Analysis: "Blue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on #X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas War": newsguardtech.com/misinformation… #ethics #internet #socialmedia #contentmoderation #disinformation #business ht Noah Giansiracusa

"If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: The major online platforms are breaking up with news." nytimes.com/2023/10/19/tec…

Geomedia has an exciting online seminar coming up! Just tune in on Nov 14 at 1:00pm and enjoy the talk by Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan on "SEEING AND SEAFARING: HOW THE SCOPIC REGIME OF COMPUTATION WAS MOBILISED" +discussion with Visiting Prof Pablo Abend. Info: shorturl.at/ryCK8

study explores Austrian media discourses on #responsibility regarding social media #algorithms and social companions. Inter alia, findings reveal distinct perspectives on the agency and responsibility of social media algorithms and robots themselves. #AI doi.org/10.1177/146144…

The Map of Internet Territories has been circulating around the world over the last few months in its physical version. Now, the INTERACTIVE English version is also available online: cartografiasdainternet.org/en

Researching generative AI governance? Submit to fabulous Joanne Kuai's special issue:

🎧Thrilled to share the latest episode of New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) podcast featuring André Jansson from Karlstads universitet Geomedia 🌐 In the episode, we dive into the concept of #Geomedia and his latest book, Rethinking Communication Geographies (Edward Elgar, 2022) newbooksnetwork.com/rethinking-com…

GEOMEDIA PANEL: DIGITAL WORK GEOGRAPHIES February 22, 2024, 14:00-16:00 More info and Zoom Link: kau.se/.../conference… #geomedia #karlstaduniversitet #geomediaspeakerseries #digitalwork #geographies 📷

Interesting panel at the symposium "The public value of communication #infrastructures in the Nordiscs" about media's dependence on the tech giants' infrastructures. Tack Helle Sjøvaag + @Nordicom_GU for organising great panels, which can be re-watched: rb.gy/5xp9tc

OpenAI did decide to put something there, at least, a kind of "watermark". But it is not a clear disclosure of "AI generated", which is what we need. Do you see it? 9/

My latest for nature: AI's environmental costs are soaring. The new energy-hungry models for video, text, and image could create an energy crisis - and impact drinking water reserves. We urgently need action from industry, researchers, and legislators. nature.com/articles/d4158…

A long-awaited study: Thymic Atrophy and Immune Dysregulation in Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38393459/

Congrats to Siegfried Müller for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis "The Influence of Communication and Support Networks on Leadership and Team Dynamics in Massively Multiplayer Online Games". Thank to CorneliaBrantner @[email protected] for co-supervising & Florian Egli for chairing the defense. 🎉🥳

Geomedia Speaker Series! Nick Couldry will explore how Big Tech, esp. social media platforms, have reshaped the spaces of our social world, transforming the way we live, connect, and engage in civil society. Karlstad, Sept 19 #Geomedia @couldrynick lnkd.in/dSFs8WRD

What does the future hold for geomedia? Our new open access issue explores the transformative potential of geomedia and challenges dominant narratives about technological progress, advocating for a more equitable and sustainable future. Issue: shorturl.at/gdH5K

Our special issue on Geomedia Futures is out!

Attending #ECREA2024 in the beautiful city of Ljubljana 🇸🇮 Our paper CorneliaBrantner @[email protected] @monrodriguez.bsky.social explores imaginaries of future urban spaces in Google Images and #GenAI 🌆 Also listened in to #AI and #journalism pre-con 👍 Happy to see so many old and new friends! Geomedia

Join us for our annual conference, coming up in November in Siegen.

🚀New paper out in Telecommunications Policy! Together with CorneliaBrantner @[email protected] Michael Karlsson, we studied how #Copilot retrieves election news in 5 languages using the 2024 Taiwan election as a case. Read here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #AI #News #Journalism #DigitalPolicy #OpenAccess