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Seth C. Lewis

@sethclewis.bsky.social

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Professor, Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media, and Director of Journalism at the University of Oregon. I study AI and news, trust in knowledge institutions, and lots of things tech-related. Co-author, "News After Trump" (Oxford, 2021). Views my own, etc. .. more

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Jun 10

Exciting news to share!

In 2026, I am joining the University of Virginia as the Elcan Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Media Studies.

I'm so grateful for this — and happy to have one more year at Oregon.

Details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Happy to share some big news: I have accepted an offer to join the… | Seth Lewis

Happy to share some big news: I have accepted an offer to join the University of Virginia as the Elcan Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Media Studie...

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Aug 5

Word is out already, but here's a write-up about my exciting next chapter coming August 2026: I will join the University of Virginia as a distinguished professor of AI and Media Studies, and I'm honored to be named a Jefferson Scholars Foundation professor.

www.jeffersonscholars.org/news/foundat...

Foundation-funded professorship brings national leader in AI and journalism to UVA

Seth Lewis appointed Elcan Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Media Studies

www.jeffersonscholars.org

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks so much, Alison! That's tremendous to hear about the lively AI culture — can't wait to be part of all that UVA has to offer. And, yes, I just heard Matt is joining as well! Exciting times. Look forward to meeting you in Charlottesville soon!

Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks so much, Mike!

Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks so much, Kirsten! Hope to see you soon, in the DMV area or at an upcoming conference!

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · Jun 11

ONLINE FIRST! This article by @acadianjprof.bsky.social, @sethclewis.bsky.social, & Maxwell Ely examines—through interviews and by analyzing metajournalistic discourse surrounding #ChatGPT & related tools—how journalists interpret and respond to AI in journalism.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ChatGPT, Generative AI, and an Epistemic Opportunity for Journalistic Authority

Journalists have long been concerned about the boundaries of their craft, wary that their work might be replicated by actors who do not adhere to the profession’s normative values. Early artificial...

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨In this @digitaljournalism.bsky.social piece with brilliant co-authors @sethclewis.bsky.social and @maxwellely.bsky.social, we offer a nuanced, multi-step methodology to explore how journalists reacted to the “threat” of #genai, in particular #ChatGPT. (1/3) #commsky

ChatGPT, Generative AI, and an Epistemic Opportunity for Journalistic Authority

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Jun 4

Just 10 days left! 🚨 We're excited to invite your full-paper submissions to our Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies minitrack at HICSS-59.

📍 Where: Hyatt Regency Maui
📅 When: Jan. 6–9, 2026
⏰ Deadline: June 15, 11:59pm HST

See the full CfP: communicationhicss.wordpress.com

Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies: a minitrack of HICSS

Call for papers for this minitrack of HICSS-59, held January 2026 on the island of Maui

communicationhicss.wordpress.com

Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · May 26

"Autocratic Attacks on Free Speech and Free Science" / Symposium, Münster University
📅 Wednesday, 28 May
🕕 6 p.m. CET / Noon EDT
🌐 Online – Free & open to all (please pre-register to receive the Zoom link)

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"Autocratic Attacks on Free Speech and Free Science" / Symposium, Münster University, 28th May - 18:00-19:30 (Berlin Time), 12:00-13:30 (NY Time) | DFN-Terminplaner

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · May 26

For our MIT Press book "Why We Distrust," Jacob Nelson and I have done 70 of our 100 interviews with a cross-section of Americans. I'll talk about some of our preliminary findings about people's feelings about media, medicine, and higher education as part of this panel Wednesday (register below).

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · May 23

📣 We have a new publication outlining the “AI turn” in journalism — one that forces a rethink about the role, identity, and audience dynamics of news amid the distinctive nature of AI tech.

🔗 Read (and please share) the full piece (it's free with open access 🔓): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The AI turn in journalism: Disruption, adaptation, and democratic futures - Tomás Dodds, Rodrigo Zamith, Seth C Lewis, 2025

In this essay, we argue that, unlike previous changes in digital media technologies over the past few decades, this AI “turn” in journalism forces us to rethink...

journals.sagepub.com

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · May 22

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to our Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, @rodzam.bsky.social & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social
🗓️Sep 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...

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Sarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com · May 21

I was in Eugene right as Lookout launched there and stopped by their downtown newsroom.

They had a monster first month and local news industry veterans seem genuinely excited about what they've built. Three more local newsrooms will launch by end of 2026. www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/the-...

