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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to share our latest article in Journalism Practice: “Journalists ‘Attagged’: The @-tag as a Bonding Tool for ‘Supercharged Critical Publics’”

Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access:
doi.org/10.1080/1751...

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · 19d

The special issue is edited together with @natalihelberger.bsky.social, @teachguz.bsky.social and @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social.

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · 19d

They also identify five key functions of hype: how it directs attention and resources, signals innovation, drives collaboration and policy, and prompts reflection within the profession itself.

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · 19d

A new commentary for our SI on AI hype in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social is out! ✨

Seth Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Jon B. Bunquin argue that hype warrants closer attention, not just as a media trend, but as a window into deeper social and institutional dynamics.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · 23d

🗞️ My conversation with Luciano Jiménez on the impact of AI on fake news and elections was published today in La Seguna! Read the full interview in Spanish below ⤵️

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uwsjmc.bsky.social @uwsjmc.bsky.social · 29d

Asst prof @tomasdodds.bsky.social spoke to @isthmusmadison.bsky.social about his new Public Tech Media Lab, which aims to teach journalists how to use open source technologies and make newsrooms less dependent on big tech companies that have their own private interests. isthmus.com/opinion/from...

Journalism in the age of AI

A new UW-Madison lab aims to help newsrooms develop in-house artificial intelligence tools that reflect their own values and needs.

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UW Center for Journalism Ethics @uwethics.bsky.social · Sep 3

We're excited to welcome new @uwsjmc.bsky.social faculty @tomasdodds.bsky.social to the Center as an affiliate. Dodds examines how new technologies shape newsroom practices, journalistic authority and the ways reporters understand their profession. Welcome,Tomás!

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New Faculty Q&A with Assistant Professor Tomás Dodds

Journalist and researcher Dr. Tomás Dodds joins the School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an assistant professor.

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Aug 31

First time celebrating Labour Day in Madison 🙂

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Aug 29

I did a small Q&A with my new colleagues at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication about what students can expect to learn in my classes, why I chose to come to Madison, and what I was doing for four weeks in Tenerife! Check it out here ⤵️

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New Faculty Q&A with Assistant Professor Tomás Dodds

Journalist and researcher Dr. Tomás Dodds joins the School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an assistant professor.

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · Aug 29

SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! The deadline for this CfP is fast coming up! Submit your abstract to “Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in #Journalism” by Sep 1, guest edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, Rodrigo Zamith, & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social.

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News, Technology, and Society Network @ntsnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 6

Eleven academics met today to discuss "The AI turn in journalism: Disruption, adaptation, and democratic futures" recent essay during our first News, Technology, and Society Network reading group. Thanks to @dbossio.bsky.social for facilitating and to all from RMIT and beyond who attended.

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Jun 3

This was fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us.

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · May 26

The introduction to our SI on bridging the research-practice gap in journalism has now been published!

You can read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It was a pleasure to co-edit this special issue with @annaschjoett.bsky.social, @nadjaschaetz.bsky.social, and @claudiamellado.bsky.social

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Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻 @bissieanderson.bsky.social · May 22

Excited about my first public lecture and the trip to Leiden next week as part of our research exchange with @agdorst.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social

A promo poster for Bissie Anderson’s public lecture ‘Strengthening journalism from the periphery’ (27 May 2025, 3-4pm, Digital Lab,
Leiden University)

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · May 22

We've got a no, too! We are also missing the revisions. 😒

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · May 22

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to our Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, @rodzam.bsky.social & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social
🗓️Sep 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · May 21

How is #AI reshaping journalism research, education, and practice? Join me, Seth Lewis, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and @nickmattis.bsky.social to chat about the challenges, the hype, and the future of the field.

📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET).
📍 SPUI25 (or stream online).

➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...

The Future of Journalism (Studies) in the Age of AI

This panel examines the range of approaches currently used in journalism studies to analyze AI and news. It aims to identify which approaches are proving most productive, which may be less useful, and...

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · May 15

🚨 New publication out now in Journalism!

The AI turn in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with different stakeholders.

🔗 Read the full piece here (open access 🔓):
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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · May 7

How does the power of Big Tech affect our democracies, and can it be contained? Don't miss this SPUI25 event this Thursday with theresajseipp.bsky.social, @pjleerssen.bsky.social and @tomasdodds.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3EV8yFS

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · May 6

📣 This week, I'll be moderating a conversation with @theresajseipp.bsky.social and @pjleerssen.bsky.social on the rising power of big tech and its growing influence on global politics, media, and democracy.

📆 Join us on 8 May at 17:00 at SPUI25.

➡️ Registered here: spui25.nl/programma/re...

The Rising Power of Big Tech (rescheduled)

In a moment of rapid change for global politics, Big Tech platforms and their owners are shaping up to be international power brokers. Trump’s White house cozies up to Silicon Valley oligarchs as Elon...

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Apr 24

I chatted with Olaf Geurts from @svdj.bsky.social about our research on knowledge silos in Dutch newsrooms. We discussed how these silos hinder the adoption of #AI in journalism and why it’s urgent to break them down.

➡ You can read the interview here (in Dutch): www.svdj.nl/nieuws/ieder...

Ieder z'n specialisme op de redactie? Bij AI-gebruik is dat een valkuil

Redacties experimenteren volop met AI, maar een verantwoorde toepassing van kunstmatige intelligentie vergt behalve technische kennis ook gevoel voor journalistieke dilemma’s. En die twee zaken bevind...

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Theresa Josephine Seipp @theresajseipp.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣 Panel Discussion: The Rising Power of Big Tech (New Date!) Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 17:00 | SPUI25. Join @pjleerssen.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social and me as we discuss Big Tech’s growing influence on global politics, media and democracy. Register here: spui25.nl/programma/re...

The Rising Power of Big Tech (rescheduled)

In a moment of rapid change for global politics, Big Tech platforms and their owners are shaping up to be international power brokers. Trump’s White house cozies up to Silicon Valley oligarchs as Elon...

spui25.nl

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Apr 21

📢 Muy contento de contarles que voy a ser uno de los instructores para la Academia de #JournalismAI para América Latina!

📆 Las postulaciones están abiertas para todo #LATAM hasta el 27 de abril!

➡️ Más información y postulaciones en: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...

Academia de JournalismAI — JournalismAI

Un programa de formación para que redacciones de Latinoamérica puedan aprovechar el poder de la inteligencia artificial

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Apr 15

📆 Important dates:
15 June 2025: Submission deadline for abstracts (to [email protected])
1 July 2025: Notification of acceptance/decisions
1 November 2025: Submission deadline for full papers

ℹ️ Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

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Tomás Dodds @tomasdodds.bsky.social · Apr 15

🚨 CfP: “Global Myth and Magic around AI: Enchanted Determinism and Folk Theories in Public Discourses on AI.”

We are editing a special issue on how enchanted determinism limits discussions by reducing the public’s ability to challenge AI technologies.

➡️ Call: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo...

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