Research and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Communication & Media Research @uzh_ikmz, University of Zurich | Media & Internet Governance

Joined October 2014
Generative AI deepens the digital divide in Switzerland and is increasingly becoming part of everyday life. The latest findings of the World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 are now online 🤖 ✨ ➡️ mediachange.ch/news/187
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Job alert! 📣 We are looking for a #PostDoc researcher and short-term visiting researchers in socio-technical transformations through digitalization and AI ➡️ mediachange.ch/news/182/ @uzh_ikmz #AcademicJobs
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How are the gatekeepers doing? In the latest issue of Intermedia, Alena Birrer and Professor Natascha Just consider the responses of the large platforms to their obligations under the Digital Markets Act. Read the full article by visiting below. lnkd.in/eAAthK6X
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Wer nicht nur mit Halb(ierungs)wissen über die Zukunft der SRG debattieren will, sollte deren Geschichte kennen. Z.B. wissen, dass der damalige NZZ-Redaktor Alfred W. Glogg Gründungsmitglied von Radio Zürich war. Dazu mehr am Jubiläumsanlass der SRG ZH/SH. srgd.ch/de/regionen/srg-zuri…
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Alena Birrer retweeted
📣 Call for applications! 📣 In der IKMZ-Abteilung #Media & #Internet Governance von Prof. Dr. Natascha Just ist eine Oberassistenz-/Postdocstelle zu besetzen – ab sofort oder nach Vereinbarung Mehr Informationen: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/o… @SGKM_SSCM @MittelbauDGPuK @UZH_ch
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Alena Birrer retweeted
Call for applications! We’re looking for a tenure-track assistant #professor in political communication 📣 If you have a strong record in teaching and research in the field of #political #communication, apply by 14 February 🗓️ Pls share widely! More info: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/a…
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Celebrating 15 months of editorial stewardship since our journey began in September 2022! Excited to unveil our inaugural issue Volume 73, Issue 6, December 2023 of @Journal_Of_Comm! Read editorial: doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad038
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RED ALERT: Buried in the House intelligence committee’s Section 702 “reform” bill, which is schedule for a floor vote as soon as tomorrow, is the biggest expansion of surveillance inside the United States since the Patriot Act. 1/11
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Alena Birrer retweeted
📣 Call for applications! 📣 In der IKMZ-Abteilung #Media & #Internet Governance von Prof. Dr. Natascha Just ist eine Oberassistenz-/Postdocstelle zu besetzen – ab sofort oder nach Vereinbarung 🎓 Mehr Informationen: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/o… @SGKM_SSCM @MittelbauDGPuK @UZH_ch
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#ECJ: A national #competition authority examining an abuse of a dominant position may also find that the #GDPR has been infringed @meta👉curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo…
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Alena Birrer retweeted
📣 Call for applications! 📣 In der IKMZ-Abteilung #Media & #Internet Governance von Prof. Dr. Natascha Just ist eine Assistenzstelle/Doktoratsstelle zu besetzen – ab sofort oder nach Vereinbarung 🎓 Mehr Informationen: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/w… @SGKM_SSCM @MittelbauDGPuK @UZH_ch
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Impressive international comparison of alternative media as spreaders of disinformation presented by @astaender at #ECREA2022
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Alena Birrer retweeted
📣 Ausschreibungen für spannende Stellen bei uns 📣 Die Abteilung #Medien & #Internet #Governance von Prof. Dr. Natascha Just sucht: ➡️ 2 Oberassistent:innen/Postdocs: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/z… ➡️ 1 Doktorand:in für @snf_ch-Projekt: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/d… Jetzt bewerben!
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Alena Birrer retweeted
Interessanter @NZZ Artikel von @gioiadasilva, in dem ich ein paar Einschätzungen beitragen durfte ⬇️
Verschwörerisches Gedankengut ist in den Köpfen von Schweizerinnen und Schweizern nicht vermehrt hängengeblieben. Fachleute befürchten aber, dass sich der harte Kern von Verschwörungstheoretikern radikalisiert. 👉 @gioiadasilva über die @ZHAW-Studie. nzz.ch/technologie/forscher-…
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Alena Birrer retweeted
Congratulations! 🎉 @uzh_ikmz Professor Natascha Just is becoming co-editor of @Journal_Of_Comm, one of our discipline's flagship journals - together with @d_ewoldsen Chul-joo Lee & @KerenTenenboim icahdq.org/blogpost/1523657/…
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Call for Nominations: Associate Editors for Journal of Communication The incoming editors of JoC are soliciting nominations for Associate Editors. Self-nominations are encouraged. The appointment is for two years and begins in the fall of 2022. Details: buff.ly/3nOEQWN
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Job alert: We are looking for a senior research and teaching associate/postdoctoral researcher in the field of digital media use (e.g. well-being, algorithmic selection & AI, governance of media change, privacy & dataveillance) @uzh_ikmz #academicjobs ▶️ mediachange.ch/news/170/
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📢New publication in @Convergence_NMT! Very pleased to announce that the paper w/ @petervanaelst and Patrick van Erkel on individual motivations behind the online engagement with conspiracy theories is out: doi.org/10.1177/135485652211…
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