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Silke Fürst @sfuerst.bsky.social · 4d

How do journalists use #AI tools & how does this affect #journalism and #newsquality❓
We surveyed 730 Swiss media professionals

Study @foeg.bsky.social together with @dnvglr.bsky.social, @qryffel.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social & @cporlezza.bsky.social

Download:👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:12b5...

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happening now #ICA25:
@ernesto-deleon.com presenting work on influencer-hyperpartisan info networks. Shows the importance of sourcing and linking to a wider variety of sources, all serving to propagate anti-system narratives.
Awesome stuff by these colleagues! Right up my alley. 👏

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

Showing that search engines may inf act become the end point of information searches. Yet, people seem still more critical of AI overviews than more classic snippets. #ica2025

Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

How do AI overviews change how people search for and trust in news? Edina Strikovic presents our study with @aurman21.bsky.social and @mariekevhoof.bsky.social on Differences in Information Seeking Behavior Between Forms of Recommended and Generated Search Results #ica2025

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

Also, we find that while the public currently rather overestimates the use of AI in journalism, trust in journalists‘ responsible use of these technologies is rather low… #ica3025

Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

Finally, Eliza Mitova presents our study with Edina Strikovic, @aurman21.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, @esserfrank.bsky.social and Anikó Hannak exploring public attitudes toward generative AI for news, showing that AI knowledge and attitudes vary quite a bit across countries. #ica2025

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

A representative survey presented by @dnvglr.bsky.social shows that the Swiss audience is rather critical towards the use of AI in journalism, but - similar to findings by @reutersinstitute.bsky.social - this is moderated by general attitudes towards AI. #ica2025

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

Next up: @cporlezza.bsky.social presenting a study with @lauraamigo.bsky.social on how AI might change journalistic authority, emphasizing the importance of establishing common standards to avoid the „headless chicken syndrome“. #ica2025

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

The study has already been published here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Mapping the sociotechnical imaginaries of generative AI in UK, US, Chinese and Indian newspapers - Weili Wang, John Downey, 2025

Generative artificial intelligence has sparked a widespread public discourse, oscillating between utopian and dystopian visions about a technologically determin...

journals.sagepub.com

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jun 14

Weili Wang, Xi‘an Jaotong & John Downey present an international comparison of utopian and dystopian media narratives around generative AI, showing that these narratives very much depend on the context, being much more positive in China and India as compref to the UK and USA. #ica2025 #journalism

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 23

Also, AI may lead to an erosion of values: People who use AI believe public values to be less important than thos who do not use AI (or use it less). #SGKM2025

Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 23

But what values? Women have other values than men, older people have other values than younger ones… #SGKM2025 @sgkm2025.bsky.social

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 23

In her keynote, @natalihelberger.bsky.social emphasizes that AI is not an end in itself but a tool that should be designed in a way that it promotes the values of our democratic societies. #SGKM2025 @sgkm2025.bsky.social

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 23

To all #SGKM2025 attendees: Don't miss today's keynote by @natalihelberger.bsky.social at 09:00am on "From AI in Society to Society in AI"!

Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research @sgkm.bsky.social · May 5

Excited to hear from @natalihelberger.bsky.social at #SGKM2025 in Chur. She’ll dive into how AI is reshaping media and what it means for regulation, ethics & society. A keynote not to miss.

#SGKM2025 #AI #Media #Ethics

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 22

In der ersten Keynote an der @sgkm2025.bsky.social hält @jonpultnr.bsky.social ein Plädoyer für die zentrale Rolle der öffentlichen Journalismus-Finanzierung angesichts der Krise der „vierten Gewalt“ in der Schweiz. #SGKM2025

Im Vordergrund Politiker Jon Pult, im Hintergrund ein PPT-Slide mit dem Titel „Vierte Gewalt in der Krise. Was tun?“

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 22

Don‘t forget to visit the Igloo, where you get a 360 degree experience of Chur! And with nicer weather than outside today. 😉 #SGKM2025

Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · May 22

Getting ready to kick off #SGKM2025!

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations.
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉

MEDem has applied for ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research - Monitoring Electoral Democracy

MEDem has applied for inclusion on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research On April 8, 2025, MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) took a major next step toward shap...

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Feb 19

I also asked my students (n=15) the same questions this week and had very similarly high rates of correct answers. ☺️

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Feb 16

Not my Bundesrat.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/karin-keller...
#notmyBundesrat

Karin Keller-Sutters Reaktion auf Vance-Rede: Not my Bundesrat

Die Worte von Trumps Vize in München waren schwer auszuhalten. Dass unsere eigene Regierung da auch noch mitmacht: Es ist so unnötig.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · Jan 21

The tech industry titans have been remarkably silent on Trump's latest withdrawal from the Paris agreement. Eight years ago, they were outspoken. What changed?

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · Jan 21

There are three categories of Trump transgressions. The first are bad things he does, which must be highlighted in all their harms to voters. The second is bad things he says, which while harmful to the culture we are better ignoring. But the third, here, are bad things he proposes. 1/n

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jan 20

the constitution is a public and political document as much as a legal one and constitutional meaning is a public and political process. trump can say X but other political institutions, and the nation’s various publics, have to agree for it to mean anything

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jan 21

We're trying to see if there's a regional aspect to this, so if you've got instagram and want to help out, could you check these hashtags, and report back the result along with which country you're in? #bluewave #democrat #voteblue #dnc #January6 #jan6 #j6ers #capitolattack #obama #biden #pelosi

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jan 21

Searching #liberal or #democrat on Instagram now returns "We've hidden these results", #Republican has no such problem. Seems bad.

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · Jan 21

Same here…

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Doug Parry @dougaparry.bsky.social · Jan 21

Is anyone crowdsourcing 1) which search terms/content this is affecting and 2) which countries this is occurring in?

Is this happening on all #Meta platforms?

Linda Bos 🟥 @lindabos.bsky.social · Jan 21

Also for the international crowd: #Instagram censors “Democrat” as a search term, while allowing “Republican” and seems to prioritize anti-leftwing content in search queries for alternative search terms. #DSA

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