Christian Pentzold

I’m a Professor of Media and Communication in the Department for Communication and Medias Studies at the University of Leipzig. Before that, I worked in the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen and at Chemnitz University of Technology. At Leipzig, I’m one of the co-directors of the Center for Digital Participation. I’m broadly interested in the construction and appropriation of digital media and the roles information and communication technologies play in modern society. My work in communication research and media analysis links to insights coming from cultural sociology, linguistics plus science and technology studies. In current projects, I look at the public understanding of big data, humans interacting with robots, the organization and governance of peer production, mediated participation in rural regions, as well as the interplay of time, data, and media. Beyond that, I’m interested in applying theories of practice to the study of media and communication and in linking qualitative approaches with digital methods.

I have designed and taught German-language and English-Language courses on bachelor-level and master-level in social science methods, media analysis, media systems and history, social connections in networked communication, media and cultural theory, organizational communication, and public relations..