DigiKomm 2026
Utopias and dystopias of the digital society:
30 years of research on computer-mediated communication
September 16–18, 2026, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 17/Sept/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Registration Location: Foyer |
| 8:00am - 6:15pm | Work & Chill Area Location: Library |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Opening Remarks Location: Main hall |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Session 01 (EN): Keynote Zizi Papacharissi: "Technology as Architecture: 30 years of research advances and forgotten trajectories" Location: Main hall Session Chair: Christian Strippel |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Session 02 (EN): Users’ Perspectives on Communicative/Generative AI Location: Main hall Session Chair: Esra Eres |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Session 03 (DE): Digitale Zukünfte zwischen Utopie und Dystopie Location: Flex room Session Chair: Christian Katzenbach |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch Break Location: Main hall including a session on the anniversary of the “Digital Communication” division feat. MC Moni & DJanni |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Session 04 (EN): How Users and Affordances Shape the Uses of Digital Platforms Location: Main hall Session Chair: Merja Mahrt |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Session 05 (DE): Imaginierte Zukünfte in der digitalen Ökonomie Location: Flex room Session Chair: Rebecca Scharlach |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 06 (EN/DE): Workshop: Digital Research and Ethical Decision-Making Location: Main hall Session Chair: Daniela Schlütz |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 07 (EN/DE): Social Media Influencers as Relational Actors in Digital Communication Location: Flex room Session Chair: Jessica Kühn Session Chair: Maria Schreiber Session Chair: Nils S. Borchers |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 08 (EN): Digital Communication Research: Charting Its Present and Shaping Its Future Location: Seminar room Session Chair: Daniela Mahl Session Chair: Esther Greussing Session Chair: Katharina Frehmann Session Chair: Evelyn Jonas |
| 5:00pm - 5:15pm | Coffee Break |
| 5:15pm - 6:15pm | Session 09 (EN): Ideologies and Narratives of Digital Futures Location: Main hall |
| 5:15pm - 6:15pm | Session 10 (DE): Business Meeting of the Digital Communication Division Location: Flex room Session Chair: Daniela Mahl Session Chair: Esther Greussing |
| 6:30pm - 11:00pm | Conference Dinner Location: Schleusenkrug |
