Setting up shop outside mainstream news organisations and using social media platforms allows for greater creative and financial control.
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The rapid spread of AI has pushed an already fragile news ecosystem closer to breaking point.
More control is a good thing – but be wary of privacy risks and ensure your media ‘diet’ is still balanced.
The numbers suggest that many people have not given up on TV news, but rather have gone online in addition to watching television.
US news outlets perceived as politically centrist could inch rightward or leftward to attract a larger, more partisan readership − but only at the cost of journalistic credibility.
Modern journalism is already heavily dependent on the platforms offered by big tech. Adding new financial dimensions to this relationship raises urgent questions about press independence.
Is most of the content on the internet fake? Here’s what the dead internet theory really means – and why we should be warier of how we’re manipulated for profit and political gain.
Contrary to assumptions that seniors are technologically averse, many older adults now show remarkable agility in navigating digital media.
More and more people are saying they don’t trust the news or can’t face engaging with it – and that appears to have political implications.
Digital only commercial news websites still struggle for revenue streams.
The Online News Act could result in the formation of new agreements between news organizations and digital platform giants, which could give rise to a number of worrying developments.
Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
There’s no evidence that news outlets are worse off because of Google, Facebook and other aggregators. If anything, evidence shows that, overall, news outlets would be in worse shape without them.
During this time of disruption and transformation, surveys like the Digital News Report contribute to our understanding of professional news sources from the public’s point of view.
Facebook recently removed Australian news stories from its site. If Ottawa follows Australia’s lead, Facebook might do the same in Canada.
Delivering media literacy in a comics format can help readers develop the skills to identify fake news and counter its effects.
Over the past decade, news media companies have been at the mercy of big tech platforms’ algorithms in delivering them readers. But with no guarantee of sustained revenue, media firms are looking elsewhere.
While COVID-19 is a real concern for businesses and governments, a more serious issue right now is the wider impact of heavily recycled information on society.
We claim not to trust social media yet it seems to shape our political opinions.
Even established political parties are using a host of tricks to manipulate the news.
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
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Research Assistant at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
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Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
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Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Comparative Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Professor of Persuasive Language and Storytelling, SKEMA Business School
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University
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Professor of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University
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Deputy Director of the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway