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“I have always felt it was important to take research out of academic journals and into the public sphere, to share with people what research has to offer, how it can help them make their own choices”.
Wonderful lecture from Sun Sun Lim as she accepts her honorary professorship at U of Copenhagen.
Wonderful lecture from Sun Sun Lim as she accepts her honorary professorship at U of Copenhagen.
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“I have always felt it was important to take research out of academic journals and into the public sphere, to share with people what research has to offer, how it can help them make their own choices”.
Wonderful lecture from Sun Sun Lim as she accepts her honorary professorship at U of Copenhagen.
Wonderful lecture from Sun Sun Lim as she accepts her honorary professorship at U of Copenhagen.
What should be distributed to who, how, on what basis, why, and so what?
These are six basic questions that must be answered if news is to receive public subsidies.
In this piece for @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I outline a possible approach
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/taxes-n... 1/2
These are six basic questions that must be answered if news is to receive public subsidies.
In this piece for @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I outline a possible approach
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/taxes-n... 1/2
From taxes to news: How Denmark is rethinking public funding for private publishers
The Nordic country is creating a model to decide which outlets should receive subsidies, how and on what basis. Rasmus Nielsen explains how it could work.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What should be distributed to who, how, on what basis, why, and so what?
These are six basic questions that must be answered if news is to receive public subsidies.
In this piece for @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I outline a possible approach
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/taxes-n... 1/2
These are six basic questions that must be answered if news is to receive public subsidies.
In this piece for @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I outline a possible approach
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/taxes-n... 1/2
"Europe is preparing to roll back parts of its landmark digital rules, long seen as global benchmarks for privacy and AI" @ramshajahangir.bsky.social writes, as EU Commission prepares to unveil the “Digital Omnibus” which could reshape GDPR, AI Act, and more. 1/4 www.techpolicy.press/eu-set-the-g...
EU Set the Global Standard on Privacy and AI. Now It’s Pulling Back | TechPolicy.Press
The draft Digital Omnibus could weaken core data protections and give tech companies more leeway in using European data, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
www.techpolicy.press
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Europe is preparing to roll back parts of its landmark digital rules, long seen as global benchmarks for privacy and AI" @ramshajahangir.bsky.social writes, as EU Commission prepares to unveil the “Digital Omnibus” which could reshape GDPR, AI Act, and more. 1/4 www.techpolicy.press/eu-set-the-g...
"Conversations about “internet sovereignty” should not mistakenly assume that the exercise of sovereign state power over corporations will necessarily translate into greater agency for its people", @prateekwaghre.com writes www.techpolicy.press/indias-searc...
India’s Search for Digital Sovereignty | TechPolicy.Press
Prateek Waghre discusses India’s push for tech sovereignty amid volatile US ties, digital dependence, and global shifts in trade.
www.techpolicy.press
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Conversations about “internet sovereignty” should not mistakenly assume that the exercise of sovereign state power over corporations will necessarily translate into greater agency for its people", @prateekwaghre.com writes www.techpolicy.press/indias-searc...
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
A striking feature of Mamdani's victory is that a democratic socialist whole-heartedly campaigned on arch-capitalist social media platforms, and clearly felt better able to convey what he stood for and wanted via them than by engaging with news media politiken.dk/kultur/medie... 1/3
Det centrale er ikke, at han vandt, men hvordan han vandt
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politiken.dk
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A striking feature of Mamdani's victory is that a democratic socialist whole-heartedly campaigned on arch-capitalist social media platforms, and clearly felt better able to convey what he stood for and wanted via them than by engaging with news media politiken.dk/kultur/medie... 1/3
As COP30 gets underway, a good time to read @waqasejaz.bsky.social & co on how mainstream news use is associated with stronger pro-climate behavioural intent across eight countries covered in their study (Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, UK, US) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
As COP30 gets underway, a good time to read @waqasejaz.bsky.social & co on how mainstream news use is associated with stronger pro-climate behavioural intent across eight countries covered in their study (Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, UK, US) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Maybe people sometimes enjoy synthetic things? “As the entertainment magazine recently pointed out, at least one AI or AI-assisted artist has charted in each of the past four weeks, a “streak suggesting this trend is quickly accelerating.” futurism.com/future-socie...
