The centre is involved in research on questions concerning the media. The
Centre for Media and Interactivity (ZMI) at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen conducts application-oriented and practical basic research concerning media-related problems. Attention is focused on the concept of interaction and the various effects of interactive and digital media on society, politics, the economy, culture and science.
Language, Literature and Culture: Departments of German, English, Romance, and Slavic Studies, Department of Applied Theatre and Performance Studies. The scientific network consists of five sections with specialists from different areas of research: from computational linguistics, jurisprudence and the social sciences to applied drama. At the moment the research is centred on interactive scientific communication using digital media. The ZMI’s thematically versatile interactive platforms provide the empirical-experimental bases for scientific research.
The ZMI has a large number of partners with whom it cooperates - within universi-ties and outside them, e.g. research and educational establishments, foundations, political and administrative institutions, as well as media enterprises and other businesses in Germany and other countries.