Very excited to share that my book, The Discursive-Digital Link, is now available for pre-order on Routledge: tinyurl.com/the-ddl. The e-book is already available to order with a 30% discount!
You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/

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Our contribution to the automation vs augmentation debate.

Strategising with generative AI: Productivity gains in social media marketing

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New paper with @toledobastos.bsky.social, @ovinhas.bsky.social and @raquelrecuero.bsky.social: "Reverse influence: the social production of disinformation in the 2022 Brazilian general election".

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Very much interested in reading your article! Would you please send it to me too?

I'm looking for a PhD student interested in analysing social media war propaganda through a historical archive from the WWI and WWII. This is a fully-funded opportunity for UK home students (partially-funded for 'overseas' students). Information on how to apply here: www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual...

The grammar of influence operations and romance scams is quickly becoming the same. It’s not the Internet you dreamed of but it’s the Internet we have.

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Finally out our experimental study on how ChatGPT can reinforce beliefs as incorrect information provided by the service goes unchecked and unverified by users.
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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.

ONLINE FIRST! How have Facebook’s News Feed algorithm changes (2011-2020) impacted user engagement with news content? This study by Naoise McNally and @toledobastos.bsky.social finds that changes to the algorithm reduced user engagement with news content.
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Facebook News Feed is not a black box. Changes to the algorithm can reduce user engagement with news content, particularly with hard news content.

The News Feed is Not a Black Box: A Longitudinal Study of Facebook’s Algorithmic Treatment of News.
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Some reflections with colleagues @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social at @theconvo-bot.bsky.social on Meta's decision to end its professionally funded fact-checking model in its platforms and adopt the X crowdsourcing model with a new 'community notes'👇 theconversation.com/meta-is-aban...

12 days until the Brazil AOIR 2025 #CFP goes live! Stay tuned, it's getting real people! #ruptures

Here is the article www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

The establishment of the "Russian Fact-Checking Association" marks a significant escalation in the weaponisation of fact-checking. edmo.eu/publications... If you're interested in this topic, I recommend reading the recent article published in Media and Communication. More information in the thread👇

Beyond charting the work of fact-checkers in non-WEIRD countries, our discussion calls for future research into platforms' mechanisms for governing facts and knowledge itself, much of it now subjected to fact-checking frameworks and content moderation routines.

The paper draws from interviews with 37 fact-checkers from 27 countries outside the WEIRD region (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic).
 
We probed the relationship between social platforms and non-WEIRD fact-checking organizations and their influence on fact-checking practices.

Delighted to share this paper with my PhD advisor @toledobastos.bsky.social , now published open access in New Media & Society.

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