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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Location: Main hall Weizenbaum Institute, Hardenbergstrasse 32, 10623 Berlin, Ground floor |
| 9:00am - 3:30pm |
Preconference Workshop (EN): Large Language Models & Users' Mental Models Location: Main hall Chair: Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick Chair: Esra Eres |
| 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 Chair: Christian Strippel |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session 02 (EN): Users’ Perspectives on Communicative/Generative AI Location: Main hall Chair: Esra Eres |
| 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 Chair: Merja Mahrt |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Session 06 (EN/DE): Workshop: Digital Research and Ethical Decision-Making Location: Main hall Chair: Daniela Schlütz |
| 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
Session 09 (EN): Ideologies and Narratives of Digital Futures Location: Main hall |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Session 11 (EN): Pasts and Futures of the Digital Location: Main hall Chair: Christian Strippel |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session 12 (EN): Innovation: Corporations and Workers Location: Main hall |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Break Location: Main hall |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Session 14 (EN): Digital News, Disinformation, and Their Effects Location: Main hall Chair: Martin Emmer |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Closing Remarks Location: Main hall |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
Farewell Drinks Location: Main hall |
