #SlowScience
December 29, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Slow thinking, not necessarily indoors. #SlowScience
Our @zemki.bsky.social research report is out just in time for the end of the year! If you want to find out more about what we have researched in the past year and what we are planning in our @com-ai.bsky.social research unit, then it's worth taking a look!
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December 20, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Our @zemki.bsky.social research report is out just in time for the end of the year! If you want to find out more about what we have researched in the past year and what we are planning in our @com-ai.bsky.social research unit, then it's worth taking a look!
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Will #chatbots teach your children? Jeremy Knox argues in his @zemki.bsky.social #ComAI lecture that such ideas are part of a long tradition of imagining the role of #technology in #education which is also a story of power in education. This becomes more and more sensory power.
December 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Will #chatbots teach your children? Jeremy Knox argues in his @zemki.bsky.social #ComAI lecture that such ideas are part of a long tradition of imagining the role of #technology in #education which is also a story of power in education. This becomes more and more sensory power.
Today at the @zemki.bsky.social research seminar: Daniel Whelan-Shamy from @qutdmrc.bsky.social, presenting his research on the cultural form of #machinelearning and what it means for a critical understanding of #simulation. #ComAI #AI #genAI
November 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Today at the @zemki.bsky.social research seminar: Daniel Whelan-Shamy from @qutdmrc.bsky.social, presenting his research on the cultural form of #machinelearning and what it means for a critical understanding of #simulation. #ComAI #AI #genAI
Fresh back from a great retreat of the @zemki.bsky.social steering committee - in which we talked about our research planning for the next five years, communicative AI and many new ideas.
It was two super inspiring days with a great team that has great plans!
It was two super inspiring days with a great team that has great plans!
September 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Fresh back from a great retreat of the @zemki.bsky.social steering committee - in which we talked about our research planning for the next five years, communicative AI and many new ideas.
It was two super inspiring days with a great team that has great plans!
It was two super inspiring days with a great team that has great plans!
‼️A new ZeMKI working paper by Uwe Hasebrink, @wiebkeloosen.bsky.social and myself - which we also presented at the last #ICA24.
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September 1, 2024 at 6:39 AM
‼️A new ZeMKI working paper by Uwe Hasebrink, @wiebkeloosen.bsky.social and myself - which we also presented at the last #ICA24.
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Is there anyone who wants to go to the ECREA 2024 conference in Ljubljana and still needs a registration at the regular price? I have one to give away. If so, please contact me. #ECREA2024
August 29, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Is there anyone who wants to go to the ECREA 2024 conference in Ljubljana and still needs a registration at the regular price? I have one to give away. If so, please contact me. #ECREA2024
‼️JOB ALERT‼️: In our research unit "Communicative AI: The Automation of Social Communication" 18 PhD positions for 4 years are advertised. #AI #media #communication #ComAI #generativeAI #pioneercommunities #digitalsociocracy #JOB #jobs
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comai.space
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August 26, 2024 at 5:56 AM
‼️JOB ALERT‼️: In our research unit "Communicative AI: The Automation of Social Communication" 18 PhD positions for 4 years are advertised. #AI #media #communication #ComAI #generativeAI #pioneercommunities #digitalsociocracy #JOB #jobs
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comai.space
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‼️ GREAT 🚀: Our Research Unit "Communicative #AI" is funded by the @dfgpublic.bsky.social! Using innovative methods & comprehensive data, we are investigating the consequences, risks and potential of the #automation of societal #communication. #ComAI #generativeAI For more: www.comai.space
July 5, 2024 at 11:51 AM
‼️ GREAT 🚀: Our Research Unit "Communicative #AI" is funded by the @dfgpublic.bsky.social! Using innovative methods & comprehensive data, we are investigating the consequences, risks and potential of the #automation of societal #communication. #ComAI #generativeAI For more: www.comai.space
Today the @zemki.bsky.social summer party - we have a lot to celebrate with the Educators - including the fact that the #DFG Research Unit #ComAI is coming. But also much more. It was a great year! zemki.uni-bremen.de/neue-dfg-for...
