Huw C. Davies

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Lecturer in Digital Education/Data and Society @ Moray House, University of Edinburgh
I’m glad Twitter has been symbolically terminated and turned into X as it will help end the now masochistic experience of being on there.
If you’re at #britsoc23 , don’t miss our digital sociology stream plenary. Details below:

Bad bad news for democracy : 46% of UK "actively avoid news" and "under 35s are more likely to be interested in ‘softer’ news topics: entertainment and celebrity news (33% interested), culture and arts news (37%), and education news (34%)". Were all guilty here says this um very over 35 who feels seen 🤔

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/22-findings-reuters-institutes-research-2022-still-relevant-2023

22 findings from the Reuters Institute’s research in 2022 still relevant in 2023

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
@Wsi2016 and me are really looking forward to this article coming out in early ‘23 - it’s a big study that applies a digital sociological lens to Britain’s pseudo-intellectual grift economy