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newsprof1.bsky.social
Academic Lead of Media and Comms Research Cluster at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
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@heidikitrosser.bsky.social "Protecting Public Knowledge Producers" really bears re reading in the current moment. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America by @newsprof1.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social via Oxford University Press (2024) #WinterReading

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

My school @ucdpolitics.bsky.social has 2 positions (deadline Feb 21) one in Global Governance, one in Environmental Politics. They're called "Ad Astra Fellows" but between you & me they're basically tenure-track posts. It's a good deal. You get a PhD line & annual €5000 research budget for 5 years.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

Cool to see my next book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics co-authored w/ Alex Cooley as one of "The Most Anticipated Books of 2025" in @foreignpolicy.com

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Oh no! I thought this was coming. Tagging @martinscott2010.bsky.social @melbunce.bsky.social

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks @niemanlab.org for picking up this piece.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Was honoured to serve an expert groups for this year-long, 50-country project by @foruminfod.bsky.social to assess research on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: #news media, #AI and #data governance. Tagging @edinburghpir.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social #commsky

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Very much looking forward to welcome @dkreiss.bsky.social to Edinburgh!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Trump Picks Conservative Activist to Lead U.S. Media Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

#media freedom folks and #commsky please keep Voice of America on your watchlist. Trump has just named his preferred USAGM CEO - this is a Senate confirmed position. Voice of America has to provide ‘accurate, objective and comprehensive’ news – could that all change? search.app/qUqTENd8Qx9k...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Thanks to @apnews.com for not only approaching me for comment about #VoiceofAmerica but actually reading our academic book too. Impressive commitment to research Voice of America is required to report accurately. Trump and Lake want to beam US 'accomplishments' | AP News apnews.com/article/voic...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

HURRAH for the endlessly impressive @melissaterras.bsky.social who has just been awarded an MBE in the King's NY Honours List for services to the #digital humanities. Oh and she's just been made a Fellow of the Royal College of Engineering... www.scotsman.com/news/people/...

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ

submitted 64 days ago • 67 comments

It's all going on in #SouthKorea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Catching up on news - I see a new US Advisor on #AI has just been named, who wrote the following article. Leaving aside the (predictable) row about his Indian origin, what are y'all thinking about his ideas? www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/o...

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Wonderful book of poetry from one of my dear family members. Happy Christmas, everyone.

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

NEW #JMCQReview🚨Here, @newsprof1.bsky.social, @martinscott2010.bsky.social, and @melbunce.bsky.social offer a timely take on US's PSM provider Voice of America--if leveraged for anti-democratic means. Read the @jmcquarterly.bsky.social review by Matthew Conaty journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

We're hiring a lecturer or reader in embodied NLP at the University of Edinburgh! Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 Call for applications: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments