Aengus Bridgman
abridgman.bsky.social
Aengus Bridgman
@abridgman.bsky.social
Political scientist @McGill studying online political participation, misinformation, and the information ecosystem. Director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory
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Thanks for sharing. A more recent study on this showed overall impact looking also at instagram data. Paints a pretty bleak picture: meo.ca/work/old-new...

But news is still being shared on the platform just with many work arounds.
December 13, 2024 at 1:40 AM
This study gives a good idea of what happened to news consumption using social data from about 800 news outlets over a year. meo.ca/work/old-new...

Bih drop in social engagement, many news outlets went dark on the social web, local news hit hardest, and few Canadians know. A bleak portrait.
Any good study on the impact of this on news consumption and media revenue in general ?
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Experts @abridgman.bsky.social and @marcuskolga.bsky.social drew my attention to the amount of anti-Canada rhetoric in the Tenet Media influencers videos/podcasts. That rhetoric (slamming liberal policies) is "aligned with Russian operatives interest."
thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...
Inside the Russian Political Influence Campaign in Canada | The Tyee
Parliamentary hearings, public documents and experts’ analyses reveal the role of Putin’s government.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Tik Tok et l’annulation des élections en Roumanie: «De nombreux comptes dormants ont soudainement commencé à parler du scrutin. Un contexte propice à l’influence étrangère» @abridgman.bsky.social dir. de l’Obs. de l’écosystème des médias de l’Université McGill. ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
December 10, 2024 at 7:44 PM
The final update from a thorough investigation into the Russian funding of Tenet Media. The influencers were likely recruited for their extreme pro-Russian content following the invasion of Ukraine and their positionality in the right-wing ecosystem in the US/CA.

www.cdmrn.ca/publications...
November 23, 2024 at 1:02 AM
@profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to polisky?
September 20, 2023 at 7:12 PM