Christian Katzenbach, Prof. Dr.
Christian Katzenbach is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Bremen and Head of the Lab „Platform Governance, Media, and Technology“. At the HIIG, he is project lead researcher for the Research Program: The Evolving Digital Society. Previously, he was interim professor for communication policy and media economics at the Institute for Media and Communication Research at Freie Universität Berlin and chair of the Section Digital Communication of the German Communication Association. Christian studied media and communication studies, philosophy, and computer science in Berlin, Madrid and Potsdam. His research addresses the intersection of technology, communication, and governance. Christian is the recipient of multiple awards, including the biannual award of the German Communication Association for the best dissertation in the field in 2016 and 2017 for his conceptual work on governance, technology, and communication. In the academic year 2020-21, Christian is a fellow at the Canadian Institut National de Recherche Scientifique (INRS) and the Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur la Science et la Technologie (CIRST).
Focus areas of his research are the governance and regulation of platforms, discourses and governance of “artificial intelligence” and the increasing role of data, algorithm and digital infrastructures in organising communication and social interactions. On these themes, Christian is leading international research projects, funded by the German Research Foundation, the EU Framework Programme H2020, the German Ministry of Education and Research, the Volkswagen Foundation and other organisations.
Christian also contributes to building sustainable structures and networks that make research more accessible and collaborative. He is a co-initiator of the open access journal Internet Policy Review and PI of a research project on sustainable funding of scholar-led open access journals. Currently, Christian is co-initiating a research network in the field of platform governance and building the “Platform Governance Archive” – a longitudinal corpus of platform policies. Christian was co-responsible for hosting the 2016 conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Berlin – for the first time in Germany. Since September 2021 Christian holds the professorship for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Bremen.
Selected Projects
- Shaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research (2021-2024; ESRC, DFG, ANR, SSHRC)
- Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence: The Communicative Construction of AI in China, Germany and the US (2021-2024; SNF, DFG)
- Platform Governance and Copyright (H2020) (2020-2022; H2020)
- Innovative Open Access in Small Sciences (InnOAccess) (2019-2021; DFG)
- Lecture Series “Making Sense of the Digital Society” (2017-2021; BpB)
Politics & law · Science & educationPublication: Internet Policy Review
The Internet Policy Review is an open access, fast track and peer-reviewed journal on Internet regulation. It tracks public regulatory changes, as well as...
Entrepreneurship & innovationTask Force: European Platform Economy
The “Task Force European Platform Economy” is a group of HIIG researchers who study the implications of global platformisation for European actors and institutions.
Society & cultureShaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research
The project investigates the discourse and developments around AI’s “deep learning revolution” over the ten formative years.
Media & data · Society & culturePlatform Governance and Copyright
This project tackles these issues from two complementary perspectives. It investigates the governance structures that social media platforms have devised over time to create...
Science & education · Society & cultureInnovative Open Access in small sciences (InnOAccess)
The project builds on prior work by the Internet Policy Review, published by HIIG since 2012. This journal publishes independent of any publishers, does...
Science & education · Society & cultureDefining concepts of the digital society
This project seeks to substantiate the conceptual ambition of the research programme The Evolving Digital Society by curating a set of reference articles on...
Politics & law · Society & cultureThe discursive and political construction of AI
This project empirically investigates the discursive and political construction of AI in contemporary societies. We have started with studies on the media discourse in...
Politics & law · Society & culturePlatform governance
Platforms have installed themselves as key intermediaries in contemporary societies. They re-organise communication and politics, mobility and travel, work and everyday life. Yet, with...
Entrepreneurship & innovation · Media & dataInnovation and Imitation in the Games Sector
This 2-year study investigated the tension between innovation and imitation in the Digital Games Industry. In this project, we understand imitation as a basic...- Politics & law · Society & culture
Wahlkompass Digitales
Click here for Wahlkompass 2021 Digital policy will be a focal point of the German federal elections in 2017. More than ever, the elections... - Entrepreneurship & innovation
Case Study: Innovation and Imitation in the Games Sector
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is currently launching an 18-month study into the tension between innovation and imitation in the... - Media & data
Empirical Copyright Research
The research project Empirical Copyright Research contributes to the nascent field of empirical copyright research with innovative theoretical perspectives and empirically grounded case studies.
Books (2)
Katzenbach, C. (2017). Die Regeln digitaler Kommunikation. Governance zwischen Norm, Diskurs und Technik. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-19337-9 Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2009). Weblogs und ihre Öffentlichkeiten. München: R. Fischer. DOI: 10.5771/9783845214238 Publication details
Journal articles and conference proceedings (28)
Katzenbach, C., Pentzold, C., & Otero, P. V. (2024). Smoothing Out Smart Tech’s Rough Edges: Imperfect Automation and the Human Fix. Human-Machine Communication, 7(2), 23-43. DOI: 10.30658/hmc.7.2 Publication details
Quintais, J. P., Katzenbach, C., Schwemer, S. F., Dergacheva, D., Riis, T., Mezei, P., Harkai, I., Magalhães, J. C. (2024). Copyright Content Moderation in the European Union: State of the Art, Ways Forward and Policy Recommendations. IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 55, 157-177. DOI: 10.1007/s40319-023-01409-5 Publication details
Katzenbach, C., Kopps, A., Magalhaes, J. C., Redeker. D., Sühr, T., Wunderlich, L. (2023). The Platform Governance Archive v1: A longitudinal dataset to study the governance of communication and interactions by platforms and the historical evolution of platform policies. Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI). DOI: 10.26092/elib/2331 Publication details
Dergacheva, D., Katzenbach, C. (2023). “We Learn Through Mistakes”: Perspectives of Social Media Creators on Copyright Moderation in the European Union. Social Media + Society, 9(4), 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/20563051231220329 Publication details
Dergacheva, D., Katzenbach, C. (2023). Mandate to overblock? Understanding the impact of the European Union’s Article 17 on copyright content moderation on YouTube. Policy & Internet, 1-22. DOI: 10.1002/poi3.379 Publication details
Hepp, A., Loosen, W., Dreyer, S., Jarke, J., Kannengießer, S., Katzenbach, C., Malaka, R., Pfadenhauer, M., Puschmann, C., & Schulz, W. (2022). Von der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion zur kommunikativen KI. Publizistik, 67(4), 449–474. DOI: 10.1007/s11616-022-00758-4 Publication details
Liebig, L., Güttel, L., Jobin, A., & Katzenbach, C. (2022). Subnational AI policy: shaping AI in a multi-level governance system. AI & Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01561-5 Publication details
Mager, A., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Future imaginaries in the making and governing of digital technology: Multiple, contested, commodified. New Media & Society, 23(2), 223-236. DOI: 10.1177/1461444820929321 Publication details
Waldherr, A., Geise, S., Mahrt, M., Katzenbach, C., & Nuernbergk, C. (2021). Toward a stronger theoretical grounding of computational communication science: how macro frameworks shape our research agendas. Computational Communication Research, 3(2), 1-28. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/PU9DQ Publication details
Bareis, J., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Talking AI into Being: The narratives and imaginaries of national AI strategies and their performative politics. Science, Technology, & Human Values. DOI: 10.1177/01622439211030007 Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2021). “AI will fix this” – The Technical, Discursive, and Political Turn to AI in Governing Communication. Big Data & Society, 8(2). DOI: 10.1177/2053951721104618 Publication details
Gorwa, R., Binns, R., & Katzenbach, C. (2020). Algorithmic Content Moderation: Technical and Political Challenges in the Automation of Platform Governance. Big Data & Society, 7(1). DOI: 10.1177/2053951719897945 Publication details
Magalhães, J. C., Katzenbach, C. (2020). Coronavirus and the frailness of platform governance. Internet Policy Reiew. Publication details
Waldherr, A., Geise, S., & Katzenbach, C. (2019). Because Technology Matters – Revisiting Actor-Network-Theory for Computational Communication Science. International Journal of Communication, 13. Publication details
Katzenbach, C., & Ulbricht, L. (2019). Algorithmic governance. Internet Policy Review, 8(4). DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1424 Publication details
Katzenbach, C., & Bächle, T. C. (2019). Defining Concepts of the Digital Society. Internet Policy Review, 8(4). DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1430 Publication details
Strippel, C., Bock, A., Katzenbach, C., Mahrt, M., Merten, L., Nuernbergk, C., Pentzold, C., Puschmann, C. & Waldherr, A. (2018). Die Zukunft der Kommunikationswissenschaft ist schon da, sie ist nur ungleich verteilt. Eine Kollektivreplik. Publizistik, 63(1), 11-27. DOI: 10.1007/s11616-017-0398-5 Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2018). There Is Always More Than Law! From Low IP Regimes To A Governance Perspective In Copyright Research. Journal of Technology Law and Policy, 22(2), 99-122. Publication details
Van Roessel, L., & Katzenbach, C. (2018). Navigating the Grey Area: Game Production Between Inspiration and Imitation. Convergence. Publication details
Strippel, C., Bock, A., Katzenbach, C., Mahrt, M., Merten, L., Nuernbergk, C., Pentzold, C., & Waldherr, A. (2018). Theoretische und methodische Antworten der Kommunikationswissenschaft auf Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung. Publizistik, 63(4), 469-476. DOI: 10.1007/s11616-018-0462-9 Publication details
Katzenbach, C. & Pentzold, C. (2017). Theoriearbeit in der Kommunikationswissenschaft zwischen Komplexitätssteigerung und Komplexitätsreduktion. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 65(3), 483-499. Publication details
Katzenbach, C., Herweg, S., & van Roessel, L. (2016). Copies, Clones and Genre Building. Discourses on Imitation and Innovation in Digital Games. International Journal of Communication, 10, 838-859. Publication details
Hofmann, J., Katzenbach, C., & Gollatz, K. (2016). Between coordination and regulation: Finding the governance in Internet governance. New Media & Society. Publication details
Epstein, D., Katzenbach, C. & Musiani, F. (2016). Doing internet governance: how science and technology studies inform the study of internet governance. Internet Policy Review, 5(3), 1-14. Publication details
Pentzold, C., Katzenbach, C., & Fraas, C. (2014). Digitale Plattformen und Öffentlichkeiten mediatisierter politischer Kommunikation. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), 14(22-23), 28-34. Publication details
Hofmann, J., Katzenbach, C. & Münch, M. (2012). Kulturgütermärkte im Schatten des Urheberrechts. Zur Pluralität praktizierter Regelungsformen. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 62(41/42), 39-45. Publication details
Hofmann, C. & Katzenbach, C. (2009). Wissen und Eigentum. FIfF-Kommunikation, 2008(1), 14-17. Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2009). Online für eine Woche: TV und Radio im Netz. WPK Quarterly, 2008(3), 13-14. Publication details
Edited works (8)
Döbler, T., Pentzold, C., & Katzenbach, C. (Eds.) (2021). Räume digitaler Kommunikation. Lokalität – Imagination – Virtualisierung., 16 Cologne: Herbert von Halem Verlag. Publication details
Mager, A., & Katzenbach, C. (Eds.). (2021). “We Are on a Mission”. Exploring Future Imaginaries in the Making and Governing of Digital Technology [Special issue]. New Media & Society, 23(2). Publication details
Katzenbach, C., & Bächle, T. C. (Eds.). (2019). Defining Concepts of the Digital Society [Special issue]. Internet Policy Review, 8(4) Berlin: Internet Policy Review. Publication details
Katzenbach, C., Pentzold, C, Adolf, C., Kannengießer, S., & Taddicken, M. (Eds.) (2018). Neue Komplexitäten für Kommunikationsforschung und Medienanalyse: Analytische Zugänge und empirische Studien. Berlin: Schriftenreihe Digitial Communication Research. DOI: 10.17174/dcr.v4.0 Publication details
Strippel, C., Bock, A., Katzenbach, C., Mahrt, M., Merten, L., Nuernbergk, C., Pentzold, C., & Waldherr, A.. (2018). Theoretische und methodische Antworten der Kommunikationswissenschaft auf Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung [Special issue]. Publizistik, 63(4). DOI: /10.1007/s11616-018-0462-9 Publication details
Pentzold, C. & Katzenbach, C. (Eds). (2017). Komplexitätssteigerung und Komplexitätsreduzierung in der kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Theoriebildung [Special issue]. Themenheft der Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 65(3). Publication details
Epstein, D., Katzenbach, C. & Musiani, F. (Eds.). (2016). Doing internet governance: practices, controversies, infrastructures, and institutions [Special issue]. Internet Policy Review, 5(3) Berlin: Special Issue for Internet Policy Review. DOI: 10.14763/2016.3.435 Publication details
Hofmann, J. (with Katzenbach, C., Eds.) (2009). Wissen und Eigentum: Geschichte, Recht und Ökonomie stoffloser Güter. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Publication details
Book contributions and chapters (13)
Jobin, A. & Katzenbach, C. (2023). The Becoming of AI: A Critical Perspective on the Contingent Formation of AI. In Lindgren, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 43-55). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. DOI: 978 1 80392 855 5 Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2021). Räume digitaler Kommunikation – eine Einleitung. In Döbler, T., Pentzold, C., & Katzenbach, C. (Eds.), Räume digitaler Kommunikation. Lokalität – Imagination – Virtualisierung, 16 (pp. 9-21). Cologne: Herbert von Halem Verlag. Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2021). Die Öffentlichkeit der Plattformen: Wechselseitige (Re-)Institutionalisierung von Öffentlichkeiten und Plattformen. In M. Eisenegger, M. Prinzing, P. Ettinger, & R. Blum (Eds.), Digitaler Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Historische Verortung, Modelle und Konsequenzen, 1 (pp. 65-80). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-32133-8 Publication details
Dogruel, L. & Katzenbach, C. (2018). Internet-Ökonomie – Grundlagen, Strategien, Plattformen. In Schweiger, W. & Beck, K. (Eds.), Handbuch Online-Kommunikation. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Publication details
Pentzold, C., Katzenbach, C., Adolf, M., Kannengießer, S., & Taddicken, M. (2018). Die „neueste Kommunikationswissenschaft”. Gegenstandsdynamik und Methodeninnovation in Kommunikationsforschung und Medienanalyse. In Katzenbach, C., Pentzold, C., Adolf, M., Kannengießer, S., & Taddicken, M. (Eds.), Neue Komplexitäten für Kommunikationsforschung und Medienanalyse: Analytische Zugänge und empirische Studien (pp. 9-22). Berlin: Digital Communication Research. DOI: 10.17174/dcr.v4.1 Publication details
Christian Katzenbach (2018). Die Ordnung der Algorithmen. Zur Automatisierung von Relevanz und Regulierung gesellschaftlicher Kommunikation. In R. Mohabbat Kar, B. Thapa, P. Parycek, (Un)Berechenbar? Algorithmen und Automatisierung in Staat und Gesellschaft (pp. 315-339). Berlin: Kompetenzzentrum Öffentliche IT. Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2017). Von kleinen Gesprächen zu großen Öffentlichkeiten? Zur Dynamik und Theorie von Öffentlichkeiten in sozialen Medien. In Klaus, E. & Drüeke, R., Öffentlichkeiten und gesellschaftliche Aushandlungsprozesse. Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Befunde (pp. 151-174). Bielefeld: Transcript. Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2013). Media Governance and Technology. From ‘Code is Law’ to Governance Constellations. In Price, M., Verhulst, S., & Morgan, L. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Media Law (pp. 399-418). Abingdon, New York: Routledge. Publication details
Hofmann, J., Katzenbach, C., & Gollatz, K. (2013). Freedom on the Net Report Germany. In Kelly, S., Truong, M., Earp, M., Reed, L., Shahbaz, A., & Greco-Stoner, A. (Eds.), Freedom on the Net 2013 (pp. 302-321). New York, NY: Freedom House. Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2012). Technologies as Institutions: Rethinking the Role of Technology in Media Governance Constellations. In Puppis, M. & Just, N. (Eds.), Trends in Communication Policy Research: New Theories, Methods and Subjects (pp. 117-1138). Bristol/Chicago: intellect. Publication details
Weiß, H.-J., Katzenbach, C. & Schwotzer, B. (2011). Fernsehvollprogramme im Internet. In Die Medienanstalten, Programmbericht 2010. Fernsehen in Deutschland. Berlin: Vistas. Publication details
Dogruel, L. & Katzenbach, C. (2010). Internet-Ökonomie. In Beck, K. & Schweiger, W. (Eds.), Handbuch Online-Kommunikation (pp. 105-129). Wiesbaden: VS. Publication details
Katzenbach, C. (2010). Weblog-Öffentlichkeiten als vernetzte Gespräche. Zur theoretischen Verortung von Kommunikation im Web 2.0. In Wolling, J., Seifert, M., & Emmer, M. (Eds.), Politik 2.0? Die Wirkung computervermittelter Kommunikation auf den politischen Prozess (pp. 189-210). Baden-Baden: Nomos. Publication details
Working paper (6)
