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Silke Fürst @sfuerst.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

How do journalists use #AI tools & how does this affect #journalism and #newsquality❓ We surveyed 730 Swiss media professionals Study @foeg.bsky.social together with @dnvglr.bsky.social, @qryffel.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social & @cporlezza.bsky.social Download:👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:12b5...

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Happening now #ICA25: @ernesto-deleon.com presenting work on influencer-hyperpartisan info networks. Shows the importance of sourcing and linking to a wider variety of sources, all serving to propagate anti-system narratives. Awesome stuff by these colleagues! Right up my alley. 👏

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

How do AI overviews change how people search for and trust in news? Edina Strikovic presents our study with @aurman21.bsky.social and @mariekevhoof.bsky.social on Differences in Information Seeking Behavior Between Forms of Recommended and Generated Search Results #ica2025

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Weili Wang, Xi‘an Jaotong & John Downey present an international comparison of utopian and dystopian media narratives around generative AI, showing that these narratives very much depend on the context, being much more positive in China and India as compref to the UK and USA. #ica2025 #journalism

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

In her keynote, @natalihelberger.bsky.social emphasizes that AI is not an end in itself but a tool that should be designed in a way that it promotes the values of our democratic societies. #SGKM2025 @sgkm2025.bsky.social

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

To all #SGKM2025 attendees: Don't miss today's keynote by @natalihelberger.bsky.social at 09:00am on "From AI in Society to Society in AI"!

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

In der ersten Keynote an der @sgkm2025.bsky.social hält @jonpultnr.bsky.social ein Plädoyer für die zentrale Rolle der öffentlichen Journalismus-Finanzierung angesichts der Krise der „vierten Gewalt“ in der Schweiz. #SGKM2025

Im Vordergrund Politiker Jon Pult, im Hintergrund ein PPT-Slide mit dem Titel „Vierte Gewalt in der Krise. Was tun?“

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations. One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅ Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉

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MEDem has applied for ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research - Monitoring Electoral Democracy

MEDem has applied for inclusion on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research On April 8, 2025, MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) took a major next step toward shap...

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The tech industry titans have been remarkably silent on Trump's latest withdrawal from the Paris agreement. Eight years ago, they were outspoken. What changed?

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

There are three categories of Trump transgressions. The first are bad things he does, which must be highlighted in all their harms to voters. The second is bad things he says, which while harmful to the culture we are better ignoring. But the third, here, are bad things he proposes. 1/n

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We're trying to see if there's a regional aspect to this, so if you've got instagram and want to help out, could you check these hashtags, and report back the result along with which country you're in? #bluewave #democrat #voteblue #dnc #January6 #jan6 #j6ers #capitolattack #obama #biden #pelosi

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Doug Parry @dougaparry.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Is anyone crowdsourcing 1) which search terms/content this is affecting and 2) which countries this is occurring in? Is this happening on all #Meta platforms?

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This morning I want leaders in Europe and the 🇪🇺 to stand up for European values, be in action mode, be calm AND courageous, show unity, provide reassurance, and show empathy. Thank you.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 21/01/2025

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What a terrifying world to wake up to… But no one can say that Trump and his team haven’t told (and shown) us exactly who they are and what they will do.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My statement on the repeal of President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

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STATEMENT: CAP’s Alondra Nelson Condemns Dangerous Repeal of AI Executive Order

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Watson hat mich interviewt zur Frage, wie die Medien mit Donald Trump umgehen sollen: www.watson.ch/internationa... Während es schwierig ist, den neuen alten US-Präsidenten komplett zu ignorieren, können die Medien einiges dennoch besser machen:

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Du willst den Trump-Aus-Button? «Den zukünftigen US-Präsidenten kann man nicht ignorieren»

Donald Trump verschiebt die Grenzen des Sagbaren. Eine Kommunikationsexpertin erklärt, warum Ignorieren keine Lösung ist – und was Medien besser machen sollten.

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Viktor Giacobbo @viktorgiacobbo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

"Trumps Kommunikation nur populistisch zu nennen, verharmlost, wie extremistisch seine Ideen sind. Hier müssen wir klarer von Autoritarismus, Rassismus und der Idee der White Supremacy, also der rassistischen Idee der Überlegenheit von weissen Personen, sprechen." @sinajb.bsky.social

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Du willst den Trump-Aus-Button? «Den zukünftigen US-Präsidenten kann man nicht ignorieren»

Donald Trump verschiebt die Grenzen des Sagbaren. Eine Kommunikationsexpertin erklärt, warum Ignorieren keine Lösung ist – und was Medien besser machen sollten.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The European Fact-Checking Standards Network responds to Meta slashing fact-checking: “Fact-checking is not censorship, far from that, fact-checking adds speech to public debates, it provides context and facts for every citizen to make up their own mind” Full statement ⬇️ efcsn.com/news/2025-01...

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EFCSN disappointed by end to Meta’s Third Party Fact-Checking Program in the US; Condemns statements linking fact-checking to censorship – European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)

7 January 2025 – The European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) is disappointed by Meta’s decision to end its Third Party...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

The @sgkm.bsky.social conference 2025 will be in Chur May 21-23! Check out the CfP - submission deadline is Nov 29. Looking forward to welcoming you at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons! #SGKM2025 www.fhgr.ch/fh-graubuend...

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SGKM 2025 - Fachhochschule Graubünden

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

✨Come work with us!✨ Full-time open-rank Professorship in Digital Journalism at the Department of Communication and Media Research (DCM) @unifr.bsky.social, with teaching in French, English and potentially German. Deadline for applications: 22 Sept 2024. www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/asset...

