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Sina Blassnig

@sinajb.bsky.social

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Prof. of Digital Communication & Datafication @unifr.bsky.social and FHGR. Director of the IDCMI (www.unifr.ch/idcmi). Digital journalism, media innovation, political communication, AI & algorithms. Feminist. She/her

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

Showing that search engines may inf act become the end point of information searches. Yet, people seem still more critical of AI overviews than more classic snippets. #ica2025

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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

Finally, Eliza Mitova presents our study with Edina Strikovic, @aurman21.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, @esserfrank.bsky.social and Anikó Hannak exploring public attitudes toward generative AI for news, showing that AI knowledge and attitudes vary quite a bit across countries. #ica2025

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

A representative survey presented by @dnvglr.bsky.social shows that the Swiss audience is rather critical towards the use of AI in journalism, but - similar to findings by @reutersinstitute.bsky.social - this is moderated by general attitudes towards AI. #ica2025

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

Next up: @cporlezza.bsky.social presenting a study with @lauraamigo.bsky.social on how AI might change journalistic authority, emphasizing the importance of establishing common standards to avoid the „headless chicken syndrome“. #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

Also, AI may lead to an erosion of values: People who use AI believe public values to be less important than thos who do not use AI (or use it less). #SGKM2025

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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 · 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