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Neil Thurman
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Professor, Dept. of Media & Communication, LMU Munich's @ifkw.bsky.social; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Journalism, @citystgeorges.bsky.social; and former Freigeist Fellow @VolkswagenStiftung.bsky.social.
The chapter draws on responses from over 32,000 journalists in 75 countries. The full report is available here:

www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/

With chapters on journalists':

Personal Backgrounds
Employment Conditions
Safety
Editorial Autonomy
Perceptions of Journalistic Roles
& more
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thanks to my co-authors from @ifkw.bsky.social ky.social: Sorsha Sabus and @sinatk.bsky.social. Thanks also to the @datajconf.com for the opportunity to present the paper.

openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/35...
September 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Watch this space for our forthcoming report on the survey's findings...
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
• Main employer's: media background, level of newsroom AI integration, use of AI for specific newsroom tasks, use of inhouse and/or 3rd-party AI tools, AI stance, plans for AI integration, provision of AI training & protocols, size, ownership, & membership of a larger media conglomerate.
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
• Perceptions of: the extent to which AI is a threat to journalism, the extent to which AI is an opportunity for journalism, and concern about seven possible ethical consequences of AI use in journalism.
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
• Working routines, specifically: beat worked on, media formats worked with (text, photographs etc.), frequency of journalistic use of AI in general, and frequency of use of AI for 31 specific journalistic tasks (e.g. translation, still image generation etc.).
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
• Employment: yrs work experience; employment contract; management responsibility; satisfaction with time spent on low level & complex and creative tasks; & perceptions of job security (Vander Elst et al, 2013), workplace stress (‘Workplace Stress Scale’ ), & level of editorial freedom.
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The survey contains questions about journalists’:

• Personal characteristics, specifically: gender, age, openness (adapted from ‪‪@cjsotomatic.bsky.social‬‬ & John, 2017), and AI knowledge (adapted from ‪@maitesoto-sanfiel.bsky.social‬, ‪@angulobrunet.bsky.social‬ & ‪@lutzid.bsky.social‬, 2024).
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Re: how much difference Pornhub's decision will make to under 18s' exposure to online porn, our research shows the same proportions of 15–17-year-olds (31%) had seen porn via other porn sites as via 8 of the most popular porn sites in France (inc Pornhub): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Policy & Internet | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library
In 2020, the French Parliament passed an amendment that put the country at the forefront of attempts by democratic states to restrict young people's access to legal online pornography. This study exa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM