Camila Mont'Alverne
@camilambpp.bsky.social
Lecturer in Journalism, Media, and Communication, University of Strathclyde | Previously postdoc at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Doing research on news consumption, trust in news, and political attitudes
Doing research on news consumption, trust in news, and political attitudes
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Totally normal stuff.
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who accompanied protesters inside a St. Paul church and documented the action, have been arrested.
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested after covering Minnesota church protest
It was not immediately clear what charges that Minnesota independent journalist Georgia Fort and former CNN anchor Don Lemon were facing for the Jan. 18 protest at Cities Church.
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Totally normal stuff.
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'This is a generation for whom the mobile phone is a gateway to self-expression and companionship, and simply removing the apps and tools used for these purposes will not immediately lead to a re-embracing of analogue childhood.'
Read more from @oii.ox.ac.uk's Prof Victoria Nash ⬇️
Read more from @oii.ox.ac.uk's Prof Victoria Nash ⬇️
Expert Comment: Is an under-16 social media ban the right course? |
Dr Victoria Nash, Associate Professor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, researches the governance challenges of digital technologies, with a particular focus on online
www.ox.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
'This is a generation for whom the mobile phone is a gateway to self-expression and companionship, and simply removing the apps and tools used for these purposes will not immediately lead to a re-embracing of analogue childhood.'
Read more from @oii.ox.ac.uk's Prof Victoria Nash ⬇️
Read more from @oii.ox.ac.uk's Prof Victoria Nash ⬇️
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4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre
Application deadline: February 15th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
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Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
suando em antecipação pela necessidade de fazer uma ligação em vez de mandar mensagem
É possível viver sem WhatsApp no Brasil? Eu tentei:
É possível viver sem WhatsApp no Brasil?
Vamos direto ao assunto: viver sem Instagram, Facebook e Threads (risos) é fácil. Os únicos contratempos que me ocorrem são a privação dos rolos no marketplace do Facebook e o apagão de informações de…
manualdousuario.net
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
suando em antecipação pela necessidade de fazer uma ligação em vez de mandar mensagem
If sanctions work for Starmer as they did for Lula in Brazil, he might finally have an increase in his popularity. republicans might give him a gift to save his term 🤪
Like clockwork... The threats against the UK are flying as Republicans move to protect big tech.
"There will be consequences," warns Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a junior Republican congressional rep, trying to make her mark.
"There will be consequences," warns Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a junior Republican congressional rep, trying to make her mark.
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
If sanctions work for Starmer as they did for Lula in Brazil, he might finally have an increase in his popularity. republicans might give him a gift to save his term 🤪
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PLEASE SHARE
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
PLEASE SHARE
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
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🚨NEW PAPER
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
Across democratic systems, ideological cleavages increasingly emerge not only between but also within political parties. At the same time, hyperpartisan and digitally networked media ecosystems amp...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
🚨NEW PAPER
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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It's Brazilian political lore: under authoritarianism, the proverbial "police officer around the corner" (guarda da esquina, in proper Portuguese) also gets empowered to crack down, no need for specific orders from above. Seems like the "guardas da esquina" have been let loose in Trump's America...
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It's Brazilian political lore: under authoritarianism, the proverbial "police officer around the corner" (guarda da esquina, in proper Portuguese) also gets empowered to crack down, no need for specific orders from above. Seems like the "guardas da esquina" have been let loose in Trump's America...
As usual, there's plenty of interesting stuff on @niemanlab.org predictions, but this one spoke truth to my heart. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
As usual, there's plenty of interesting stuff on @niemanlab.org predictions, but this one spoke truth to my heart. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
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📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
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#OutNow in #iCS
Using panel surveys from Greece and Brazil, this article shows that low news use is tied to higher belief in misinformation and lower trust in elections. In contrast, people who selectively avoid political news are less likely to vote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Using panel surveys from Greece and Brazil, this article shows that low news use is tied to higher belief in misinformation and lower trust in elections. In contrast, people who selectively avoid political news are less likely to vote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Examining the implications of different news avoidance practices during elections in Greece and Brazil
Longitudinal research has documented an increase in news avoidance frequency in many countries. Following this line of research, a number of studies have examined the patterns and drivers of news a...