Katzenbach, C., Redeker, D., Magalhães, J. C., Kopps, A., Sühr, T., Caplan, R., Yilma, K. (2022). POLICING PLATFORMS: ADDRESSING POWER AND INEQUALITIES IN PLATFORM POLICIES. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2022i0.12959 Publication details
Wrzesinski, M., Riechert, P., Dubois, F., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Working with publication technology to make open access journals sustainable. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(02). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558781 Publication details
Bernstein, A., de Vreese, C., Helberger, N., Schulz, W., Zweig, K., Baden, C., Beam, M. A., Hauer, M. P., Heitz, L., Jürgens, P., Katzenbach, C., Kille, B., Klimkiewicz, B., Loosen, W., Moeller, J., Radanovic, G., Shani, G., Tintarev, N., Tolmeijer, S., van Atteveldt, W., Vrijenhoek, S., & Züger, T. (2021). Diversity in news recommender systems. Dagstuhl Manifestos, 9(1). DOI: 10.4230/DagMan.9.1.43 Publication details
Jobin, A., Guettel, L., Liebig, L., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). AI Federalism: shaping AI policy within states in Germany. arXiv. Publication details
Gollatz, K., Beer, F. &, Katzenbach, C. (2018). The Turn to Artificial Intelligence in Governing Communication Online Workshop Report. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2018(09). Publication details
Hofmann, J., Katzenbach, C., & Gollatz, K. (2014). Between Coordination and Regulation: Conceptualizing Governance in Internet Governance. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(04). Publication details
Other publications (6)
Kopps, A., & Katzenbach, C. (2022). Turning back time for Content Moderation? How Musk’s takeover is affecting Twitter’s rules. Digital society blog. Publication details
Katzenbach, C., Magalhães, J. C., Kopps, A., Sühr, T., & Wunderlich, L. (2021). The Platform Governance Archive. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Publication details
Katzenbach, C., Bareis, J. (2018). Global AI race: States aiming for the top. Digital Society Blog. Publication details
Lectures and presentations (59)
The making of misinformation: A longitudinal analysis of platforms’ misinformation policies
How Have Social Media Platforms Governed “Misinformation” from Their Inception until Today: A Longitudinal Study
Shifting AI Controversies: Prompts, Presentation: Provocations, and Problematisations for Society-Centered AI Conference
Mehr als Technologie: Die kommunikative und politische Konstruktion von KI
AoIR2022: Complexification And Concentration In Platform Power
KI-Widersprüchlichkeiten in Policy und Wissenschaft
Communicating AI Policy: How Technology Comes to Matter in Media
Targeting Platform Governance From the Techlash to the German Federal Elections 2021: The Relationship Between Platforms’ Ad Targeting, and Public and Policy Debates
Shaping AI – Imaginaries and Controversies of AI in Media and Policy
Algorithms in Film, Television and Sound Cultures: New Ways of Knowing and Storytelling
Researching AI and Content Moderation: Trends, Tools and Methods
Shaping AI. Die Formation „künstlicher Intelligenz“ im 21. Jahrhundert zwischen Medien, Politik, und Technik
Platform Governance – Wie Plattformen Kommunikation ordnen und wie sie selbst reguliert werden
Regulierung „durch“ Algorithmen? Die Zuschreibung von Agency und das Motiv der technischen Lösung sozialer Probleme
Public Controversies and the Future of AI
The Discursive Formation of 21st Century AI – Policy, Media, and Science
Nachhaltiges Open Access: Verlagsunabhängig, divers und gebührenfrei
Future Imaginaries In The Making And Governing Of Digital Technology: Multiple, Contested, Commodified
The formation of platforms and their governance – An institutional perspective
Die Automatisierung von Kommunikation und Kognition: Leibniz, YouTube und Plattform-Governance
Die kommunikative, politische und technische Institutionalisierung von „Künstlicher Intelligenz“
Emerging Structures of Platform Governance and Copyright. Methods and Challenges in Studying Content Policies
Die Dynamik der Governance digitalisierter Meinungsbildung auf Plattformen
Talking AI into Being: The Imaginaries of National AI Strategies and their Performative Politics
Towards a Stronger Theoretical Grounding of Computational Communication Science: A Review of Tried and Tested Social Theories.
