Richard Fletcher
@richardfletcher.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Lead researcher + co-author of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
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As the BBC faces fresh scrutiny, what does our research say about it?
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As the BBC faces fresh scrutiny, what does our research say about it?
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020
📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread
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New Paper Alert 🧵📣
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New Paper Alert 🧵📣
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
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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...
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Did you miss the launch event of our report on news creators and influencers?
Here's a summary by our own Gretel Kahn, which includes four takeaways and many insights from our speakers Emilio Doménech, Akash Banerjee and Mosheh Oinounou
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/summary...
Here's a summary by our own Gretel Kahn, which includes four takeaways and many insights from our speakers Emilio Doménech, Akash Banerjee and Mosheh Oinounou
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/summary...
‘Building a very different kind of trust’: Four things we learnt at the launch of our report on news creators
More than 1,600 people signed up for our event, featuring Mosheh Oinounou from the US, Akash Banerjee from India and Emilio Doménech from Spain.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Did you miss the launch event of our report on news creators and influencers?
Here's a summary by our own Gretel Kahn, which includes four takeaways and many insights from our speakers Emilio Doménech, Akash Banerjee and Mosheh Oinounou
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/summary...
Here's a summary by our own Gretel Kahn, which includes four takeaways and many insights from our speakers Emilio Doménech, Akash Banerjee and Mosheh Oinounou
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/summary...
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“There is a set of populous countries, generally where traditional media are under pressure and social media use is high, where news creators are having a significant impact"
@hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...
@hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“There is a set of populous countries, generally where traditional media are under pressure and social media use is high, where news creators are having a significant impact"
@hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...
@hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...
Our new report on news influencers and creators is out.
It contains:
- 5 key findings (see link)
- Top 15 most mentioned news influencers and creators by survey respondents in 24 countries
- A typology of different content types (and examples of individuals that primarily produce each)
It contains:
- 5 key findings (see link)
- Top 15 most mentioned news influencers and creators by survey respondents in 24 countries
- A typology of different content types (and examples of individuals that primarily produce each)
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
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our new report on news influencers and creators is out.
It contains:
- 5 key findings (see link)
- Top 15 most mentioned news influencers and creators by survey respondents in 24 countries
- A typology of different content types (and examples of individuals that primarily produce each)
It contains:
- 5 key findings (see link)
- Top 15 most mentioned news influencers and creators by survey respondents in 24 countries
- A typology of different content types (and examples of individuals that primarily produce each)
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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
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵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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📢 It's out: The new @worldsofjournalism.bsky.social report
➡️rich data from 3rd wave of WJS study
➡️ survey of more than 32,350 journalists across 75 countries
➡️ perspectives from diverse media systems, political regimes, and cultural contexts
Free download
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
➡️rich data from 3rd wave of WJS study
➡️ survey of more than 32,350 journalists across 75 countries
➡️ perspectives from diverse media systems, political regimes, and cultural contexts
Free download
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢 It's out: The new @worldsofjournalism.bsky.social report
➡️rich data from 3rd wave of WJS study
➡️ survey of more than 32,350 journalists across 75 countries
➡️ perspectives from diverse media systems, political regimes, and cultural contexts
Free download
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
➡️rich data from 3rd wave of WJS study
➡️ survey of more than 32,350 journalists across 75 countries
➡️ perspectives from diverse media systems, political regimes, and cultural contexts
Free download
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
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The results of the ICA Elections are in! 🎉 Congratulations to all newly elected individuals! A huge thank-you to all candidates and voters who participated—your engagement and support strengthen our community. 🔗 buff.ly/EVrbDcR
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The results of the ICA Elections are in! 🎉 Congratulations to all newly elected individuals! A huge thank-you to all candidates and voters who participated—your engagement and support strengthen our community. 🔗 buff.ly/EVrbDcR
Following last week's thread on using gen AI for news, this one looks at our research on AI search results based on data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸.
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Following last week's thread on using gen AI for news, this one looks at our research on AI search results based on data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸.
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
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🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
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.
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No time to read the long version of our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research on use & views around GenAI, information, and news in 6 countries? Then read the summary, just out with @niemanlab.org.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
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 8:55 AM
No time to read the long version of our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research on use & views around GenAI, information, and news in 6 countries? Then read the summary, just out with @niemanlab.org.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
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Not such good news …
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #NISWSW on #AI and #News
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #NISWSW on #AI and #News
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Not such good news …
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #NISWSW on #AI and #News
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #NISWSW on #AI and #News
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#NISWSW started.
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social with the opening talk to set the scene.
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social with the opening talk to set the scene.
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#NISWSW started.
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social with the opening talk to set the scene.
@richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social with the opening talk to set the scene.
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People are using AI to research topics, answer factual questions, and ask for advice.
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. 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 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
People are using AI to research topics, answer factual questions, and ask for advice.
