Ricardo Ferreira
@ferreira-rr.bsky.social
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow | Media, Politics & Democracy | University of Liverpool | Failed Extra & Bad Saxophonist. 🇧🇷🇵🇹🇧🇪🇸🇮🏴🏴
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With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
US president’s latest media target comes from across the pond as he continues to scrutinize coverage he does not like
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
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Apropos...
1) For all its challenges the BBC is the single most widely used source of news in the UK and is highly and broadly trusted across much of the political spectrum,. See e.g. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und... 1/3
1) For all its challenges the BBC is the single most widely used source of news in the UK and is highly and broadly trusted across much of the political spectrum,. See e.g. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und... 1/3
The BBC is under scrutiny. Here’s what research tells about its role in the UK
The BBC is the most widely used source of news in the UK. It has lower reach among the young and the less formally educated.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Apropos...
1) For all its challenges the BBC is the single most widely used source of news in the UK and is highly and broadly trusted across much of the political spectrum,. See e.g. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und... 1/3
1) For all its challenges the BBC is the single most widely used source of news in the UK and is highly and broadly trusted across much of the political spectrum,. See e.g. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und... 1/3
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Next in the series "A Qualitative Look at Journalists’ Reporting & Potential Harm to Democratic Norms" at bit.ly/4ngz6S0, with the spotlight on the @poqjournal.bsky.social article by @ferreira-rr.bsky.social and @jfdaoust.bsky.social discussing when & how to report disturbing political news.
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Next in the series "A Qualitative Look at Journalists’ Reporting & Potential Harm to Democratic Norms" at bit.ly/4ngz6S0, with the spotlight on the @poqjournal.bsky.social article by @ferreira-rr.bsky.social and @jfdaoust.bsky.social discussing when & how to report disturbing political news.
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ICYMI: 📰 The Leverhulme Trust September Newsletter is out!
Read it on our website now: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter
@mphiljill.bsky.social @ferreira-rr.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Read it on our website now: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter
@mphiljill.bsky.social @ferreira-rr.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
ICYMI: 📰 The Leverhulme Trust September Newsletter is out!
Read it on our website now: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter
@mphiljill.bsky.social @ferreira-rr.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Read it on our website now: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter
@mphiljill.bsky.social @ferreira-rr.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
My new research project is featured in the @leverhulme.ac.uk September newsletter — and it made the cover! A great start to my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at @commmedia.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Grateful for the support and the generous spotlight on my work. Trying not to blush 👇
The Trust’s September Newsletter is out now! Read about Jupiter’s polar meteorology, trauma-informed justice systems, language and human history in Indigenous texts from the Southern Cone, and much more: leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter
September 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My new research project is featured in the @leverhulme.ac.uk September newsletter — and it made the cover! A great start to my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at @commmedia.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Grateful for the support and the generous spotlight on my work. Trying not to blush 👇
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In the middle of this devastating news cycle, I got to meet my journo hero: @arusbridger.bsky.social, now @prospectmagazine.co.uk, ex @theguardian.com, always fearless. We had a great conversation, with sharp @lionelbarber.bsky.social joining us online. Give it a listen 👉 shorturl.at/P2FtG
Does the news need gatekeeping?
Journalist Ayala Panievsky talks about her new book ‘The New Censorship’ in a time of democratic decay
shorturl.at
September 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the middle of this devastating news cycle, I got to meet my journo hero: @arusbridger.bsky.social, now @prospectmagazine.co.uk, ex @theguardian.com, always fearless. We had a great conversation, with sharp @lionelbarber.bsky.social joining us online. Give it a listen 👉 shorturl.at/P2FtG
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WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
September 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Arrived at the office today to a wonderful surprise — a copy of my dear friend @panievsky.bsky.social’s brand-new book. A powerful and timely take on how media can be twisted to undermine public deliberation and amplify anti-democratic forces. Looking forward to learning from her brilliant work! 📚
September 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Arrived at the office today to a wonderful surprise — a copy of my dear friend @panievsky.bsky.social’s brand-new book. A powerful and timely take on how media can be twisted to undermine public deliberation and amplify anti-democratic forces. Looking forward to learning from her brilliant work! 📚
📣 Hot off the press! Thrilled to see this paper with @jfdaoust.bsky.social published in Public Opinion Quarterly @aapor.bsky.social. Open access link below, followed by a short 🧵with our key findings.../1
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To Report or Not to Report? A Qualitative Analysis of Journalists’ Perspectives on Harm to Public Opinion
Abstract. Journalists face intricate decisions regarding what to publish, especially when problematic content may impact public opinion in a way that could
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September 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣 Hot off the press! Thrilled to see this paper with @jfdaoust.bsky.social published in Public Opinion Quarterly @aapor.bsky.social. Open access link below, followed by a short 🧵with our key findings.../1
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
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If you are applying to a PhD, don't use an LLM in composing your proposal.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
July 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If you are applying to a PhD, don't use an LLM in composing your proposal.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
Grateful for the opportunity to present at the #ICA2025 in Denver. I explored with @jfdaoust.bsky.social the journalists’ perceptions and editorial decisions on content potentially harmful to public opinion. Thank you to everyone who attended the session and contributed to the discussion.
