Christian Pentzold

I’m an Associate Professor (Juniorprofessor) for Communication and Media Studies at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Sciences (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. 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 as well as science and technology studies. My current projects look at the public understanding of big data, the organization and governance of peer production, 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 with quantitative methods.

I have designed and taught a number of bachelor-level and master-level courses in social science methods, media analysis, media systems, social connections in networked communication, media and cultural theory, organizational communication, and public relations. I was an EPSRC-funded doctoral visitor to the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and a visitor to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School.