20.9.2024

Öffentliche Vorlesung: Zwischen Fakten und Fiktion: Wie digitale Entwicklungen und Desinformation die öffentliche Meinung weltweit beeinflussen – 18. Oktober

Wir landen Sie ein zu einer öffentlichen Vorlesung mit Edda Humprecht im Rahmen des Desinformation Months am 18. Oktober 2024.

10.9.2024

Third Community Meeting of 2024 – 1st of October

We are happy to announce that the third community meeting of 2024 will be held online via MS Teams on Tuesday, 1st of October, from 12:00 to 13:00. The meeting will encompass a business part to discuss the budget for 2025 and a presentation part for community members to present their research.

23.7.2024

Workshop: Algorithmic and Social Influences on Decisions: Current Research and Future Prospects – 9th of July

On the 9th of July the community hosted a workshop as part of the community project Algorithm vs. Friends. The aim of this workshop was to discuss the option of establishing a mid- to long-term research environment dealing with digital influences with invited researches from the field

1.5.2024

Second Community Meeting of 2024 – 22nd of May

The second Community Meeting of 2024 takes place on Wednesday, May 22nd, 13:00 – 14:00h on MS Teams.

18.3.2024

First Community Meeting of 2024 – 21st of March 2024

Our first community meeting of 2024 is taking place on Thursday, March 21st over lunch (12:00h - 13:00h) and it will be held online (on MS Teams). We warmly invite our members to take part!

18.3.2024

Workshop on content analysis – April 12th 2024; 9:00 – 17:00

In the «Workshop on content analysis - Best practices, challenges and opportunities in (automatic) content analysis for social science research: triangulating AI and other approaches to cover ethical topics» participants will learn how to triangulate main approaches and strategies for studying social science related concepts in text collections with (automated) content analysis methods, including large language models. It takes place on the 12th of April form 9a.m. - 5p.m. at the Digital Society Initiative, Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zurich. Registration below.

9.11.2023

WERTSCHÄTZUNG ODER ÜBERLASTUNG? Umgang mit der Informationsfülle – Forschungsbericht und Podiumsdiskussion

Am 01. Dezember 2023 laden wir Sie herzlich zu einer Präsentation und Diskussion von Forschungsergebnissen aus dem Information Abundance Projekt der DSI Community Communication ein.

24.10.2023

Workshop – Advancing interdisciplinary perspectives on computational mental health research – 10th November 9am – 12:30pm

We are happy to announce the workshop "Advancing interdisciplinary perspectives on computational mental health research" by our fellow Prof. Dr. Emese Domahidi. The workshop will take place on the 10th of November from 9am -12:30pm at the DSI Zurich in the event room (Rämistrasse 69). After the workshop, participants are invited to lunch. The workshop will feature input from Emese Domahidi, Felix Gille, Thomas Friemel and Oliver Grübner. You can register below.

18.10.2023

Welcome to our fellow: Prof. Dr. Emese Domahidi

We are happy to announce that Emese Domahidi from the University of Ilmenau is currently visiting as a DSI fellow. She will stay with our community until the end of November. If you are interested in a talk with her, feel free to contact her via E-Mail (emese.domahidi@tu-ilmenau.de). Emese is a full professor for communication science, especially Computational Communication Science at Technische Universität Ilmenau in Germany. She received the PhD for her thesis «Online Media Use and Perceived Social Resources. A Meta-Analysis» at the University of Münster and was a postdoc at Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien in Tübingen.

29.9.2023

Podiumsdiskussion “Wahlen und soziale Medien – Entscheiden TikTok und co. wer gewinnt?”

Wir freuen uns sehr, zu unserer Podiumsdiskussion einzuladen, die wir von der DSI Community Communication in einer Kollaboration mit der DSI Community Democracy im Rahmen des Formates “DSI Democracy meets” geplant haben.