The second location of Lookout Local launches in Eugene, Oregon

One month in, the new local newsroom has more than 900 paid members.

www.niemanlab.org

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · May 14

Welcome @sethclewis.bsky.social as the latest fellow of the Münster institute of comm studies! Looking forward to an exciting guest lecture and a very important online event - as well as personal talks, discussing research projects and sharing ideas.

www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...

Prof. Dr. Seth Lewis appointed new Fellow at the IfK

The new fellow at the Centre for Research on Digital Public Spheres has come to Münsterland from the United States: Prof. Dr. Seth Lewis from the University of Oregon (USA) is currently visiting the I...

www.uni-muenster.de

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · May 13

Autocratic attacks on free speech and science are a growing concern - in academia and beyond.

Join us for an online symposium with world-class experts like Robert Sternberg & @sethclewis.bsky.social.

Wednesday, 28. May, 6 p.m. CET. Open to everybody, register via link.

t1p.de/muenster-sym...

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Apr 14

I will be speaking at @comatbu.bsky.social about our research on AI, news, and human-machine communication as the Dr. Melvin L. DeFleur Distinguished Lecturer.

I'm honored to be part of a lecture series that recognizes a pioneering figure in communication research: sites.bu.edu/crc/crc-lect...

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · Mar 30

[THREAD] NEW ISSUE ALERT! #DigitalJournalism Vol 13 Issue 3 is out! This special issue is all about #epistemologies of #digitalnews production and features 13 original articles. Access the articles in this thread below. 👇

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · Mar 30

This article by Young Eun Moon & Seth C. Lewis explores the use of social media by #political #reporters in the United States and South Korea.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Social Media as Commodifier or Homogenizer? Journalists’ Social Media Use in Individualistic and Collectivist Cultures and Its Implications for Epistemologies of News Production

This study seeks to address two research needs in journalism studies. First, there is a need for research that situates political reporters’ social media engagement as part of a broader investigati...

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Mar 4

I'm happy to announce that Jacob Nelson and I have a book contract to write "Why We Distrust: American Skepticism Toward Media, Medicine, and Higher Education" for The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social. Forthcoming in 2026/2027.

Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Dec 20

Is solutions journalism feasible for local newsrooms with fewer resources? (And is "SOJO lite" really better than "SOJO nothing"?)

Check out our latest RQ1 newsletter to read up on key findings about news from academic research (with @markcoddington.bsky.social)

rq1.substack.com/p/can-soluti...

Can solutions journalism work for local newsrooms?

Plus: Finding the strongest motivations for paying for news, how news orgs can help journalists' mental health, and why partisan-based news consumption is heavier in the US

rq1.substack.com

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Dec 20

My 2025 prediction for @niemanlab.org—a wake-up call for professionals: "While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, *performed* authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media." www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

The expert class confronts reality

"While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, <em>performed</em> authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media....

www.niemanlab.org

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Nov 12

Since there are so many new people here 👋, allow me to re-up this new short essay on GenAI and the media industries that Andrea L. Guzman and I just published. It's open-access. 🙌

Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Oct 24

🤖 NEW: "What Generative AI Means for Media—and Why It Matters Across Journalism, PR, and Advertising."

A. Guzman and I argue that the uptake of AI has consequences that may be best understood *across* media industries more so than *within* them in isolation.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Nov 10

If you are just arriving (or like me, really activating) your account here, you're probably seeing a flood of start packs to help with the transition.

Heres's thread with the most useful starter packs for me so far, in no particular order:

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · Nov 9

Welcome to all the new folks incoming. I hope this means people are cutting The Bad Place loose.

I've got a starter pack for folks either in journalism/mass comm academia or who are adjacent to it. Some great folks here, and if you'd like to be included please @ me!

Journalism & Mass Comm Academics

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · Oct 24

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · May 31

Spread the word about the coming June 15 deadline for HICSS, a major interdisciplinary conference where I co-chair a newly renamed minitrack: Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies.

Read on about our minitrack: communicationhicss.wordpress.com

+ more on HICSS: hicss.hawaii.edu

Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies: a minitrack of HICSS

The Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies minitrack focuses on the study of communication taking place on digital and social media. Communication is the making of meaning and cul...

communicationhicss.wordpress.com

Seth C. Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social · May 10

I'm honored to be speaking at one of China's top universities when I lecture on AI and journalism next week at Fudan University in Shanghai.

In preparing my talk, I've enjoyed catching up with the amazing work on AI and news that has appeared just in the past few months.

So. Many. Reports!

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Dec 21

Nice recap in @sethclewis.bsky.social & Mark Coddington’s excellent RQ1 newsletter of our recent paper in Journalism on what feels like news on Instagram: rq1.substack.com/p/is-your-in...

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