The Social Construction of AI: Ethics, Politics, Discourse
Infrastrukturen digitaler Öffentlichkeiten. Pre-Conference „(Neue) Theorien digitaler Öffentlichkeiten“
Mediensystem und Journalismus in Deutschland
Die Öffentlichkeit der Plattformen: Wechselseitige (Neu-)Institutionalisierung von Öffentlichkeiten und Plattformen
Die Aushandlung kommunikativer Regeln – Institutionentheorien und Governance-Perspektiven
The Governance of Cryptomarkets for Drugs
Digitale Gesellschaft = Automatisierung von Programmen und Regeln?
Künstliche Intelligenz und Algorithmen – Ethische und politische Herausforderungen in der Digitalen Gesellschaft
ICA Talk: Shades of In/visibility: Confronting Collaborative Authorship in Wikipedia, Game Production, and Fanfiction
Vortrag: Die Wiederentdeckung der Technik in der kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Theoriearbeit
Platform Governance as Reflexive Coordination – Mediating Nudity, Hate Speech and Fake News on Facebook
Ordering (Digital) Communication: Eine mediensoziologische Zusammenführung von Regulierung, Kommunikation und Technik
There’s more than Law in Controlling IP! From Low IP Regimes to Multimodal Copyright Governance
Navigating the Grey Zone: Developers’ Views on Imitation and Inspiration in the Game Sector
Governing Platforms by Algorithms? Digital Sovereignty and the Technological Fix for Hate Speech and Fake News
Platform Governance. Die regulative, normative, diskursive und technische Regelung vernetzter Kommunikation
ECREA2016-Media-Governance
DigiKomm2016- Algorithmen, Daten, schwarze Kisten-Wiederentdeckung der Technik
Vortrag Games-Projekt: Innovationskolleg TU Berlin
Theorien der Kommunikationswissenschaft zwischen Komplexitätssteigerung und Komplexitätsreduzierung
Vortrag IR16 Internet Governance
Playing without Rules? Regulating Imitation and Innovation in the Games Industry
From Pong to Flappy Bird – Copying and Genre Building in the Games Industry
Vortrag “Governance durch Algorithmen? ‘Politics of Platforms’ und die Ordnung des Netzes”
Between Coordination and Regulation: Conceptualizing Governance in Internet Governance
Negotiating the Boundaries of Game Imitation: From Pong to Ridiculous Fishing
ISHTIP Workshop 2014
Workshop Post-Broadcasting
DGPuK 2014: Kommunikationspolitik zu Governance
Im Schatten des Rechts – Wie informelle Normen das Urheberrecht unterlaufen oder auch auf den Kopf stellen
Medienentwicklung und die Rolle der Technik
Technology and social communication. Exploring the gap between technological determinism and social constructivism
Technologies as institutions. Rethinking the role of technology in media governance constellations
Strukturen und Funktionen von Weblog-Öffentlichkeiten. Zur theoretischen Verortung von Web-2.0-Kommunikation
Panels (7)
Keynote Panel with members from the Shaping AI Team
Talk on Searching the governance in internet governance
Panel IR16 Internet Governance
DiGRA Panel International Cultures of Creativity and Imitation
Panel Quo Vadis: Copies, Clones and Genre Building – Innovation and Imitation practices in the Games Industry
Netzwerk-Architektur und politische Kommunikation
Moderation of workshops and panels (4)
Shifting AI Controversies
Research Sprint: AI and Content Moderation
RightsCon Toronto 2018
#ÖFIT2017: Panel Medien, Öffentlichkeit, Algorithmen
Organisation of events (34)
From 29.01.2024 to 30.01.2024. Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Berlin, Germany (International) Further information
Lena Marie Henkes, Christian Katzenbach
Shifting AI Controversies05.10.2023. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information
Laura Liebig, Lena Marie Henkes, Christian Katzenbach
The First Annual Conference of the Platform Governance Research NetworkFrom 24.03.2021 to 26.03.2021. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI) (International) Further information
Robert Gorwa, João Carlos Magalhães, Clara Iglesias Keller, Amélie Heldt, Christian Katzenbach
Making sense of the digital Society: Jan-Werner Müller – Die kritische Infrastruktur der Demokratie09.03.2021. Livestream, Berlin, Deutschland (International) Further information
Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Making sense of the digital society: Tilman Santarius – Die Digitalisierung für das Klima nutzen26.10.2020. Säälchen, Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Lena Marie Henkes, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Sustainable Open Access: Strategies for scholar-led publishingFrom 29.09.2020 to 30.09.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: ZBW Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (International) Further information
Marcel Wrzesinski, Patrick Riechert, Frédéric Dubois, Christian Katzenbach
Making sense of the digital Society: Joanna Bryson – The role of humans in an age of intelligent machines25.05.2020. Hebbel am Ufer HAU 1, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Natasha Vukajlovic, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Redenreihe: Sybille Krämer - Kulturgeschichte der Digitalisierung13.02.2020. HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 1), Berlin, Germany (International) Further information
Natasha Vukajlovic, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen: The power of platforms and how publishers adaptwith attending Vip: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. 16.12.2019. Hebbel am Ufer, HAU 1, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Natasha Vukajlovic, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media – Lunch Talk with Marc Smith18.11.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information
Natasha Vukajlovic, Natalie Kreindlina, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Shoshana Zuboff: Überwachungskapitalismus und Demokratiewith attending Vip: Shoshana Zuboff. 06.11.2019. Urania Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Natasha Vukajlovic, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Armin Nassehi: Für welches Problem ist die Digitalisierung eine Lösung?with attending Vip: Armin Nassehi. 28.08.2019. Säälchen - Holzmarkt, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Ronja Lamberty, Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Louise Amoore: Our lives with algorithmswith attending Vip: Louise Amoore. 01.07.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
José van Dijck: Europe and responsible platform societieswith attending Vip: José van Dijck. 05.06.2019. Säälchen - Holzmarkt, Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Dirk Baecker: Digitalisierung und die nächste Gesellschaftwith attending Vip: Dirk Baecker. 16.04.2019. Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 1), Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Eva Illouz: Capitalist subjectivity and the internetwith attending Vip: Eva Illouz. 06.03.2019. Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 1), Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Grauvogel, Christian Katzenbach
Manuel Castells: Power and counter-power in the digital societyMaking sense of the digital society. 12.12.2018. Kino International, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb (International)
Christian Katzenbach
Andreas Reckwitz: Digitalisation and society of singularitiesAndreas Reckwitz: Digitalisation and society of singularities. From 11.12.2018 to 11.12.2018. Georg-Neumann-Saal (Jazz-Institut Berlin), Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Katzenbach
Colonised by data – the hollowing out of digital society (Making sense of the digital society)Nick Couldry: Colonised by data – the hollowing out of digital society. with attending Vip: Nick Couldry. From 20.11.2018 to 20.11.2018. Auditorium Friedrichstraße, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Katzenbach
The politics of urban digital infrastructures (Making sense of the digital society)Stephen Graham: The politics of urban digital infrastructures. with attending Vip: Stephen Graham. From 24.09.2018 to 24.09.2018. Säälchen - Holzmarkt, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Katzenbach
Das Ende der Transparenz?Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2018. 09.06.2018. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Berlin + Potsdam (National) Further information
Alexandra Giannopoulou, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Nataliia Sokolovska, Lisa Gutermuth, Christian Djeffal, Shirley Ogolla, Sönke Bartling, Matti Grosse, Wolfgang Schulz, Kirsten Gollatz, Christian Katzenbach, Benedikt Fecher
Social order in the digital society (Making sense of the digital society)Marion Fourcade: Social order in the digital society. with attending Vip: Marion Fourcade. From 07.05.2018 to 07.05.2018. Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: bpb (International) Further information
Christian Katzenbach
“We Are on a Mission”. Exploring the Role of Future Imaginaries in the Governing and Making of Digital Technology27.04.2018. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International)
Astrid Mager, Christian Katzenbach
The turn to artificial intelligence in governing communication online20.04.2018. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: AccessNow (International)
Kirsten Gollatz, Christian Katzenbach
Elena Esposito: Zukunft und Ungewissheit in der digitalen GesellschaftElena Esposito: Future and uncertainty in the digital society. with attending Vip: Elena Esposito. 12.03.2018. Auditorium Friedrichstraße, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb (International)
