Jens Pohlmann

Education

• Ph.D. German Studies, Stanford University 2017
• MA, Modern German Literature and Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2009

Research Focus

Platform and Media Governance, Platform Regulation and Freedom of Speech, Digital Sovereignty and Data Colonialism, Theories of the Public Sphere, (Digital) Discourse Analysis, Digital Humanities, Branding and Authenticity, Digital Self-Presentation, Theory of the Avant-garde(s).

Publications

Book: 

Pohlmann, J. (2023). The Creation of an Avant-Garde Brand — Heiner Müller’s Self-Presentation in the German Public Sphere. Peter Lang.

Articles:

Pohlmann, J., Mello, C., Henneberg, K. L., & Zerrer, P. (2025). NetzDG on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis of Stakeholders in Public Discourse About Platform Regulation in Germany. Policy & Internet, 17(4), e70016. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.70016 

Pohlmann, J., Barbaresi, A., & Leinen, P. (2024). Der Diskurs zum Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz auf deutschen IT-Blogs und in bundesweiten Tageszeitungen. In M. Prinzing, J. Seethaler, M. Eisenegger, & P. Ettinger (Eds.), Regulierung, Governance und Medienethik in der digitalen Gesellschaft (pp. 223–243). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42478-7_12  

Pohlmann, J., Barbaresi, A., & Leinen, P. (2023). Platform regulation and “overblocking” – The NetzDG discourse in Germany. Communications, 48(3), 395–419. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2022-0098

Pohlmann, J. (2023). Text data mining on current newspaper articles from the United States with ProQuest TDM Studio. Publizistik, 68(2–3), 305–324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-023-00805-8  

Pohlmann, J. (2021). Heiner Müller’s Cooperation with the “Institution of Art”— An Analysis of His Performance at the Büchnerpreis Award Ceremony. Monatshefte, 113(2), 208–229. https://doi.org/10.3368/wpm.113.2.208   

Barbaresi, A., & Pohlmann, J. (2021). A Reproducible IT-Blog Corpus. Journal of Open Humanities Data, 7: X, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.35  

Barbaresi, A., & Pohlmann, J. (2020). Mapping the German Tech Blog Sphere and Its Influence on Digital Policy. In S. Breidenbach, P. Klimczak, & C. Petersen (Eds.), Soziale Medien (pp. 139–157). Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30702- 8_7  

Teaching

STS 180: Free Speech Online and the Regulation of Internet Platforms 

STS 110: Computing, Data, & Law in the United States 

STS/CTS 162: Surveillance Technologies & Social Media 

STS 114: The Global Information Age

Awards

VOICE Grant, UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement (2025)

International Working Group, Center for Advanced Internet Studies; Bochum, Germany (2025)

Peter and Marion London Global Learning Expansion Grant, UC Davis (2025)     

CAIS Fellowship, Center for Advanced Internet Studies; Bochum, Germany (2023) 

ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI); University of Bremen, Germany (2019) 

Gerda Henkel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital History; German Historical Institute, Washington D.C. and George Mason University (2018-19) 

Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2015-16)