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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 1d

How do people use generative AI in their daily lives? And how do they use it for news?
These are two of the questions we explore in a new report, based on fresh survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸

🔗 Full report
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 6d

Come work with us 🚨

We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.

Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.

Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.

DL 🗓️ November 1

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 12d

48% of US teens say social media sites have a mostly negative effect on people their age, up from 32% in 2022. But fewer teens (14%) think social media sites negatively affect them personally.
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Teens, Social Media and Mental Health

Parents are more worried than teens about teen mental health. Both groups – especially parents – partly blame social media. But teens also see benefits.

www.pewresearch.org

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 17d

This is never ending entertainment

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 17d

It’s been at least a decade that the Brazilian left isn’t capable of getting so much people in their protests. The combination of Bolsonaro trying to be saved by Trump and the House trying to approve a bill to make sure no MP is punished ever seems to have resurrected lefties' demonstrations

Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · 17d

“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”

Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty

Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: Broadcasters now in no doubt about the all consuming power of YouTube - they join forces for govt/regulators to step in for fairer revenue and prominence…

YouTube take a big slice of ad revenue.

All a sign of the power YouTube now wields…

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

UK’s public sector broadcasters demand more prominence on YouTube to combat misinformation

Bosses say independent news needs to be promoted on social platforms that increasing numbers of viewers are turning to

www.theguardian.com

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 23d

The study documents that belief in electoral misinformation undermines trust in news. The strategy of disseminating disinformation weakens news organizations’ relationships w/ audiences, and explains why leaders w/ authoritarian aspirations would try to raise public’s suspicions about journalism

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 23d

The reason for this becomes clear when we see results from a @reutersinstitute.bsky.social study during the 2022 Brazilian elections, showing that using news from legacy news media is associated with belief in fewer claims of electoral misinformation over time
academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

The Electoral Misinformation Nexus: How News Consumption, Platform Use, and Trust in News Influence Belief in Electoral Misinformation

Abstract. Electoral misinformation, where citizens believe false or misleading claims about the electoral process and electoral institutions—sometimes acti

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 23d

After Bolsonaro's trial last week, I've written about how the disinformation campaign and attacks on journalism were part of a broader strategy to erode democracy in Brazil. English here:

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 23d

Não é de surpreender que líderes com inclinações autoritárias, então, tentem levantar suspeitas da população em relação a jornalistas e veículos de imprensa, já que eles são peças-chave para fornecer informações mais precisas e desacreditar alegações sem fundamento sobre o processo leitoral.

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 23d

Os resultados de um estudo do @reutersinstitute.bsky.social durante as eleições de 2022 mostram como o jornalismo profissional pode limitar o sucesso de estratégias de desinformação eleitoral e representar um empecilho para aspirações autoritárias. academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

The Electoral Misinformation Nexus: How News Consumption, Platform Use, and Trust in News Influence Belief in Electoral Misinformation

Abstract. Electoral misinformation, where citizens believe false or misleading claims about the electoral process and electoral institutions—sometimes acti

academic.oup.com

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 23d

Após o julgamento do Bolsonaro e cia, escrevi pro @theconversation.com Brasil sobre como a operação de desinformação e o ataque ao jornalismo eram também uma estratégia antidemocrática para subverter a democracia theconversation.com/estudo-mostr...

Estudo mostra como a desinformação contribuiu para a tentativa de golpe de estado no Brasil em 2022

Campanhas de desinformação marcaram as eleições presidenciais de 2022, que depois de vencidas pela oposição foram alvo de uma tentativa de golpe, conforme sentenciou esta semana o próprio STF

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in a Brazil prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election.

Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil, Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent.

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · 27d

Imagine if in 2015 someone said Trump would be destroying the American democracy in a second term while Brazil would be punishing an authoritarian former President for coup attempt

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27d

Breaking news: Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup d’état, finding that the hard-right populist and Donald Trump ally sought to illegally remain in power after losing a 2022 election. on.ft.com/41NF7hi

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27d

Breaking news: Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup d’état, finding that the hard-right populist and Donald Trump ally sought to illegally remain in power after losing a 2022 election. on.ft.com/41NF7hi

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 27d

Brazil’s Supreme Court reached a majority to convict the right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 presidential election.

Brazil Supreme Court Majority Votes to Convict Bolsonaro for Alleged Coup Attempt

Jair Bolsonaro faces life behind bars after Supreme Court majority finds right-wing firebrand guilty of 2022 coup attempt.

on.wsj.com

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Sep 5

Most work out there argues that it doesn't pay off for center-right parties to move closer to the far-right.

Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.

Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Aug 10

An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital

Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.

www.bbc.com

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Tiago Rogero @tiagorogero.com · Aug 4

Brazil’s supreme court judge orders house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro accused of breaking ‘preventative measures’ imposed amid concerns of avoiding penalty over alleged coup attempt

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Brazil’s supreme court judge orders house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro accused of breaking ‘preventative measures’ imposed amid concerns of avoiding penalty over alleged coup attempt

www.theguardian.com

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · Jul 30

Many years later, as he faced the hiring board for a non-teaching job, chemistry teacher Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when Meta took his pupils to discover a chatbot

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jul 30

“Starting in July 2024, AI was suddenly everywhere all at once in Latin America after Meta Platforms started incorporating chatbots in its apps across the region. Whether users wanted them or not, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram became homes for a variety of AI bots.”

Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams

When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · Jul 25

So the UN Global Risks Report is out...
& it lists Mis- and Disinformation as the biggest risk we face.
unglobalriskreport.org

Listen... I'm a mis- and Disinformation kinda guy, meaning I worry about this professionally.
But there is no way this issue should be all the way up there!
Plus...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 24

How Fox News is covering the Trump vs Murdoch blockbuster https://on.ft.com/4f5dm9t

How Fox News is covering the Trump vs Murdoch blockbuster

on.ft.com

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Jul 24

BBC NEWS / AFP / BBC NEWS / REUTERS JOINT STATEMENT:

“We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.

"They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering. "

JOINT STATEMENT ON GAZA FROM AFP, AP, BBC NEWS AND REUTERS

“We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. For many months, these independent journalists have been the world’s eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza. They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering.

“Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them.

“We once again urge the Israeli authorities to allow journalists in and out of Gaza. It is essential that adequate food supplies reach the people there.”

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · Jul 24

New research note led by @sachaltay.bsky.social on user corrections

rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · Jul 23

How effective are user corrections on social media, and does adding a link to a fact check improve effectiveness?

In piece led by @sachaltay.bsky.social we find corrections have small effects, adding a fact-check unlikely to make them more effective misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-... 1/6

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