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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseNiemanLab: People who use chatbots for news consider them unbiased and “good enough,” new study finds. “Chatbots are already a burgeoning source of news. Seven percent of respondents in the U.S. use chatbots for news every week, according to a report last summer from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ). In India, that number jumps to nearly 20 percent.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/26/niemanlab-people-who-use-chatbots-for-news-consider-them-unbiased-and-good-enough-new-study-finds/
NiemanLab: People who use chatbots for news consider them unbiased and “good enough,” new study finds
NiemanLab: People who use chatbots for news consider them unbiased and “good enough,” new study finds. “Chatbots are already a burgeoning source of news. Seven percent of respondents in the U…
Clemson University: Is it possible to get your daily news in a smarter way? Clemson researchers are working on it– and you can help. “A team that includes Clemson University is inviting volunteers to sign up for a free daily newsletter that delivers a list of Associated Press news stories personally curated for each individual reader. The ad-free newsletter is helping researchers study […]
NiemanLab: Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests. “While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually using these platforms — the audience.”
NiemanLab: News creators get more attention in countries where traditional media struggles. “Legacy news media has long competed for audience with social media sites, video platforms, and streaming services. But a newer competitor — news creators — is pulling and retaining audiences in countries where mainstream media is struggling to keep them.”
The-14Social media dominates news consumption in Indonesia as TikTok surges
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https://the-14.com/social-media-dominates-news-consumption-in-indonesia-as-tiktok-surges/
#Indonesia #TikTok #SocialMedia #NewsConsumption #DigitalNews #MediaTrends #AIinNews #NewsTrust #News #NewsLiteracy #Journalism #MediaShift #OnlineNews
https://the-14.com/social-media-dominates-news-consumption-in-indonesia-as-tiktok-surges/
PressGazette: Top UK online publishers: X plummets, Reddit surges, news publishers ranked. “X (formerly Twitter) saw the biggest audience drop among the 25 biggest website publishers in the UK between May 2024 and May 2025. The latest Ipsos iris data puts X Corp on a monthly UK user base of 20.6 million in May, down 12% compared to May 2024, making it the 24th biggest online publisher in the […]
Search Engine Journal: Google Tests ‘Preferred Sources’ To Personalize Top Stories In Search. “Google is testing a new feature that allows you to customize the Top Stories section in search results by selecting preferred news sources. Currently available through Search Labs in the U.S. and India, the experiment gives people more influence over which publishers appear in their news-related […]
PsyPost: Believing “news will find me” is linked to sharing fake news, study finds. “While much attention has focused on malicious actors or bots, recent evidence suggests that much of the spread of fake news comes from ordinary users who may not realize they’re sharing false information. The researchers behind the new study focused on the role of passive news exposure, especially among […]
NiemanLab: For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source. “For the first time, social media has displaced television as the top way Americans get news. ‘The proportion accessing news via social media and video networks in the United States (54%) is sharply up,’ the report’s authors write, ‘overtaking both TV news (50%) and news websites/apps (48%) for the […]