June 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to present at the #ICA2025 in Denver. I explored with @jfdaoust.bsky.social the journalists’ perceptions and editorial decisions on content potentially harmful to public opinion. Thank you to everyone who attended the session and contributed to the discussion.
I am attending the 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference in Denver, Colorado. Excited to join brilliant colleagues from around the world to explore critical questions at the intersection of media, journalism, and democracy. If you are here and would like to chat, DM me.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I am attending the 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference in Denver, Colorado. Excited to join brilliant colleagues from around the world to explore critical questions at the intersection of media, journalism, and democracy. If you are here and would like to chat, DM me.
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The US Administration has indefinitely blocked *all* student visa applicants from getting a visa interview.
Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All.
International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.
Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All.
International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.
Rubio Reportedly Pauses New International Student Visa Interviews
More than 1.1 million international students were enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2023-2024 school year.
www.forbes.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The US Administration has indefinitely blocked *all* student visa applicants from getting a visa interview.
Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All.
International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.
Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All.
International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.
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More morally abhorrent and politically counterproductive speech from Starmer.
1. It propagates a nativist narrative by blaming immigration/immigrants for the UK’s economic and social ills.
2. It thereby also whitewashes Tories for years of destructive economic and social policies.
1. It propagates a nativist narrative by blaming immigration/immigrants for the UK’s economic and social ills.
2. It thereby also whitewashes Tories for years of destructive economic and social policies.
If you thought the PM’s speech was punchy, his foreword to the immigration white paper says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
May 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
More morally abhorrent and politically counterproductive speech from Starmer.
1. It propagates a nativist narrative by blaming immigration/immigrants for the UK’s economic and social ills.
2. It thereby also whitewashes Tories for years of destructive economic and social policies.
1. It propagates a nativist narrative by blaming immigration/immigrants for the UK’s economic and social ills.
2. It thereby also whitewashes Tories for years of destructive economic and social policies.
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The race to the bottom is on as Starmer delivers his great immigration reset | John Crace
The race to the bottom is on as Starmer delivers his great immigration reset | John Crace
A week after Reform cleans up at the local elections, the prime minister decides it’s time to ‘take back control’
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The race to the bottom is on as Starmer delivers his great immigration reset | John Crace
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BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
Competitive Authoritarianism. Textbook definition.
President Trump has personally ordered the Justice Department to open an investigation of Democrats' primary ways for raising donations.
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Competitive Authoritarianism. Textbook definition.
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Take 5 min, email your alma mater, and ask them to follow suit (if they haven't already, and most haven't). President, provost, and public relations officer.
April 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Take 5 min, email your alma mater, and ask them to follow suit (if they haven't already, and most haven't). President, provost, and public relations officer.
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The Trump administration is asserting the power to disappear people into foreign gulags without due process and openly discussing putting citizens there next. This is tyranny. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
El Salvador’s President Says He Won’t Return Maryland Man Who Was Wrongly Deported
An Oval Office meeting between President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador was a blunt example of Mr. Trump’s defiance of the federal courts.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Trump administration is asserting the power to disappear people into foreign gulags without due process and openly discussing putting citizens there next. This is tyranny. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
It was a pleasure to participate in the Milton Wolf Seminar, organised by the American Austrian Foundation, the Annenberg School for Communication, and the Diplomatische Akademie Wien. I am grateful for the kind invitation and the opportunity to share my research. 1/3
April 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It was a pleasure to participate in the Milton Wolf Seminar, organised by the American Austrian Foundation, the Annenberg School for Communication, and the Diplomatische Akademie Wien. I am grateful for the kind invitation and the opportunity to share my research. 1/3
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Tariffs are not just bad for the world economy, but also for science. This is one more hit to research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Tariffs hit science labs: Trump levies raise cost of supplies
Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.
www.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tariffs are not just bad for the world economy, but also for science. This is one more hit to research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Beyond the politics of it all, this a good case for placebo effects in natural experiments
The obvious reality here, as Pierre well knows, is that he lost his lead as soon as Trump started attacking Canada. But MAGA lives in an online alternate reality created by their thought leaders like Turd.
April 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Beyond the politics of it all, this a good case for placebo effects in natural experiments
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This is an excellent piece on the current threat to regional universities, which educate and impact far more people than the Ivies, but are completely ignored in the legacy media and national debate.
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural regi...
www.propublica.org
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is an excellent piece on the current threat to regional universities, which educate and impact far more people than the Ivies, but are completely ignored in the legacy media and national debate.
“Demoralised university staff, whose pay has been declining steeply in real terms, are not responsible for the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education, which is at the root of today’s financial black hole. Successive Conservative governments are, having failed to foresee how treacherous… 1/3
February 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Demoralised university staff, whose pay has been declining steeply in real terms, are not responsible for the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education, which is at the root of today’s financial black hole. Successive Conservative governments are, having failed to foresee how treacherous… 1/3