Summer is already approaching and there is also a lot going on at the Institute for Media and Communication Science. Therefore, we send you a small compilation of news, projects, events, publications and conferences that have shaped our work in recent months.

Once again we are pleased to welcome new colleagues to Ilmenau. Miriam Bernhard will strengthen the Research Group on Media and Communication Management as a research assistant in the future. The Research Group for Virtual Worlds and Digital Games can even welcome two new employees, Christoph Gerhardt and Chao-Yang Fu.

We are also pleased that three of our institute's research groups presented their work at the 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference in Washington, D.C. this year. In the alumni portrait, our graduate Alexander Junghans talks about his work as a motion and cinematic designer at Daedalic Entertainment GmbH.

Enjoy reading!

Prof. Martin Löffelholz, Tatjana Faj, Elisabeth Wagner-Olfermann & Kersten Hoppe