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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · 11h

🎙️ I spoke with The Wire 2SERFM about the rise of generative search engines and their impact on journalism — and what audiences and publishers can do in response.

🔗 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

🙌 Many thanks to The Wire and Amelia Crouch for the coverage.

#AI #FutureOfNews

Convenience of AI Erodes News Readership

Podcast Episode · The Wire - Individual Stories · 08/10/2025 · 1 sec

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · 1d

Honoured to be quoted in ABC News coverage by James Purtill on how Google’s AI Overviews are reshaping the news and information ecosystem.
Generative search cuts traffic to publishers, deepening journalism’s crisis.
Read here: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#AI #Journalism #Media #ResearchImpact

Fears of online journalism Armageddon as Google changes the game

One year on from the rollout of Google AI Overviews in Australia, exclusive data shows steep year-on-year declines in readership for the top news websites as smaller publishers warn of lay-offs.

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️ Excited to share #Forskningspodden about my research: AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age.

🎧 Listen here: www.kau.se/forskningspo...
📖 Thesis (Open Access): kau.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

Thanks to Magnus and Samieh for the discussion!

Forskningspodden #137 - AI, News, and the State

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · 23d

So happy to finally attend the Future of Journalism Conference #FoJ2025 at Cardiff University — my first time onsite! 🎉

Great to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, and explore a bit of this charming Welsh town!

#FutureOfJournalism #CardiffUniversity #JournalismResearch #AcademicCommunity

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚀 New piece w/ @tjthomson.bsky.social T.J. Thomson: we explore how newsrooms can integrate AI and research into journalistic AI can be done in ways that are context-aware, value-driven, and human-centred.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2204...

#Journalism #AI #ResponsibleAI #MediaInnovation #aanzca #jeraa #foj

Rethinking journalistic autonomy in the algorithmic era: toward context-aware, value-driven, and human-centred research into journalistic AI

Published in Communication Research and Practice (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hit 100 citations on Google Scholar 🎉 Metrics aren’t everything, but it’s nice to know the work is useful. Also a reminder to update my profile—it still says PhD candidate in Sweden, but I’m now a Research Fellow in Melbourne 😅
#AcademicLife #ResearchImpact #PhDToPostdoc

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just wrapped up an inspiring week at #IAMCR2025 at NTU Singapore! Grateful for the brilliant panels, thoughtful conversations, and warm hospitality. Big thanks to the organisers and to RMIT College of Design & Social Context for the wonderful reception!

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks to all who joined our #IAMCR2025 panel at Nanyang Technological University! We explored #GenerativeAI #Governance. Some are included in a forthcoming @icsjournal.bsky.social special issue co-edited with @fabianlferrari.bsky.social. Let’s keep the convo going.
#GenAI #IAMCR #IAMCR25

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · Jul 12

🎉 Wrapped up #CIRC25 at Peking University – what an inspiring few days discussing the future of the Chinese internet in the AI era!
Grateful to all organisers, speakers, and new connections. Bonus: a JD.com visit + roast duck overload 🤗
#AI #DigitalChina

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Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social · Jul 9

See you next week in Singapore for #IAMCR2025 🇸🇬✨
Join us for a timely panel on Generative AI Governance at the Communication Policy and Technology Section.

🗓 Thursday, July 17
🕣 08:30
📍 The Hive LHS-TR+53

Let’s talk AI, policy & the future of communication! #AI #GenAI #CommTech #IAMCR