Laura Liebig
Laura Liebig is an associated researcher and part of the international research project „Shaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research“. Her research interest and promotion topic is focused on the interdependency between the media discourse and policy decisions.
After her bachelor studies in the subjects media and communications as well as political science, Laura studied in the English-language master’s program „Digital Media and Society“ at the University of Bremen. During her studies, she focused on several theoretical concepts, for instance, the mediatization theory, datafication, algorithms, and the construction of social reality, and wrote her thesis on the topic of „Pandemic Conspiracies“.
Previously, Laura was able to gain work experience and perceived the digitalization of agencies, start-ups, and editorial offices in practice. Besides her work at HIIG, she teaches seminars on the topics „Media System and Media Change“ at the University of Bremen.
Society & cultureShaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research
The project investigates the discourse and developments around AI’s “deep learning revolution” over the ten formative years.
Politics & law · Society & cultureDigital Electoral Compass 2021
The Digital Electoral Compass is intended to create transparency, show the parties' positions on digital policy issues and provide an overview of their individual...
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Liebig, L. (2023). Pandemic Conspiracie: A Frame Analysis of German Legacy Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Kommunikation.Medien, 15 (1), 1-28. DOI: 10.25598/JKM/2023-15.1 Publication details
Liebig, L., Güttel, L., Jobin, A., & Katzenbach, C. (2022). Subnational AI policy: shaping AI in a multi-level governance system. AI & Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01561-5 Publication details
Working paper
Jobin, A., Guettel, L., Liebig, L., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). AI Federalism: shaping AI policy within states in Germany. arXiv. Publication details
Other publications
Liebig, L., & Jobin, A. (2022). Artificial Intelligence made in X: die deutsche KI-Policy-Landschaft. Digital society blog. Publication details
Lectures and presentations
Shifting AI Controversies. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany: 05.10.2023 Further informationLaura Liebig
Agenda-Setting und Discursive Power im deutschen KI-Diskurs68th Annual Conference of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies: Automatisierung von Kommunikation und automatisierte Medien. Herausforderungen für die Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft. University of Bremen. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany: 20.05.2023 Further information
Laura Liebig
AI Federalism: How Subnational Policy Tackles a ‘Global’ TechnologyIAMCR - Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Contexts. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Online, Beijing, China: 11.07.2022 Further information
Laura Liebig, Anna Jobin, Licina Güttel, Christian Katzenbach
Communicating AI Policy: How Technology Comes to Matter in MediaAnnual ICA Conference: 72nd Annual ICA Conference: One World, One Network‽ (Session: Communicating AI: Shaping Artificial Intelligence in Policy, Research and Media). International Communication Association. Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Le Palais des Congrès de Paris, Le Méridien Etoile, Paris, France: 30.05.2022 Further information
Anna Jobin, Laura Liebig, Christian Katzenbach
Shaping AI – Imaginaries and Controversies of AI in Media and PolicyArtificial Intelligence and the Human Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction (Session: Imagining AI & the Human). Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Japanese-German Center Berlin. Japanese-German Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 12.05.2022 Further information
Christian Katzenbach, Vanessa Richter, Anna Jobin, Laura Liebig
Panels
[un]Stable Diffusions Symposium. Concordia University. Concordia University, Montréal, Canada: 23.05.2023 Further informationChristian Katzenbach, Laura Liebig
Moderation of workshops and panels
AI in Media and NewsShifting AI Controversies – Prompts, Provocations & Problematisations for Society-Centered AI. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Berlin, Germany: 30.01.2024 Further information
Laura Liebig
Shifting AI Controversies. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany: 05.10.2023 Further informationChristian Katzenbach, Lena Henkes, Laura Liebig
Organisation of events
Shifting AI Controversies05.10.2023. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information
Laura Liebig, Lena Henkes, Christian Katzenbach
Position
Associated Researcher: The evolving digital society