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Silke Fürst @sfuerst.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

Starting in August – Our @dizh.bsky.social-project “AI literacy in 🇨🇭 journalism”, with @dnvglr.bsky.social S. Pfeuti, N. Klopfenstein Frei, @qryffel.bsky.social, D. Lombardi, @cporlezza.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social, & our practice partners @quajou.ch, SSM & JJS 👉 www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2024/06/1...

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Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

When people perceive news outlets as using news recommender systems, they trust the outlet less, with perceptions of recommender systems moderating the effect, finds @sinajb.bsky.social @aurman21.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @esserfrank.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1080/1461...

User Perceptions of News Recommender Systems and Trust in Media Outlets: A Five-Country Study

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Figure 1. Conceptual model.

Figure 3. Regression model with varying participant intercepts predicting trust in specific news outlets.

Figure 6. Marginal effects of the interaction between the perceived NRS use by media outlets and perceived NRS benefits separately per country.

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

Apply to become a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Communication and Media Research at the Université de Fribourg in 2025 (2-3 months; post-doc or non-tenure professor; 5,000 CHF; application deadline: 30.9.2024) www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/asset...

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

In this paper, we deep dive into how and why news organizations implement News Recommender Systems and which related benefits and downsides they see, based on 36 interviews with media professionals in 🇨🇭& 🇳🇱 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

#Hiring: Ich suche eine:n Oberassistent:in (100%, 5 J. befristet) für das neue Institut für digitale Kommunikation und Medieninnovation (IDCMI) der @unifr.bsky.social & FHGR. www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/asset... @sgkm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @polcomm.bsky.social

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Aleksandra Urman @aurman21.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

📣 The first paper of 2024 is published, led by @sinajb.bsky.social 📰🔍 We deep dive into how and why news organizations implement News Recommender Systems and which related benefits and downsides they see, based on 36 interviews with media professionals in 🇨🇭& 🇳🇱 commsky doi.org/10.1080/2167...

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Sina Blassnig @sinajb.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Before I sign off for Christmas break, I can finally share some personal news: I will take on a professorship in Digital Communication & Datafication at the @unifr.bsky.social in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Grisons in February 2024. www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/news...

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Sina Blassnig wird an die Universität Freiburg (CH) berufen

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Very cool project about kids' experiences with misinfo and how to empower them - and very nice colleagues all over DDC - come work with us!

Image of the SDU - simple grey building with modern rusty elements, surrounded by trees with golden leafs

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Anke Tresch @anketresch.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

📣 Job alert: Hast du einen Master in Sozialwissenschaften und kennst dich in Umfrageforschung aus? FORS sucht eine*n wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter*in (80%, davon 40% im Homeoffice) für Datenerhebung & -analyse 👇 forscenter.ch/about-fors/s...

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

🌟 Exciting milestone! Over 300 scholars are now supporting MEDem! 🎉 Join this dynamic network and contribute to shaping the future. #MEDem #Community Fill out the form here: forms.gle/xqnKAkyNGq1e...

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Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

✨Neuer Report von @sophiavolk.bsky.social + mir: «Zwischen Wertschätzung & Überlastung - Wie Schweizer:innen die Fülle von Informationen und Angeboten erleben» ...in den Bereichen 📰Nachrichten, 🎭Unterhaltung & 💬digitale persönliche Kommunikation 👉Fokusgruppen & Online Survey 👉Key findings im Thread

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Marília Gehrke, Ph.D. @gehrke.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

“Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI?” Fair question to reflect on the present and future of generative AI. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard

Amid the coverage of Sam Altman returning to the helm of OpenAI, women are being written out of the future of AI

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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Come and work with us in beautiful Amsterdam! We are looking for a PhD student to explore the 'Role of Social Norms in Negative Campaigning and Affective Polarization' Deadline: 10 Jan 24 Starting: Preferably April 24 All details: tinyurl.com/45ryj32t RT=🧡 @ascor.bsky.social, # commsky # polsky

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Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Einladung zur Podiumsdiskussion «Zwischen Wertschätzung und Überlastung - Wie Schweizerinnen und Schweizer die Fülle von Informationen und Angeboten erleben» in Kollaboration mit der Digital Society Initiative, Universität Zürich 📅 01.12.2023 📌 DSI, Rämistrasse 69 🕑 16.30 Uhr 👉Programm & Anmeldung

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

🚨 PEER REVIEW STUDY ALERT 🚨 We are about to launch a (very) large-scale survey on peer review in social sciences 150,000+ scholars worldwide will receive an invitation to participate via email. You might be one of them! Wanna know more? peerreviewstudy.com Plz repost!

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 08/11/2023

Our Department is advertising a new Tenure Track Assistant Professorship on Media Literacy! Click here to apply: academicjobs.univie.ac.at/datenabfrage...

The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts
more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to
address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate
the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.
At the Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a
Tenure-Track Professor
in the field of
Media Literacy
The position:
The focus of the tenure track professorship is on media literacy. Applicants should be internationally
established and cover the dimensions, antecedents, processes and/or consequences of media literacy. The
position is open for excellent candidates of various specializations informed by and/or focused on
communication science and open to all epistemological and methodological approaches within the area of
media literacy research.

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Linards Udris @linardsudris.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

IKMZ (University of Zurich) is hiring 👩‍🏫 🎓 ⚕️ 📱 LECTURER IN DIGITAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION 100 % Please share! jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

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Linards Udris @linardsudris.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Die Polarisierung hat in der Schweiz nach mehreren Indikatoren zugenommen. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/politische-p... Wo die Polarisierung aber (noch) relativ tief ist, ist beim Medienkonsum. V.a. reichweitenstarke Medien haben ein politisch gemischtes Publikum. www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...

Daten Reuters Digital News Report 2023 – Länderbericht Schweiz (S. 14)

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