Linards Udris
@linardsudris.bsky.social
Mediensoziologe an der Universität Zürich / fög & IKMZ UZH
Posting in English und auf Deutsch
www.foeg.uzh.ch
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
Posting in English und auf Deutsch
www.foeg.uzh.ch
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
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📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
UZH: Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation
An der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. August 2027 eine Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation zu besetzen. Die künftige Stelleninhab...
jobs.uzh.ch
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Precious stones at home
Berlin, November 1989
Berlin, November 1989
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Precious stones at home
Berlin, November 1989
Berlin, November 1989
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Journalists are increasingly viewing social media less as an audience-building tool and more as a threat to credibility.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...
Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests
While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually…
www.niemanlab.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Journalists are increasingly viewing social media less as an audience-building tool and more as a threat to credibility.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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We've just published the most comprehensive study of news creators to date covering 24 countries. Authored by Nic Newman @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it identifies the most mentioned in each country
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
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🧵6 findings in thread
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We've just published the most comprehensive study of news creators to date covering 24 countries. Authored by Nic Newman @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it identifies the most mentioned in each country
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
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The Yearbook Quality of the Media 2025 is here!
📊 Focus topic: News deprivation and its consequences for democracy.
👉 Learn more and find additional analyses, including on the sources used by AI chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
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📊 Focus topic: News deprivation and its consequences for democracy.
👉 Learn more and find additional analyses, including on the sources used by AI chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
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News Deprivation on the Rise – with Consequences for Democracy
www.news.uzh.ch
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Yearbook Quality of the Media 2025 is here!
📊 Focus topic: News deprivation and its consequences for democracy.
👉 Learn more and find additional analyses, including on the sources used by AI chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
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📊 Focus topic: News deprivation and its consequences for democracy.
👉 Learn more and find additional analyses, including on the sources used by AI chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
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Das Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2025 ist da!📊 Im Fokus: News-Deprivation und ihre Folgen für die Demokratie.
👉 Mehr dazu und weitere Analysen, u.a. zu Quellen von KI-Chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/...
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👉 Mehr dazu und weitere Analysen, u.a. zu Quellen von KI-Chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/...
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News-Deprivation
www.news.uzh.ch
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Das Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2025 ist da!📊 Im Fokus: News-Deprivation und ihre Folgen für die Demokratie.
👉 Mehr dazu und weitere Analysen, u.a. zu Quellen von KI-Chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/...
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👉 Mehr dazu und weitere Analysen, u.a. zu Quellen von KI-Chatbots: www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/...
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The EBU just published a new report on how well consumer AI chatbots function as gateways to news by public service media – an interesting piece, but with some big problems in my view that make me question its usefulness.
buff.ly/X9ident
buff.ly/X9ident
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
New research coordinated by the EBU and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants routinely distort or misrepresent public service journalism.
www.ebu.ch
October 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The EBU just published a new report on how well consumer AI chatbots function as gateways to news by public service media – an interesting piece, but with some big problems in my view that make me question its usefulness.
buff.ly/X9ident
buff.ly/X9ident
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For the past few months, the Wayback Machine has been showing many fewer snapshots of news publishers' homepages than it used to. Something happened on May 16, but what?
@hanaatameez.bsky.social and @andrewdeck.bsky.social investigate
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...
@hanaatameez.bsky.social and @andrewdeck.bsky.social investigate
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...
The Wayback Machine’s snapshots of news homepages plummet after a “breakdown” in archiving projects
Between May and October 2025, homepage snapshots fell by 87% across 100 news publications.
www.niemanlab.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
For the past few months, the Wayback Machine has been showing many fewer snapshots of news publishers' homepages than it used to. Something happened on May 16, but what?
@hanaatameez.bsky.social and @andrewdeck.bsky.social investigate
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...
@hanaatameez.bsky.social and @andrewdeck.bsky.social investigate
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...
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"The generative AI wave isn’t coming — it’s already here, and it’s reshaping how the public finds information." @felixsimon.bsky.social has written about our recent report, including rapid growth in how many (and how) people use generative AI to get information www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
People are using ChatGPT twice as much as they were last year. They’re still just as skeptical of AI in news.
"For news organizations, our findings are in some ways bitter medicine."
www.niemanlab.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"The generative AI wave isn’t coming — it’s already here, and it’s reshaping how the public finds information." @felixsimon.bsky.social has written about our recent report, including rapid growth in how many (and how) people use generative AI to get information www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
Rückblick auf die Medienberichterstattung ist auch spannend, wenn die Abstimmungsresultate bekannt sind.