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#OutNow in #iCS
Using panel surveys from Greece and Brazil, this article shows that low news use is tied to higher belief in misinformation and lower trust in elections. In contrast, people who selectively avoid political news are less likely to vote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Using panel surveys from Greece and Brazil, this article shows that low news use is tied to higher belief in misinformation and lower trust in elections. In contrast, people who selectively avoid political news are less likely to vote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication, edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social, and @dominiquewirz.bsky.social is now out! You can see all entries here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication
This Encyclopedia covers the vast field of political communication, presenting an authoritative overview of its key foundational theories and empirical methodologies. Authored by nearly 600 experts fr...
www.e-elgar.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication, edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social, and @dominiquewirz.bsky.social is now out! You can see all entries here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
🚨Tem artigo novo na área! @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, @lamprinirori.bsky.social e eu investigamos as implicações de evitar notícias na Grécia e no Brasil. O artigo completo tá disponível aqui (ou me mande uma DM se não conseguir acessar): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🚨Tem artigo novo na área! @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, @lamprinirori.bsky.social e eu investigamos as implicações de evitar notícias na Grécia e no Brasil. O artigo completo tá disponível aqui (ou me mande uma DM se não conseguir acessar): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨New publication alert! @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, @lamprinirori.bsky.social and I investigated the implications of news avoidance in Greece and Brazil. We looked at how different patterns of news avoidance relate to misinformation, trust, and electoral participation
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨New publication alert! @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, @lamprinirori.bsky.social and I investigated the implications of news avoidance in Greece and Brazil. We looked at how different patterns of news avoidance relate to misinformation, trust, and electoral participation
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New study with @camilambpp.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social on news avoidance in Greece and Brazil. We examine how different patterns of news avoidance relate to misinformation, trust and participation during elections.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New study with @camilambpp.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social on news avoidance in Greece and Brazil. We examine how different patterns of news avoidance relate to misinformation, trust and participation during elections.
Reposted by Camila Mont'Alverne
NEW! How should Labour respond to the two key issues to voters of the economy and immigration and what are the electoral stakes this week of the budget?
Read on for our answer...
@nprcoxford.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Read on for our answer...
@nprcoxford.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW! How should Labour respond to the two key issues to voters of the economy and immigration and what are the electoral stakes this week of the budget?
Read on for our answer...
@nprcoxford.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Read on for our answer...
@nprcoxford.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Coisas que são SEMPRE emocionantes, não tem conversa 🥹
Faxineira vira estudante na universidade federal onde trabalhava | G1 g1.globo.com/mg/zona-da-m...
Faxineira vira estudante na universidade federal onde trabalhava | G1
Aos 50 anos, Cláudia Dias da Silva comemora a chegada à Universidade Federa de Juiz de Fora. 'Sou negra, pobre e trabalhadora doméstica, e agora estou mudando o jogo', comemora.
g1.globo.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Coisas que são SEMPRE emocionantes, não tem conversa 🥹
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Who will be the next director-general of the BBC? on.ft.com/4oDzZWs
Who will be the next director-general of the BBC?
Tim Davie’s resignation triggers search to fill UK media’s top job
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Who will be the next director-general of the BBC? on.ft.com/4oDzZWs
So No 10 was given the opportunity of a quiet week due to the attacks on the BBC and decided to be the story again by tearing itself apart in public?
Labour’s bitter divisions erupt in Downing Street attack on.ft.com/4oBdz84
Labour’s bitter divisions erupt in Downing Street attack
Senior figures appear to gear up for a post-Starmer future; others see briefings as cock-up rather than conspiracy
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
So No 10 was given the opportunity of a quiet week due to the attacks on the BBC and decided to be the story again by tearing itself apart in public?
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One of the most revealing things in the piece is how trusted the BBC is across the political spectrum. Half of right-leaning Brits say they trust it. By comparison, only 26% of right-leaning Brits say they trust The Sun
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
One of the most revealing things in the piece is how trusted the BBC is across the political spectrum. Half of right-leaning Brits say they trust it. By comparison, only 26% of right-leaning Brits say they trust The Sun
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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As the BBC faces fresh scrutiny, what does our research say about it?
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As the BBC faces fresh scrutiny, what does our research say about it?
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...