Billboard Says at Least One AI-Generated "Artist" Is Charting Every Week Now
At least one AI artist has charted on Billboard in each of the past four weeks, a "streak suggesting this trend is quickly accelerating."
futurism.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Maybe people sometimes enjoy synthetic things? “As the entertainment magazine recently pointed out, at least one AI or AI-assisted artist has charted in each of the past four weeks, a “streak suggesting this trend is quickly accelerating.” futurism.com/future-socie...
What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
’Mediestøtte for borgerne – demokratisering, fremtidssikring, og forenkling’
The report from the Commission on the Future of Media Subsidies that I have chaired in Denmark is now out kum.dk/fileadmin/_k...
In near future I'll write a bit about this in English too - stay tuned!
The report from the Commission on the Future of Media Subsidies that I have chaired in Denmark is now out kum.dk/fileadmin/_k...
In near future I'll write a bit about this in English too - stay tuned!
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
’Mediestøtte for borgerne – demokratisering, fremtidssikring, og forenkling’
The report from the Commission on the Future of Media Subsidies that I have chaired in Denmark is now out kum.dk/fileadmin/_k...
In near future I'll write a bit about this in English too - stay tuned!
The report from the Commission on the Future of Media Subsidies that I have chaired in Denmark is now out kum.dk/fileadmin/_k...
In near future I'll write a bit about this in English too - stay tuned!
What kinds of creators work on news and around news?
Many defy categorisation, but, on the basis of open survey responses, Nic Newman & co have developed an audience-based typology of news-creators and news-adjacent creators
Read the report here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-creator...
Many defy categorisation, but, on the basis of open survey responses, Nic Newman & co have developed an audience-based typology of news-creators and news-adjacent creators
Read the report here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-creator...
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What kinds of creators work on news and around news?
Many defy categorisation, but, on the basis of open survey responses, Nic Newman & co have developed an audience-based typology of news-creators and news-adjacent creators
Read the report here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-creator...
Many defy categorisation, but, on the basis of open survey responses, Nic Newman & co have developed an audience-based typology of news-creators and news-adjacent creators
Read the report here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-creator...
How direct, at risk of producing shocking, offensive, disturbing content, are different AI chatbots?
Read review of major AI chatbots by @jordicalbad.bsky.social & co here, documenting range from very blunt to "softly moderated" bots like Alibaba's and DeepSeek futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
Read review of major AI chatbots by @jordicalbad.bsky.social & co here, documenting range from very blunt to "softly moderated" bots like Alibaba's and DeepSeek futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
futurefreespeech.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How direct, at risk of producing shocking, offensive, disturbing content, are different AI chatbots?
Read review of major AI chatbots by @jordicalbad.bsky.social & co here, documenting range from very blunt to "softly moderated" bots like Alibaba's and DeepSeek futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
Read review of major AI chatbots by @jordicalbad.bsky.social & co here, documenting range from very blunt to "softly moderated" bots like Alibaba's and DeepSeek futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
What does digital sovereignty mean in Europe, in a country like Denmark with the GDP of Chongqing or Miami?
What commitments do politicians think we should make, which trade-offs, what price are they asking us to pay? Wrote about these questions in @politiken.dk politiken.dk/del/JRqgI_AF...
What commitments do politicians think we should make, which trade-offs, what price are they asking us to pay? Wrote about these questions in @politiken.dk politiken.dk/del/JRqgI_AF...
Hvad taler vi om, når vi taler om digital suverænitet?
Medier | Følg med i Politikens dækning af medier og mediebranchen. Fra de store morgenaviser, radio og tv til the dark web, ai og de nyeste sociale medier.
politiken.dk
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What does digital sovereignty mean in Europe, in a country like Denmark with the GDP of Chongqing or Miami?