Gegner des E-ID-Gesetzes haben vmtl. davon profitiert, dass die Vorlage kaum ein Thema war und es keine sehr aktive Pro-Kampagne gab. Grundlegende/diffuse Skepsis gegenüber Digital-Projekten?
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Gegner des E-ID-Gesetzes haben vmtl. davon profitiert, dass die Vorlage kaum ein Thema war und es keine sehr aktive Pro-Kampagne gab. Grundlegende/diffuse Skepsis gegenüber Digital-Projekten?
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September 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Rückblick auf die Medienberichterstattung ist auch spannend, wenn die Abstimmungsresultate bekannt sind.
Gegner des E-ID-Gesetzes haben vmtl. davon profitiert, dass die Vorlage kaum ein Thema war und es keine sehr aktive Pro-Kampagne gab. Grundlegende/diffuse Skepsis gegenüber Digital-Projekten?
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Gegner des E-ID-Gesetzes haben vmtl. davon profitiert, dass die Vorlage kaum ein Thema war und es keine sehr aktive Pro-Kampagne gab. Grundlegende/diffuse Skepsis gegenüber Digital-Projekten?
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Neue fög-Studie: 87% der CH Medienschaffenden nutzen KI 🤖 – meist unterstützend. 63% finden KI-Tools nützlich. Doch: 38% sehen keine Qualitätssteigerung ⚠️ 75% fürchten Abhängigkeit von Tech-Plattformen 💡 80% verlangen branchenweite Standards.
👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
Bild: istock/hapabapa
👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
Bild: istock/hapabapa
September 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Neue fög-Studie: 87% der CH Medienschaffenden nutzen KI 🤖 – meist unterstützend. 63% finden KI-Tools nützlich. Doch: 38% sehen keine Qualitätssteigerung ⚠️ 75% fürchten Abhängigkeit von Tech-Plattformen 💡 80% verlangen branchenweite Standards.
👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
Bild: istock/hapabapa
👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
Bild: istock/hapabapa
Spotted in Zurich, Switzerland yesterday. So reassuring to see that this international transport company knows exactly what it‘s talking about.
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Spotted in Zurich, Switzerland yesterday. So reassuring to see that this international transport company knows exactly what it‘s talking about.
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📉 Fast die Hälfte der Schweiz nutzt kaum Nachrichten – und wenn, dann meist über Social Media.
Was bedeutet das für Demokratie & Medien?
👉 Präsentation des Jahrbuchs Qualität der Medien 2025
📅 27. Okt | UZH Zürich & Livestream
🔗 Infos/Anmeldung: www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
Was bedeutet das für Demokratie & Medien?
👉 Präsentation des Jahrbuchs Qualität der Medien 2025
📅 27. Okt | UZH Zürich & Livestream
🔗 Infos/Anmeldung: www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📉 Fast die Hälfte der Schweiz nutzt kaum Nachrichten – und wenn, dann meist über Social Media.
Was bedeutet das für Demokratie & Medien?
👉 Präsentation des Jahrbuchs Qualität der Medien 2025
📅 27. Okt | UZH Zürich & Livestream
🔗 Infos/Anmeldung: www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
Was bedeutet das für Demokratie & Medien?
👉 Präsentation des Jahrbuchs Qualität der Medien 2025
📅 27. Okt | UZH Zürich & Livestream
🔗 Infos/Anmeldung: www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
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"Eigenmietwert" und "E-ID" ??
Der Blick auf die Medienresonanz legt nahe, dass die nächste Volksabstimmung in der Schweiz (28.9.) nicht sehr stark bewegt.
Mehr im Abstimmungsmonitor Zwischenbericht: Tonalität und die Resonanz von Akteur:innen und deren Positionen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
Der Blick auf die Medienresonanz legt nahe, dass die nächste Volksabstimmung in der Schweiz (28.9.) nicht sehr stark bewegt.
Mehr im Abstimmungsmonitor Zwischenbericht: Tonalität und die Resonanz von Akteur:innen und deren Positionen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Eigenmietwert" und "E-ID" ??
Der Blick auf die Medienresonanz legt nahe, dass die nächste Volksabstimmung in der Schweiz (28.9.) nicht sehr stark bewegt.
Mehr im Abstimmungsmonitor Zwischenbericht: Tonalität und die Resonanz von Akteur:innen und deren Positionen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
Der Blick auf die Medienresonanz legt nahe, dass die nächste Volksabstimmung in der Schweiz (28.9.) nicht sehr stark bewegt.
Mehr im Abstimmungsmonitor Zwischenbericht: Tonalität und die Resonanz von Akteur:innen und deren Positionen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
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Das wäre eine schöne Alternative zu den wenig nachhaltigen Mitbringseln wie Blumen oder Wein.
August 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Das wäre eine schöne Alternative zu den wenig nachhaltigen Mitbringseln wie Blumen oder Wein.
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We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
Social media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms, including rising polarization and the erosion of constructive debate. Can these problems be mitigated through prosocial interventions?...
arxiv.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
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Welchen gesellschaftlichen Auftrag hat die Kommunikationsforschung in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche ❓ Das neue Themenheft „Öffentliche, Transdisziplinäre & Transformative Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft“ bietet dazu Reflexionen & Impulse #OpenAccess
👉 netlibrary.aau.at/medienjourna...
👉 netlibrary.aau.at/medienjourna...
July 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Welchen gesellschaftlichen Auftrag hat die Kommunikationsforschung in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche ❓ Das neue Themenheft „Öffentliche, Transdisziplinäre & Transformative Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft“ bietet dazu Reflexionen & Impulse #OpenAccess
👉 netlibrary.aau.at/medienjourna...
👉 netlibrary.aau.at/medienjourna...
Recommended reading: interview with @eunjikim.bsky.social about her multi-faceted research on (non-)political narratives, news, attitudes and effects.
"The behavioral data tells us that most American life is not political—so why don’t we study what people are actually consuming every day?"
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/the-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/the-...
The unreality of reality TV: How competition shows influence U.S. politics and shape views about economic inequality
Columbia University's Eunji Kim: "The behavioral data tells us that most American life is not political — so why don't we study what people are actually consuming every day, however lowbrow it may see...
www.niemanlab.org
June 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Recommended reading: interview with @eunjikim.bsky.social about her multi-faceted research on (non-)political narratives, news, attitudes and effects.
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Der Digital News Report 2025 ist da!
Die Schweiz ist eines von 48 untersuchten Ländern. Wir haben die wichtigsten Daten untersucht und zusammengestellt.
Ein Resultat: Interesse an lokalen Nachrichten, aber nicht unbedingt Nutzung von lokalpolitischen Themen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
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Die Schweiz ist eines von 48 untersuchten Ländern. Wir haben die wichtigsten Daten untersucht und zusammengestellt.
Ein Resultat: Interesse an lokalen Nachrichten, aber nicht unbedingt Nutzung von lokalpolitischen Themen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
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June 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Der Digital News Report 2025 ist da!
Die Schweiz ist eines von 48 untersuchten Ländern. Wir haben die wichtigsten Daten untersucht und zusammengestellt.
Ein Resultat: Interesse an lokalen Nachrichten, aber nicht unbedingt Nutzung von lokalpolitischen Themen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
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Die Schweiz ist eines von 48 untersuchten Ländern. Wir haben die wichtigsten Daten untersucht und zusammengestellt.
Ein Resultat: Interesse an lokalen Nachrichten, aber nicht unbedingt Nutzung von lokalpolitischen Themen.
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
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News is too much and too negative according to growing shares of the audience.
In 2025, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news (up from 29% in 2017). Switzerland & Germany right on trend.
Why?
• 39%: “negatively affects my mood”
• 31%: “worn out by the amount”
• 30%: “too much conflict”
In 2025, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news (up from 29% in 2017). Switzerland & Germany right on trend.
Why?
• 39%: “negatively affects my mood”
• 31%: “worn out by the amount”
• 30%: “too much conflict”
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
June 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
News is too much and too negative according to growing shares of the audience.
In 2025, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news (up from 29% in 2017). Switzerland & Germany right on trend.
Why?
• 39%: “negatively affects my mood”
• 31%: “worn out by the amount”
• 30%: “too much conflict”
In 2025, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news (up from 29% in 2017). Switzerland & Germany right on trend.
Why?
• 39%: “negatively affects my mood”
• 31%: “worn out by the amount”
• 30%: “too much conflict”
Today, the new Digital News Report 2025 came out. It again shows the very high reach of a cost-free print newspaper in Switzerland.
And just this morning, 20 Minuten announced it will stop its print production - it will become digital-only (where its reach is higher).
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
And just this morning, 20 Minuten announced it will stop its print production - it will become digital-only (where its reach is higher).
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Today, the new Digital News Report 2025 came out. It again shows the very high reach of a cost-free print newspaper in Switzerland.
And just this morning, 20 Minuten announced it will stop its print production - it will become digital-only (where its reach is higher).
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
And just this morning, 20 Minuten announced it will stop its print production - it will become digital-only (where its reach is higher).
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
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Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25