Christian Katzenbach
Christoph Neuberger: Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit in der digitalen GesellschaftChristoph Neuberger: Democracy and public sphere in the digital society. 30.01.2018. Tagungswerk, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb (International)
Christian Katzenbach
AoIR 2016 – Annual Conference of the Association of Internet ResearchersFrom 05.10.2016 to 08.10.2016. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Association of Internet Research; Hans-Bredow-Institute for Media Research (International)
Christian Katzenbach, Cornelius Puschmann, Larissa Wunderlich
Pre-Conference Workshop (AoIR 2016): The Internet Rules, But How? A Science and Technical Studies Take on Doing Internet Governance05.10.2016. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet); Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago; Institute for Communication Sciences (CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne/UPMC, Paris) (International)
Christian Katzenbach
Medienkommunikation zwischen Komplexität und Vereinfachung – Konzepte, Methoden, PraxisFrom 05.11.2015 to 07.11.2015. UdK, Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: DGPuK-Fachgruppen Digitale Kommunikation und Soziologie der Medienkommunikation (National)
Christian Katzenbach, Larissa Wunderlich, Christian Pentzold
Algorithmic GovernanceEarly Stage Researcher Colloquium on Internet and Society 2015. 24.09.2015. Social Science Research Centre, Berlin, Germany (International)
Christian Katzenbach, Kirsten Gollatz
Innovation in der Gamesbranche - Zwischen Schutz und Freiheit09.06.2015. Game Science Center, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg (National)
Leontine Jenner, Lies van Roessel, Christian Katzenbach
Save Game – Legal Challenges in Game Preservation22.04.2015. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), EFGAMP (International)
Henrike Maier, Lies van Roessel, Christian Katzenbach
Producing and protecting audiovisual formats in convergent mediaFrom 05.12.2013 to 06.12.2013. Kalkscheune, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: CREATE, University of Glasgow (International)
Christian Katzenbach, Christian Pentzold, Jeanette Hofmann
Wikipedia Academy: Research and Free KnowledgeFrom 29.06.2012 to 01.07.2012. Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Wikimedia Foundation, Freie Universtität Berlin (International)
Christian Katzenbach
Nominations (4)
Christian Katzenbach
Editorial Board: M&K Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft.Christian Katzenbach
Chair: Fachgruppe Digitale Kommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) (seit 2016).Christian Katzenbach
Editorial Board: SCM Studies in Communication and Media (2016-2018).Christian Katzenbach
- 09.01.25 TAGESSPIEGEL
Meta schafft Factchecking ab: Welche Folgen hat Zuckerbergs Kehrtwende?
- 08.01.25 T-ONLINE
Faktencheck-Aus bei Meta
- 02.11.24 DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR – BREITBAND
US-Wahl: Digital Wähler-Targeting und die Rolle von X
- 29.10.24 SZ DOSSIER DIGITALWENDE
Tiefgang: X zwei Jahre nach der Übernahme von Musk
- 30.01.24 RBB KULTUR
Künstliche Intelligenz: Was sind jetzt die drängenden Schritte?
- 20.10.23 SWR 2
KI-Fake-News in Bild und Ton: Droht uns die Infokalypse?
- 25.05.21 SWR
Die Macht der Meinungen
- 16.04.20 THE ATLANTIC
No, the Internet Is Not Good Again
- 18.03.19 NÜRNBERGER NACHRICHTEN
Neues Urheberrecht: Gut gedacht, schlecht gemacht?
- 27.09.18 RHEINISCHE POST
Kann Intelligenz künstlich sein?
- 15.09.18 DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
Wo ist die Regulierung, die allen nützt?
- 15.09.18 DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
Warum ist Regulierung so schwierig?
- 04.09.18 RP ONLINE
Berliner Professor kommt als Referent zum Wirtschaftstreff
- 18.01.18 ÉPOCA
Epoca: Ecos da guerra aos fatos
- 01.10.17 POLITICO
Big Tech’s latest headache: An unwanted role in politics
- 08.10.16 TAGESSPIEGEL
Wer regiert das Netz?
- 16.06.16 DRADIO KULTUR
Geistiges Eigentum in der Videospiele-Kultur: Diebstahl, Inspiration und das juristische Bauchgefühl
- 16.06.16 RICHTER.FM
Diebstahl, Inspiration und das juristische Bauchgefühl
- 16.06.16 DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR
DRadio Kultur: Feature zu Games-Projekt
- 08.05.15 FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE – DIGITAL TWIN, DAS NETZWELTBLOG
Kampf der Spiele-Klonkrieger
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Associated researcher: The evolving digital society
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Topics: AI, Political Regulation of AI, Political Regulation of Digital