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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Aug 7

Come and join our research network - reading group, grant proposal support, visiting scholars and industry events to come!

News, Technology, and Society Network @ntsnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 6

📆 Our next reading group is on 3 September. If you have suggestions for future readings or are Melbourne-based and would like to join, please send an email to [email protected].

@sethclewis.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social @rodzam.bsky.social

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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔗 Register here to attend the launch and receive a copy of the report: events.humanitix.com/engaged-jour...

@skpark.bsky.social

Report launch: Engaged Journalism in the Heartland - Understanding Regional News Audiences

Register on Humanitix - Report launch: Engaged Journalism in the Heartland - Understanding Regional News Audiences hosted by News and Media Research Centre . Online. Wednesday 27th August 2025. Find e...

events.humanitix.com

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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · Jul 31

🤔 What do news audiences want from local news?
📰 What do they think is poorly covered or missing?
📝 How involved are news audiences in the production and dissemination of local news?

Our new report addresses these and other pressing questions for those living in regional parts of the country.

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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · Jul 16

I reached a satisfying milestone today: 1 million reads of my 24 career-to-date articles published in @theconversation.com. I genuinely enjoy translating research for public benefit through these pieces and look forward to hopefully continuing to do so for many years into the future.

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · May 6

📣 We're happy to announce that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies will be hosting the 5th ECREA Journalism Studies section conference in Groningen, The Netherlands, on April 9th-10th, 2026! Join us and submit your abstract before August 22nd. Find the CfP here: www.rug.nl/research/ico...

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hi @tresvillain.bsky.social! Hope you are well!

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’m still a Pokémon widow. Troy must be up to level gazillion by now…

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Cam McTernan @cammcternan.bsky.social · Jul 7

If you've ever wondered what the news market looks like on Facebook, here is my latest article on Australian news diversity on Facebook, published in MIA.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Australian news diversity on Facebook: An empirical study using engagement metrics and concentration analysis - Cameron McTernan, 2025

News diversity has long been a critical issue in Australia, but current research overlooks the significant share of content that is consumed via social media. F...

journals.sagepub.com

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3C @3c-rmit.bsky.social · Jun 18

Check out the latest edition of @Social Sciences for an article by 3C’s @dbossio.bsky.social with Andrea Carson (La Trobe University): “Who Really Leads? A Qualitative Exploration of Gender Equity in Leadership of Australian Newsrooms” doi.org/10.3390/socs...
#journalism #genderequity

Image: Journalist writing in pad, whicle juggling two microphones. Text: NEW RESEARCH! Bossio, D. & Carson, A. (2025), "Who Really Leads? A Qualitative Exploration of Gender Equity in Leadership of Australian Newsrooms", Social Sciences, 14(5), 311.

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Media International Australia @mediaintaus.bsky.social · May 23

🌟 New Release Alert! Volume 195, Number 1 — May 2025 of MIA is here!

Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/miad/195...

#MIAjournal #MediaInternationalAustralia #EnvironmentalCommunication #ClimateAction #EnergyJustice #MediaDiversity #IndigenousVoices #JournalismStudies #NewRelease

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Katharina Esau @kathaesa.bsky.social · May 1

✨ New article out in Social Media + Society on "The Quality of Connections" ✨ or how reciprocity & #listening can counter destructive #polarisation dynamics online
🧠 Read here (open access 🔓): journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The Quality of Connections: Deliberative Reciprocity and Inclusive Listening as Antidote to Destructive Polarization Online - Katharina Esau, 2025

Conflict and disagreement are integral to healthy democracies, but the extreme polarization observed on many social media platforms poses a serious risk to the ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · Mar 12

Three years ago, I wrote this rapid ramble of a blog, "The kids are not ok", following my experience of a failed climate lecture. It remains the most read piece I have ever written. I just looked at it again: I can see why. It's ... just honest.
jksteinberger.medium.com/the-kids-are...

