In the @what-if-horizon.bsky.social project, we are working with a fantastic group of partners to investigate the effects of quality news and media literacy on misinformation effects. More soon and updates below 👇 @andreucasas.bsky.social @vanatteveldt.com @maldita.es & Learn to Check!

Misinformation researchers benefit from real-world insights. Practitioners benefit from scientific evidence on what interventions actually work. Our partnership with the media literacy & fact-checking organizations Learn to Check! and @maldita.es combines both 🤝

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Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

@jbgruber.bsky.social kicking off @icacm.bsky.social 's tool demo session, and the best thing is: everything is on github! github.com/JBGruber/ica... - check it out if you need to scrape news or retrieve tiktok data and want sth that just works! #ica25

It’s a wrap! On this final day of #ica25, we have both @jbgruber.bsky.social and @vanatteveldt.com presenting in the open science and data access session of @icacm.bsky.social. If you have not left Denver yet, be sure to check them out 🚀

We are up and running follow our new profile for the Computational Methods Division of ICA! 🤖

Welcome to #hackica25 & #ica25 everyone! We‘re starting the morning with our project pitches. Big thanks to @kyliewoodman.bsky.social for designing our awesome stickers again! 💛🧡❤️

🎥 Video / Photo Credits Nisanur Ari, Amani Maniran Video link: diversitynewsdiets.blog
cc/ @knaw-nl.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @marikenvelden.bsky.social @nickmattis.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

🇪🇺 Why and How the European Union is protecting our right to access diversity of news diets online?

Check the answers on the video summary of the first Symposium on Diversity of News Media Diets and its Effects on Democratic Citizenship.
diversitynewsdiets.blog

On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction".

In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives.

We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to
@vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.

Come an join us at the Network Institute @vuamsterdam.bsky.social Registration below is free and we will have drinks and borrel
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I am moderating this round table on social media moderation policies. Register below! We have a great lineup of speakers @muendges.bsky.social @ovinhas.bsky.social @sandervdwaal.bsky.social @waag.bsky.social
Sarah Eskens, MacKenzie fomer @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Meta Oversight Board.

Hello world! Meet our consortium—15 organizations, 10 countries—joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. 🚀

Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions.

More in the 🧵!

Mi conversa esta semana con @rfi.bsky.social Radio France International en español, sobre la salida de medios de la Plataforma X/Twitter y la polarización de las audiencias de noticias online lnkd.in/dD9GpPvx

Here my @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research with Rasmus Nielsen et al. looking at toxicity in the platform during the Covid-19
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/volume-and-p...

Last week, talked to Deutsche Welle about The Guardian's decision to no longer post on Twitter/X and our research at the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social on Toxicity on that Platform. Will this be a media "X-odous"?
www.dw.com/en/bluesky-s...