July 3, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Today the @zemki.bsky.social summer party - we have a lot to celebrate with the Educators - including the fact that the #DFG Research Unit #ComAI is coming. But also much more. It was a great year! zemki.uni-bremen.de/neue-dfg-for...
Three days ago #ICA24 winner of the Outstanding Book Award, today at the @zemki.bsky.social research seminar: @annekaun.bsky.social with a talk on "Vanishing Act - the Disappearance of Printed News". #news #newspaper #journalism
June 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Three days ago #ICA24 winner of the Outstanding Book Award, today at the @zemki.bsky.social research seminar: @annekaun.bsky.social with a talk on "Vanishing Act - the Disappearance of Printed News". #news #newspaper #journalism
The human is performing for the machine: Christian Greiffenhagen analyses #human #AI #interaction, taking the example of hotel customers and how they are disciplined by a #facialrecognition kiosk. #ComAI Lectures at @zemki.bsky.social
June 25, 2024 at 5:25 PM
The human is performing for the machine: Christian Greiffenhagen analyses #human #AI #interaction, taking the example of hotel customers and how they are disciplined by a #facialrecognition kiosk. #ComAI Lectures at @zemki.bsky.social
What a great honor! Unfortunately I can't be there in person, but I have just been named a Fellow of the International Communication Association. Many thanks to the ICA and everyone who nominated me. I never expected this. 🍾🎉🎈 #ICA24
June 22, 2024 at 7:17 AM
What a great honor! Unfortunately I can't be there in person, but I have just been named a Fellow of the International Communication Association. Many thanks to the ICA and everyone who nominated me. I never expected this. 🍾🎉🎈 #ICA24
Just published: My article on the life cycle of #pioneercommunities and the influence they have on our #digital #futures.
#Makers, #QuantifiedSelf, #HacksHackers, #pioneers #startup #innovation #digitalfutures #mediatization #hype #hypecycle
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#Makers, #QuantifiedSelf, #HacksHackers, #pioneers #startup #innovation #digitalfutures #mediatization #hype #hypecycle
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May 20, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Just published: My article on the life cycle of #pioneercommunities and the influence they have on our #digital #futures.
#Makers, #QuantifiedSelf, #HacksHackers, #pioneers #startup #innovation #digitalfutures #mediatization #hype #hypecycle
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#Makers, #QuantifiedSelf, #HacksHackers, #pioneers #startup #innovation #digitalfutures #mediatization #hype #hypecycle
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I will be giving a talk today at Fudan University on "Towards a Digital Society: Communicative AI and the Deep Mediatization of the Social World". Even though the lecture is "only" online, I'm already very excited: This is the first time that I am speaking exclusively for Chinese colleagues.
May 16, 2024 at 5:36 AM
I will be giving a talk today at Fudan University on "Towards a Digital Society: Communicative AI and the Deep Mediatization of the Social World". Even though the lecture is "only" online, I'm already very excited: This is the first time that I am speaking exclusively for Chinese colleagues.
At the “#Mediatization vs. #datafication“ conference in Lublin tomorrow, I will give a talk on “Broadening the scope of mediatization research“, focusing on 3 theses:
May 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM
At the “#Mediatization vs. #datafication“ conference in Lublin tomorrow, I will give a talk on “Broadening the scope of mediatization research“, focusing on 3 theses:
„AI as a research assistant“: @snurb.bsky.social at today‘s @zemki.bsky.social #ComAI Lectures: #AI is not only changing communication in society. It also provides a tool for exploring them, especially when it comes to #polarisation.
April 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
„AI as a research assistant“: @snurb.bsky.social at today‘s @zemki.bsky.social #ComAI Lectures: #AI is not only changing communication in society. It also provides a tool for exploring them, especially when it comes to #polarisation.
Our special issue of @hmcjournal.bsky.social on #mediatization and human-machine communication has been published, with many highly topical articles on communicative #AI, automated #communication and how it is changing culture and society. #ComAI, #HMC
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April 15, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Our special issue of @hmcjournal.bsky.social on #mediatization and human-machine communication has been published, with many highly topical articles on communicative #AI, automated #communication and how it is changing culture and society. #ComAI, #HMC
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