The kids are not ok

Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story of a…

jksteinberger.medium.com

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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · Feb 25

With fact-checkers being replaced by Community Notes on platforms, our cross-country comparative study on individual news authentication/verification published on IJPP offers some key insights. Check it out 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with @winsonpeng2011.bsky.social & Xinzhi Zhang

How Do Individual and Societal Factors Shape News Authentication? Comparing Misinformation Resilience Across Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and the United States - Qinfeng Zhu, Tai-Quan Peng, Xinzhi Zhan...

In an era of pervasive misinformation, equipping citizens to counter its spread is increasingly critical. This study examines news authentication—individuals’ p...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612251318838🔓

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thanks for sharing!

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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · Feb 10

Examining journalists' collective disconnection, @dbossio.bsky.social, @journoscholar.bsky.social Avery Holton @loganex.bsky.social show how experience sharing & internal training drive systemic change to protect journalists' well-being from the organizational demand for connectivity bit.ly/3WQCskv

From Individual Disconnection to Collective Practices for Journalists’ Wellbeing | Article | Media and Communication

Diana Bossio, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Logan Molyneux

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Jan 29

Here’s an interesting study from colleagues at Monash on social media and civic values: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Australians who get most of their news from social media more likely to believe in climate conspiracy, study finds

Exclusive: Monash University study suggests those who rely more on newspapers and public broadcasters more likely to score highly on ‘civic values’

www.theguardian.com

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · Jan 24

Very, very timely: our brilliant @qutdmrc.bsky.social podcast team has covered #Meta's phasing out of #factchecking (in the US, "for now") in the first #ReadThemSideways episode for 2025:

Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · Jan 24

The Read Them Sideways podcast is back from our summer hiatus! @phzerosounds.bsky.social, our editor, has stepped up to host this week. Stephen speaks with @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social about the changes to Meta's fact checking program.

open.spotify.com/episode/6tg3...

Episode 16: Changes to Meta Fact Checking Policies with Ned Watt and Michelle Reidlinger

Read Them Sideways · Episode

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · Jan 2

Inman-Grant is far from perfect, and often waaaaay too reluctant to call bullshit bullshit, but hidden in here is a valuable deconstruction of Australia's manufactured moral panic over 🫨 teh kids on teh social medias 🫨.

👇👇👇

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Dec 12

Love ya BB

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Dec 12

Don't get me wrong. A tax on Big Tech to support journalism is a solid idea, but this "negotiate or else" setup is broken. It shouldn’t be a backstop for failed deals; it should be the system! A transparent, fair tax with clear quality benchmarks would serve the public far better than backroom deals

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Dec 12

I have had very mixed experiences talking to journos, which has made me generally more wary. I would prefer they not use me at all than to add some nothing-statement, taken out of context. Or something silly I said while joking around with the journo pre interview, which has happened!

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Dec 12

The best thing about working with @manjusrii.bsky.social is that we can fundamentally disagree (she supports designation + must carry legislation and I think tackling monopolies on use digital advertising tech is a better support for publishers) but we still manage to find common ground.

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Dec 12

While I’m at it, here’s a piece that @manjusrii.bsky.social and I wrote about how the Code creates “winners and losers” amongst news publishers. We call for better transparency and quality markers in the code - two things a levy will not provide. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Policy & Internet | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library

The Australian News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC) is the first successful legislative attempt to compel digital platforms to pay news media organisations for third party news content. This paper focus...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · Dec 12

This is quite a clever incentive in that it is *less expensive* for platforms if they do make deals with media outlets.

In other words, it was basically written for Meta, who have walked away from the bargaining table

www.news.com.au/technology/o...

www.news.com.au

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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · Dec 12

I was given about 35 seconds to write a quick update for The Conversation on the news media bargaining code and what is essentially the Albanese govt trying to force Meta back to the bargaining table with a a fully offset levy. You can read about it here: theconversation.com/news-bargain...

News bargaining incentive: the latest move in the government’s ‘four-dimensional chess’ battle with Meta

The government has been playing ‘four-dimensional chess’ to work out how to drag big tech back to the bargaining table with news publishers. So, will this new scheme work?

theconversation.com

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