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Laura Liebig

Laura Liebig was an associated researcher and part of the international research project Shaping 21st Century AI – Controversies  and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research“. Her research interest and promotion topic is focused on the interdependency between the media discourse and policy decisions. 

After her bachelor studies in the subjects media and communications as well as political science, Laura studied in the English-language master’s program „Digital Media and Society“ at the  University of Bremen. During her studies, she focused on several theoretical concepts, for instance, the mediatization theory, datafication, algorithms, and the construction of social reality, and wrote her thesis on the topic of „Pandemic Conspiracies“.  

Previously, Laura was able to gain work experience and perceived the digitalization of agencies, start-ups, and editorial offices in practice.

Completed projects

Publications

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Liebig, L. (2023). Pandemic Conspiracie: A Frame Analysis of German Legacy Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Kommunikation.Medien, 15 (1), 1-28. DOI: 10.25598/JKM/2023-15.1 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

Working paper

Jobin, A., Guettel, L., Liebig, L., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). AI Federalism: shaping AI policy within states in Germany. arXiv. Publication details

Other publications

Liebig, L., & Jobin, A. (2022). Artificial Intelligence made in X: die deutsche KI-Policy-Landschaft. Digital society blog. Publication details

Activities

Lectures and presentations (5)

05.10.2023 · Laura Liebig

Shifting AI Controversies

Shifting AI Controversies. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany.

20.05.2023 · Laura Liebig

Agenda-Setting und Discursive Power im deutschen KI-Diskurs

68th Annual Conference of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies: Automatisierung von Kommunikation und automatisierte Medien. Herausforderungen für die Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft. University of Bremen. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

11.07.2022 · Laura Liebig, Anna Jobin, Licina Güttel, Christian Katzenbach

AI Federalism: How Subnational Policy Tackles a ‘Global’ Technology

IAMCR - Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Contexts. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Online, Beijing, China.

30.05.2022 · Anna Jobin, Laura Liebig, Christian Katzenbach

Communicating AI Policy: How Technology Comes to Matter in Media

Annual ICA Conference: 72nd Annual ICA Conference: One World, One Network‽. International Communication Association. Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Le Palais des Congrès de Paris, Le Méridien Etoile, Paris, France.

12.05.2022 · Christian Katzenbach, Vanessa Richter, Anna Jobin, Laura Liebig

Shaping AI – Imaginaries and Controversies of AI in Media and Policy

Artificial Intelligence and the Human Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Japanese-German Center Berlin. Japanese-German Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Panels (1)

23.05.2023 · Christian Katzenbach, Laura Liebig

Keynote Panel with members from the Shaping AI Team

[un]Stable Diffusions Symposium. Concordia University. Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

Moderation of workshops and panels (2)

30.01.2024 · Laura Liebig

Shifting AI Controversies – Prompts, Provocations & Problematisations for Society-Centered AI

Shifting AI Controversies – Prompts, Provocations & Problematisations for Society-Centered AI. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Berlin, Germany.

05.10.2023 · Christian Katzenbach, Lena Henkes, Laura Liebig

Shifting AI Controversies

Shifting AI Controversies. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany.

Organisation of events (1)
Shifting AI Controversies
05.10.2023. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Laura Liebig, Lena Marie Henkes, Christian Katzenbach

Laura Liebig, HIIG

Position

Former associated Researcher: The evolving digital society

Research focus