What commitments do politicians think we should make, which trade-offs, what price are they asking us to pay? Wrote about these questions in @politiken.dk politiken.dk/del/JRqgI_AF...
What commitments do politicians think we should make, which trade-offs, what price are they asking us to pay? Wrote about these questions in @politiken.dk politiken.dk/del/JRqgI_AF...
How do people use AI tools for health information? @cward1e.bsky.social & co asked them - through 27 qualitative interviews, they document users' "sophisticated “mix-and-match” behaviors, drawing on multiple tools depending on context, urgency, and familiarity." www.jmir.org/2025/1/e79961
Evolving Health Information–Seeking Behavior in the Context of Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Alexa: Interview Study Using the Think-Aloud Protocol
Background: Online health information seeking is undergoing a major shift with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI)–powered technologies such as voice assistants and large language models (LLMs)...
www.jmir.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How do people use AI tools for health information? @cward1e.bsky.social & co asked them - through 27 qualitative interviews, they document users' "sophisticated “mix-and-match” behaviors, drawing on multiple tools depending on context, urgency, and familiarity." www.jmir.org/2025/1/e79961
Actual (dis)honest-to-god fake news, from the looks of it commercial spammers partying like it is 2016, only on Tiktok.
NEW on @indicator.media:
I found 101 accounts impersonating Telemundo, Televisa, CNN and other media outlets spreading clickbaity falsehoods to millions on TikTok.
The company took them all down after I reached out.
I found 101 accounts impersonating Telemundo, Televisa, CNN and other media outlets spreading clickbaity falsehoods to millions on TikTok.
The company took them all down after I reached out.
101 TikTok accounts masquerading as real news spread misinformation to millions
Shallow impersonations of Telemundo, CNN, Fox News and other media got more than 200 million views posting fake ICE arrests and bombastic AI slop about geopolitics
indicator.media
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Actual (dis)honest-to-god fake news, from the looks of it commercial spammers partying like it is 2016, only on Tiktok.
"Could [journalism] shape the foreground [of AI content] as the sensemaking layer that anchors trust? The News Atom is a metadata blueprint designed to respond to this question."
Read @sannuta-raghu.bsky.social here. She is an inspiration. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/introducing-...
Read @sannuta-raghu.bsky.social here. She is an inspiration. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/introducing-...
Introducing the News Atom: a metadata blueprint for journalism in the age of AI
Our Indian Fellow Sannuta Raghu presents the News Atom, a concept to wrap each sentence in a news story with metadata about what type of knowledge it contains, if and how it was changed, how it connec...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Could [journalism] shape the foreground [of AI content] as the sensemaking layer that anchors trust? The News Atom is a metadata blueprint designed to respond to this question."
Read @sannuta-raghu.bsky.social here. She is an inspiration. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/introducing-...
Read @sannuta-raghu.bsky.social here. She is an inspiration. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/introducing-...
"I will try to imagine a positive future for news in a world of ubiquitous AI. I will try to be relentlessly ‘user-centric’, prioritizing individual consumers in their lives"
Read David Caswell's essay here (with sequels to come): reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/cusp-ab...
Read David Caswell's essay here (with sequels to come): reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/cusp-ab...
On the cusp of abundance? How AI may redefine our relationship with news
An AI-mediated news ecosystem has the potential to improve audience experience, argues this essay by expert David Caswell.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"I will try to imagine a positive future for news in a world of ubiquitous AI. I will try to be relentlessly ‘user-centric’, prioritizing individual consumers in their lives"
Read David Caswell's essay here (with sequels to come): reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/cusp-ab...
Read David Caswell's essay here (with sequels to come): reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/cusp-ab...
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Last week I posted a thread on how people are using generative AI - bsky.app/profile/rich...
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
October 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Last week I posted a thread on how people are using generative AI - bsky.app/profile/rich...
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
"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...
"Russia is moving, no, running towards an inside-net. Not only access to news and information, but even to people-to people communication with those from abroad, is shrinking day by day." Read Daria Dergacheva in Global Voices globalvoices.org/2025/10/07/i...
