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Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold

Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold

Professor

Media and Communications
Zeppelinhaus
Nikolaistraße 27-29, Room 5.05
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 35701
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Abstract

I’m a Professor of Media and Communication in the Department for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and a co-director of the Center for Digital Participation. Before that, I worked in the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen, and the Institute for Media Research at Chemnitz University of Technology. I was an EPSRC-funded doctoral visitor to the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and a visitor to the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School. From 2012 to 2016 I was an Associate Researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society, Berlin and in 2015 I joined the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries at King’s College London as a Visiting Post-Doc Research Fellow. In spring 2018, I was a Humboldt Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem which I joined again as Lady Davis Fellow in 2021/2022. More here: www.christianpentzold.de



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, 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.

  • Perspectives and Applications of Digital Participation Procedures in Rural Regional Development
    Pentzold, Christian
    Duration: 04/2020 – 03/2023
    Funded by: andere Bundesministerien
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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  • Framing Big Data: The Media Framing of Aggregate Data and New Data-Based Processes in Comparison of Communicative Forms, Time Periods, and Countries
    Pentzold, Christian
    Duration: 04/2021 – 12/2024
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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  • Integrated Research Cluster, Subcluster 2 Collaborative Interventions (KI), Project KI2: Integrated research as co-creation practice (futurehomestories)
    Pentzold, Christian
    Duration: 04/2021 – 03/2024
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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  • Knorr, C.; Pentzold, C.
    When data became big: revisiting the rise of an obsolete keyword
    Information, Communication & Society. 2024. 27 (3). pp. 600–617.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2227673
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  • Pentzold, C.; Katzenbach, C.; Viejo Otero, P.
    Smoothing Out Smart Tech’s Rough Edges: Imperfect Automation and the Human Fix
    Human-Machine Communication. 2024. pp. 23–43.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.7.2
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  • Pentzold, C.; Gentzel, P.; Reißmann, W.
    Was machen Menschen und Medien?
    Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2024.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-43998-9
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  • Pentzold, C.; Schapals, A. K. (Eds.)
    Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes
    Malden: John Wiley & Sons. 2024.
    ISBN: 978-1-394-19625-8
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  • Donges, P.; Hoffmann, C. P.; Pentzold, C.
    Modes of Recognition and the Persistence of Center-Periphery Constellations in the Digital Public Sphere
    International Journal of Communication. 2024.
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more publications

  • Publikationspreis: Dissertationspreis der Fachgruppe Soziologie der Medienkommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
    Pentzold, Christian (Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
    awarded in 2012 by Fachgruppe Soziologie der Medienkommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft.
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  • Herausgeberschaft: Associate Editor von Communications. European Journal of Communication Research
    Pentzold, Christian (Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
    awarded in 2020 by Communications. European Journal of Communication Research.
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  • Gastprofessur: Lady Davis Fellow
    Pentzold, Christian (Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
    awarded in 2021 by The Hebrew University at Jerusalem.
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  • Herausgeberschaft: Herausgeber der Publizistik. Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung
    Pentzold, Christian (Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
    awarded in 2021 by Publizistik. Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung.
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  • Publikationspreis: ICA Journalism Studies Division Top Faculty Paper Award
    Pentzold, Christian (Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
    awarded in 2022 by International Communication Assoziation.
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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.

  • Lecture: Media and Book Studies

  • Project seminar: Digitalization - Networking - Platformization

  • Seminar: Media - Culture - Context

  • Seminar: Living and working in datafied socities

  • Seminar: Keywords of digital media cultures

  • Research seminar: Machines like us

  • Lecture: Media and media cultures

  • Colloquium: Media Studies & Media Culture

Research fields

Communication and media studies

Specializations

Online-Kooperation; Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation; Medien und Zeit; Medien und Erinnerung; Öffentliche Diskurse; Plattformen und soziale Medien

Contact for media inquiries

Phone: +49 341 97 - 35701
Fax: +49 341 97 - 35749