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
Looking forward to presenting the results of this report at the News Impact Summit in Warsaw tomorrow.
ejc.net/events/news-...
ejc.net/events/news-...
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Looking forward to presenting the results of this report at the News Impact Summit in Warsaw tomorrow.
ejc.net/events/news-...
ejc.net/events/news-...
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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🤩 Meet our new Journalist Fellows joining us this term:
🇦🇺 Vince Chadwick
🇺🇸 Dante Dallago
🇧🇬 Boryana Dzhambazova
🇳🇬 Patrick Egwu
🇫🇮 Salla-Rosa Gröhn
🇮🇳 Banjot Kaur
🇬🇧 William Kremer
🇲🇽 Adriana Navarro Ramírez
🇭🇷 Barbara Strbac
🇵🇸 Shatha Yaish
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/10-jour...
🇦🇺 Vince Chadwick
🇺🇸 Dante Dallago
🇧🇬 Boryana Dzhambazova
🇳🇬 Patrick Egwu
🇫🇮 Salla-Rosa Gröhn
🇮🇳 Banjot Kaur
🇬🇧 William Kremer
🇲🇽 Adriana Navarro Ramírez
🇭🇷 Barbara Strbac
🇵🇸 Shatha Yaish
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/10-jour...
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🤩 Meet our new Journalist Fellows joining us this term:
🇦🇺 Vince Chadwick
🇺🇸 Dante Dallago
🇧🇬 Boryana Dzhambazova
🇳🇬 Patrick Egwu
🇫🇮 Salla-Rosa Gröhn
🇮🇳 Banjot Kaur
🇬🇧 William Kremer
🇲🇽 Adriana Navarro Ramírez
🇭🇷 Barbara Strbac
🇵🇸 Shatha Yaish
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/10-jour...
🇦🇺 Vince Chadwick
🇺🇸 Dante Dallago
🇧🇬 Boryana Dzhambazova
🇳🇬 Patrick Egwu
🇫🇮 Salla-Rosa Gröhn
🇮🇳 Banjot Kaur
🇬🇧 William Kremer
🇲🇽 Adriana Navarro Ramírez
🇭🇷 Barbara Strbac
🇵🇸 Shatha Yaish
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/10-jour...
New paper on news avoidance around climate change, based on data from 8 countries.
We aim to add a bit of nuance to what we already know about news avoidance in general, particularly on the association between avoidance and specific emotional responses to climate news.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...
We aim to add a bit of nuance to what we already know about news avoidance in general, particularly on the association between avoidance and specific emotional responses to climate news.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New paper on news avoidance around climate change, based on data from 8 countries.
We aim to add a bit of nuance to what we already know about news avoidance in general, particularly on the association between avoidance and specific emotional responses to climate news.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...
We aim to add a bit of nuance to what we already know about news avoidance in general, particularly on the association between avoidance and specific emotional responses to climate news.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...
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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
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🚨✨ Publication alert: How do people in 6 countries (🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 🇩🇰 🇯🇵 ) use AI 🤖 and think about it in the context of information, news, and institutions?
Our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey research (n ≈ 12,000) with @richardfletcher.bsky.social & @rasmuskleis.bsky.social explores this.
Our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey research (n ≈ 12,000) with @richardfletcher.bsky.social & @rasmuskleis.bsky.social explores this.
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨✨ Publication alert: How do people in 6 countries (🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 🇩🇰 🇯🇵 ) use AI 🤖 and think about it in the context of information, news, and institutions?
Our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey research (n ≈ 12,000) with @richardfletcher.bsky.social & @rasmuskleis.bsky.social explores this.
Our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey research (n ≈ 12,000) with @richardfletcher.bsky.social & @rasmuskleis.bsky.social explores this.
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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 7:15 AM
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
buff.ly/mv3Jc5r
🧵 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
Great to see that @eduardosuarez.bsky.social has been appointed Director of Editorial at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. The research team benefits hugely from having such a great comms team to promote and discuss our work (and the wider work of the Institute) - and I know everyone appreciates it.
Eduardo Suárez, appointed Director of Editorial of the Reuters Institute
Under his leadership, the Institute’s original reporting and digital footprint has grown substantially. In his new enhanced role, he’ll create an in-depth series on journalism.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Great to see that @eduardosuarez.bsky.social has been appointed Director of Editorial at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. The research team benefits hugely from having such a great comms team to promote and discuss our work (and the wider work of the Institute) - and I know everyone appreciates it.
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Always a bit awkward to do these posts but I was delighted to learn at the Future of Journalism Conference last week that I won @digitaljournalism.bsky.social's Outstanding Article of the Year Award for my paper on how AI reshapes the news' dependency on platforms companies.
September 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Always a bit awkward to do these posts but I was delighted to learn at the Future of Journalism Conference last week that I won @digitaljournalism.bsky.social's Outstanding Article of the Year Award for my paper on how AI reshapes the news' dependency on platforms companies.