Inside-net: Russia is dismantling free internet connections
The Russian authorities this year created a ‘white list’ of websites that are not to be blocked while everything else would not be available for users in Russia
globalvoices.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Russia is moving, no, running towards an inside-net. Not only access to news and information, but even to people-to people communication with those from abroad, is shrinking day by day." Read Daria Dergacheva in Global Voices globalvoices.org/2025/10/07/i...
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A thread on how people's use of generative AI has changed in the last year - based on survey data from 6 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇰🇯🇵🇦🇷 ).
First, gen AI use has grown rapidly.
Most people have tried out gen AI at least once (61%), and 34% now use it on a weekly basis - roughly doubling from 18% a year ago.
First, gen AI use has grown rapidly.
Most people have tried out gen AI at least once (61%), and 34% now use it on a weekly basis - roughly doubling from 18% a year ago.
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A thread on how people's use of generative AI has changed in the last year - based on survey data from 6 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇰🇯🇵🇦🇷 ).
First, gen AI use has grown rapidly.
Most people have tried out gen AI at least once (61%), and 34% now use it on a weekly basis - roughly doubling from 18% a year ago.
First, gen AI use has grown rapidly.
Most people have tried out gen AI at least once (61%), and 34% now use it on a weekly basis - roughly doubling from 18% a year ago.
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✨🤖 Check out our new research on AI use around news and information and attitudes towards AI in society and journalism – with @rasmuskleis.bsky.social & @richardfletcher.bsky.social
How do people use generative AI in their daily lives? And how do they use it for news?
These are two of the questions we explore in a new report, based on fresh survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸
🔗 Full report
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🧵 Key findings in thread
These are two of the questions we explore in a new report, based on fresh survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸
🔗 Full report
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🧵 Key findings in thread
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
✨🤖 Check out our new research on AI use around news and information and attitudes towards AI in society and journalism – with @rasmuskleis.bsky.social & @richardfletcher.bsky.social
How do people think different sectors’ use of generative AI will change their experience of interacting with them?
More optimists than pessimists for e.g. science and search engines, but more pessimists than optimists for news media, government, and – especially – politicians 1/3
More optimists than pessimists for e.g. science and search engines, but more pessimists than optimists for news media, government, and – especially – politicians 1/3
October 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
How do people think different sectors’ use of generative AI will change their experience of interacting with them?
More optimists than pessimists for e.g. science and search engines, but more pessimists than optimists for news media, government, and – especially – politicians 1/3
More optimists than pessimists for e.g. science and search engines, but more pessimists than optimists for news media, government, and – especially – politicians 1/3
"Time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline" John Burn-Murdoch notes.
For those interested in screen use in a broader sense, worth comparing to e.g. Ofcom figures on TV/video watching as a reminder of just how much time most of us spend with the big screen.
For those interested in screen use in a broader sense, worth comparing to e.g. Ofcom figures on TV/video watching as a reminder of just how much time most of us spend with the big screen.
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline" John Burn-Murdoch notes.
For those interested in screen use in a broader sense, worth comparing to e.g. Ofcom figures on TV/video watching as a reminder of just how much time most of us spend with the big screen.
For those interested in screen use in a broader sense, worth comparing to e.g. Ofcom figures on TV/video watching as a reminder of just how much time most of us spend with the big screen.
AI capex investment follows "patterns from the introduction of nearly all general-purpose technologies", which delivered real change even as "bubbles burst either due to regulation, increased competition, or the buyers of the products being unwilling, or unable, to sustain" demand on.ft.com/46QMGW4
The AI capex endgame is approaching
The rapid building of excess capacity both extends bubbles and ultimately bursts them
on.ft.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
AI capex investment follows "patterns from the introduction of nearly all general-purpose technologies", which delivered real change even as "bubbles burst either due to regulation, increased competition, or the buyers of the products being unwilling, or unable, to sustain" demand on.ft.com/46QMGW4