ComAI at ECREA 2026 in Brno
From September 8 to 11, the 11th Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) will take place in Brno (Czech Republic). The conference’s theme is “Paths, Connections, and Futures.” Numerous ZeMKI members will present their research.
Overview of presentations featuring our ComAI members:
Wednesday, September 9, 2026:
3:00 – 3:15 PM
FA I B2.44
Controversies and challenges in GenAI content moderation: Shifting rules in the emergence of a new governance regime
Kim Lisa Ermler
Thursday, September 10, 2026:
09:30 – 09:45 AM
FSS I P31
Journalistic independence dies in acquisition? Ownership and editorial shift at The Washington Post after Jeff Bezos
Rahel Winter
12:00 – 12:15 AM
FA I B2.44
Fostering unicorns: Institutional optimism in the EU digital agenda
Rebecca Scharlach
Friday, September 11, 2026:
09:45 – 10:00 AM
K2 I 200
How media repertoires affect climate literacy. Information diversity and the epistemic function of deliberative systems
Cornelius Puschmann
Overview of the posters by our ComAI members:
P07 CDE Look Who’s Talking! In/visibilities of impacted communities in news reporting on AI
Rahel Winter
P09 CLP ComAI Provider’s Governance of User-Chatbot Relationships
Kim Lisa Ermler
P25 POL From reactive to proactive moderation: AI tools for political discourse on social media
Patrick Frey
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp
ZeMKI, Center for Media, Communication and Information Research
University of Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-67620
Assistent Mrs. Schober: +49 421 218-67603
E-mail: andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de







