IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📣 Weekly Spotlight 💡 Join us on Tuesday, October 6, for a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger on “Generative AI and Democratization.” 102
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 24/09/2026📣 Weekly Spotlight 💡 Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 29 for a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Leopoldina Fortunati on “A Feminist Perspective on Robotization in the Domestic Sphere.” 110
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 21/09/2026⏰ Starting tomorrow! Our series “How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Our Society” begins. Every Tuesday at 14:15, international experts share insights and discuss questions about digitalization and AI. Open to all! 🌐👩💻 110
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 21/09/2026⏰ Morgen geht’s los! Unsere Reihe «Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern» startet. Jeden Dienstag um 14:15 geben internationale Expert:innen Einblicke und diskutieren Fragen zu Digitalisierung und KI. Offen für alle! 🌐👩💻 100
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📣 Weekly Spotlight 💡 Seien Sie am Dienstag, 22. September, beim Auftaktvortrag von Prof. Michael Latzer im Rahmen unserer öffentlichen Vortragsreihe „Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern“ dabei. 132
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🗓️ Save the dates! Our public lecture series “How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Our Society” starts on September 22. Join us every Tuesday for new perspectives from international experts on digitalization and AI 🤖📱 100
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🗓️ Termine vormerken! Unsere Vortragsreihe «Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern» startet am 22. September. Jeden Dienstag um 14:15 gibt es neue Perspektiven internationaler Expert:innen zu Digitalisierung und KI 🤖📱 100
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Warmest congratulations to our team member Daniela Jaramillo-Dent @danijaradent.bsky.social on being awarded an Ambizione Grant by @snf-fns.ch 👏 Over the next four years, Daniela will investigate the epistemic authority of financial, diasporic, and science influencers. 👉 mediachange.ch/news/193 143
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 19/08/2026💡We are pleased to invite you to our public lecture series, “How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Our Society.” Starting September 22, international experts will share new perspectives and discuss current issues every week. 135
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 19/08/2026💡Wir freuen uns, Sie zu unserer öffentlichen Vortragsreihe «Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern» einzuladen. Ab dem 22. September bringen jede Woche internationale Expert:innen neue Perspektiven ein und diskutieren aktuelle Fragen. 100
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionCarlos A. Scolari @cscolari.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We are pleased to welcome Michael Latzer to UPF! Join us next Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in Sala La Nau (51.100, 1st floor, Building 51), Campus del Poblenou. Registration: eventum.upf.edu/150610/detai... 042
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 12/01/2026📣 Our four World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports are now available also in English: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 ➡️ Learn more about digital divides, generative AI use, convergent technologies, and digital everyday religion 👩💻🤖 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 021
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Congratulations to our team member Daniela Jaramillo-Dent @danijaradent.bsky.social for winning the Best Seminar Award at @ikmz.bsky.social for her spring semester course on content creators and social media ecosystems. Very well deserved! 🙌 ➡️ mediachange.ch/news/188 060
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 17/11/2025📱 The use of digital services is increasing in Switzerland, with instant messaging use rising to 96% in 2025. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 011
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 14/11/2025📱😌 Internet use is becoming an everyday religion: 34% of 14-19-year-olds report that the use of digital services gives them peace of mind. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 020
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 13/11/2025👁️ In Switzerland, 82% of internet users self-inhibit their information seeking due to feeling surveilled. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 020
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 12/11/2025 Skepticism prevails regarding cyborg technologies: a majority of Swiss internet users fear cybercrime (78%) and privacy violations (67%). 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 021
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 11/11/2025⌛ About half of Swiss internet users want to reduce their internet use time (49% vs. 2019: 28%). 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 022
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 10/11/2025🛍️ The digitalization of everyday life is progressing rapidly: 65% of transactions are cashless, and 39% of products are purchased online. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 021
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 07/11/2025🤖 In Switzerland, 45% of 20- to 29-year-olds feel very comfortable using generative AI, compared to 20% of those aged 70 and older. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 010
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Some of our latest findings on generative AI and cyborg technologies from our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports are discussed (in German) in the Tages-Anzeiger. Read more here 👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz-so-n...tagesanzeiger.chSo nutzen wir Chatbots: Jede dritte Person in der Schweiz befürchtet das Ende der Menschheit durch KIDie Schweiz ist führend in der Nutzung der generativen KI. Das zeigen neue Daten. Die Kluft zwischen Alt und Jung ist aber immens – und viele haben Angst vor einer destruktiven Superintelligenz. 010
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 07/11/2025🌐 In 2025, people in Switzerland spend an average of 5.7 hours online per day, rising to 8.4 hours among people aged 20 to 29. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 022
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 06/11/2025🧑⚖️ In Switzerland, 42% of AI users call for stricter artificial intelligence regulation, compared to 61% of AI non-users. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 002
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 06/11/2025🧑💻 The share of the Swiss online population that has used generative AI has risen sharply – from 37% in 2023 to 54% in 2024 and 73% in 2025. 📈 Explore all our World Internet Project – Switzerland 2025 reports: mediachange.ch/research/wip-ch-2025 #WIP2025 #Switzerland #Schweiz #AI #internet 022
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Generative 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/187 131
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionSarah Daoust-Braun @sarahdaoustbraun.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Last week, I participated in the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies mid-year conference in the beautiful Stockholm area. It was a great opportunity and a memorable way to conclude my conference experiences this year! 111
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionSarah Daoust-Braun @sarahdaoustbraun.bsky.social · 19/10/2025I had a great time at the @aoir.bsky.social conference in Niterói, Brazil, this week. I am grateful for the opportunity to present our @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social research, supported by @snsf.ch, on how digital communication motives mitigate the chilling effects of dataveillance. 141
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 08/09/2025📣 Wir laden Sie herzlich zu unserer öffentlichen Vortragsreihe „Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern“ ein. Gastredner:innen geben spannende Einblicke in die aktuelle Digitalisierung der Gesellschaft und in Künstliche Intelligenz. 134
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionCéline Odermatt @ce-matt.bsky.social · 01/09/2025📝 Pub alert: My first dissertation (and first-author) paper "Triggers of a Sense of Dataveillance: Empirical Insights Into Characteristics and Determinants" is out in @emergingmedia.bsky.social 👉 Find it here: lnkd.in/e-xeJQGD @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social @ikmz.bsky.social @snf-fns.ch 152
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionSarah Daoust-Braun @sarahdaoustbraun.bsky.social · 10/07/2025📣 New open-access paper from @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social available! We investigated young adults’ dataveillance imaginaries, sense of dataveillance, and behavioral responses on YouTube. 👉 publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article... 121
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionCéline Odermatt @ce-matt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Had the pleasure of presenting and discussing our mixed-methods study providing causal evidence of chilling effects of dataveillance in Switzerland at #ica25 in #Denver. Thanks for having us and for the lively discussion! @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social @moritzbuchi.bsky.social 0111
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 26/05/2025We warmly congratulate our team members Sarah Daoust-Braun @sarahdaoustbraun.bsky.social and Noemi Festic for winning the 2025 Saxer Award for Best Presentation at the #SGKM Annual Conference for their work on how motives for digital communication mitigate the chilling effects of dataveillance! 👏 110
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Congratulations to our former colleague Kiran Kappeler kirankappeler.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 Dissertation Award at the sgkm.bsky.social Annual Conference for her outstanding dissertation on “Negotiating Digital Technology Use in the Highly Digitized Swiss Society.” Well deserved! 🙌 130
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 10/02/2025www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is...cbsnews.comWhat is Community Notes, and how will it work on Facebook and Instagram?Meta shocked the tech world this week by moving to overhaul its approach to fact checking. Here's what the changes mean for social media users. 000
Reposted by IKMZ Media Change and Innovation DivisionJo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · 20/01/2025✨School voor Sociale Wetenschappen van Universiteit Hasselt werft (open rank) professor Media Studies/Communicatiewetenschappen & Digitalisering aan❗ 🧑🏫 Wil je deel worden van ons dynamische, gepassioneerde en groeiende team? 📣 Dan zoeken wij jou! shorturl.at/6UmjL 📝 Solliciteren tem 13.02.2025shorturl.atDocent (tenure track) / hoofddocent / hoogleraar communicatiewetenschappen en digitalisering - UHasselt 079
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The English version of our report on knowledge, use and attitudes on Generative AI tools in Switzerland, in collaboration with the Swiss public broadcasting association, is now available 🤖👩💻 Find out more: mediachange.ch/research/art... 011
IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 25/11/2024How have Swiss internet users integrated AI tools into their everyday lives? 🤖 98% know them, 54% of everyone and 93% of the young use them 👩💻 Check out our new report with @SRGSSR on knowledge, use, and attitudes on Generative AI in Switzerland! 🇨🇭📊 mediachange.ch/news/183/ 031