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ChatBots as Artificial Intermediaries

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 18h

What a privilege to get to chat with the great team at University of Florida 🐊🐊Sharp students and insightful faculty—thanks for the opportunity to guest speak @linditacamaj.bsky.social and @cratebeats.bsky.social!

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 2d

When it rains, it pours! A busy publication week. For this study, we have data offered openly via OSF for those interested! osf.io/bwkez/

Project aims to understand how journalists conceive of the threat of artificial intelligence, as well as perceive their own intermediary role Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 2d

Largely, the countries responded AI in lockstep with a key difference: there was far more fear of being replaced by AI among journalists in the US and Canada.

Happy to see this publish in Journalism Studies! First 50 copies are free access!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...

ChatBots as Artificial Intermediaries? Adaptation to Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms

Journalists have long claimed authority regarding the distribution of valid knowledge and hence, have discursively placed themselves in an intermediary role between audiences and the information th...

ChatBots as Artificial Intermediaries? Adaptation to Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 2d

(2) Journalists frequently summoned the "human in the loop" principle for the AI-developed knowledge. The AI knowledge did emerge from nowhere--it came from human-programming, trained on human texts. This is to say that the human touch is very much a part of any professional interventions with AI.

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 2d

(1) If the lines in using AI for professional work seem blurry, they certainly are to journalists too. Across national contexts, these trade press texts did not distinguish between using AI for knowledge creation and using AI to *enhance* the work they were already doing

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 2d

We analyzed institutional discourse from four countries--🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪🇬🇧--177 articles in all following the release of ChatGPT 3.5. We find two things:

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 2d

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Journalists have long claimed the domain of valid knowledge. In this article, Jakob Ohme and I explored, does journalism believe that this distribution, as many other things have been, be replicated by Chatbots? #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...

Aspirational Metajournalism: What Nieman Journalism Lab Predictions Reveal About Platform and Audience Imaginaries: Digital Journalism: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 2d

ONLINE FIRST! @acadianjprof.bsky.social & @jnelz.bsky.social review 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions on the future of media. Drawing on a metajournalistic analysis, they show journalists’ trust in social media has declined, but confidence in audiences endures.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 4d

Glad to see this publish in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social's special issue on "Unfolding disentanglements from platform power!" First 50 copies are free access!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 4d

But what has not changed or faltered in the slightest? Journalists' perceptions of the audience. Journalists have no problem differentiating the platform from the public; and the journalistic communities faith in the audience remains unwavering.

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 4d

This has all but diminished, with the journalistic community instead thinking through novel means to reach their audiences without them.

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 4d

We analyzed 11 years of them. Through this, we argue that while journalistic predictors initially conceptualized social media through a utopian lens (e.g. social media=new audiences/better access to existing audiences)

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 4d

This study with @jnelz.bsky.social looks at a unique form of data: journalists predictions from Nieman Journalism Lab. The yearly predictions, published from the US based institution, aren't *entirely* predictions. But they are certainly essays about the future that tell us alot about the present.

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 7d

Moving story from the US today. Left me with a bit of dust in my eye. Class, character and kindness from Dave Butler.

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 8d

A must-read by @jscvienna.bsky.social’s @birteleonhardt.bsky.social!

JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 11d

Read here all about how values shift under real newsroom pressures—and the negotiation strategies journalists use to reconcile them. @ipk-univie.bsky.social @profdimitrova.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 8d

looks like a pretty big place though. There might be a 1000 just on the small size, between buildings maybe

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 8d

Two days of proofs. People of Bluesky, hear me out: a tour of academic publisher locations. In my head, "Thousand Oaks, CA" sounds super scenic. According to Google, still scenic!

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 9d

Conversation with Evangeline.

E.: "What happens if the government shuts down? Does somebody else take over?"

Me: "Well..."

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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 11d

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 15d

Wise words from @oscarwestlund.bsky.social in this piece! Does what great comparative work should do, offering lessons much needed elsewhere (eg. here 🇺🇸) and clear constructive analysis

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Fighting Disinformation

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 18d

Great addition to gatekeeping scholarship!

JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 20d

New in #JMCQ: Jan Kreft, Monika Boguszewicz-Kreft & Mariana Fydrych take a timely look at how journalists negotiate #algorithmic #gatekeepers. #journalism
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 19d

Birthday week. Always feel a bit lucky to have a theme song for my month!

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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 20d

New in #JMCQ: Jan Kreft, Monika Boguszewicz-Kreft & Mariana Fydrych take a timely look at how journalists negotiate #algorithmic #gatekeepers. #journalism
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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My Private–Public Sphere: Women’s Information Strategies in Times of News Mistrust - Isabel Pavez, Magdalena Saldaña, Claudia Lagos Lira, Karen Gheza, 2025

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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 22d

Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniela Dimitrova, had a great time at City, University of London — wonderful discussions and exchanges! See photos below. @cityjournalism.bsky.social #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 26d

Wonderful and fulfilling few days in Cardiff for #foj2025! Grateful for the chance for feedback on existing project, think through new ones and all in a quite beautiful city

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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 28d

Loved the 🔥 #FutureOfJournalism25 debate on AI & democracy? 🗳🤖 Great news: a Special Issue on AI & Democracy is coming soon, guest edited by Christian von Sikorski & Michael Hameleers. Stay tuned! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 28d

In #Chile, where trust in news is low, women act as info curators & guardians 📰💡 A new study (N=2,117 + focus groups) shows they filter news to protect their own & their families’ well-being. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Problematic information, such as mis- and disinformation, circulating in fragmented news ecosystems, has contributed to mistrust and information fatigue. Using ...