Lisa Gerzen

Lisa Gerzen is a Research Associate and doctoral candidate at the University of Siegen, affiliated with the Department of Media Studies. Her work focuses on the history of digital platforms, online communities, and methodological approaches to studying digital practices.

• Collaborator on subproject B03 Historical Technography of Online Commenting
• Member of working group AG3 Counting, Observing, Evaluating: Performativity of the Quantitative
• Co-founder of the Digital Methods Lab (since 2017)

Research Interests
Lisa's research explores:

• Historical analysis of websites and digital platforms
• Evolution of online commenting practices
• Methodological frameworks for digital studies
• Corpus hermeneutics and technography

Collaborative Projects
Lisa has collaborated extensively with scholars like Johannes Passmann, Anne Helmond, and Robert Jansma on digital methods and platform histories. Her work combines media studies theory with practical digital archiving techniques.

• Contributor to Qualitative Digital Methods initiatives
• Participant in Technography and Corpus Hermeneutics research