📌 Our Digital News Report 2024 is out! The most comprehensive report on news consumption worldwide. 🗺️ 47 markets 📋 95,000 respondents Here are some key findings: 1. We find a further decline in the use of Facebook for news. It's gone from 42% to 26% since 2016 in the 12 markets we've tracked in the last 10 years. Our data shows a growing reliance on a range of alternatives including messaging apps and video networks. 2. These top line figures hide big geographical differences: -Many still use Facebook for news in Philippines, Colombia and Malaysia. -TikTok is huge (and growing rapidly) in Thailand, Kenya, Indonesia and other markets of the Global South. 3. Video is becoming a more important source of online news, especially for the young. Short videos are accessed by 66% of our global sample, with longer formats attracting around half (51%). 4. The report documents the rise of a new generation of news creators. A good example is Hugo Decrypte, who produces explainer videos on TikTok and YouTube and was cited by respondents more often than French legacy publishers Le Monde or Le Figaro. 5. Concern about online misinformation has risen by 3 points in the last year with 59% saying they are worried about it. In terms of platforms, concern is highest for TikTok and X. 6. As publishers embrace the use of AI, we find widespread public suspicion about how it might be used, especially for ‘hard’ news stories. 7. We find little growth in news subscriptions, with 17% saying they paid for news online. Norway (40%) and Sweden (31%) have the highest %, and Japan (9%) and the UK (8%) the lowest. In many countries we find evidence of heavy discounting. 8. Trust in the news (40%) has remained stable over the last year, but is still four points lower than it was at the height of COVID-19. 9. High standards, a transparent approach, lack of bias, and fairness in terms of media representation are the 4 primary factors that influence trust 🔗 Read the report online in HTML and PDF in English and Spanish on our website: https://lnkd.in/dsFtKZHy #DNR24
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The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, established in autumn 2006, is based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. The Thomson Reuters Foundation has supported a programme of visiting fellowships for journalists from around the world based at what is now Green Templeton College in Oxford since 1983. The RISJ builds on this tradition and is now a university research centre for international comparative journalism. Anchored in the recognition of the key role of independent media in open societies and the power of information in the modern world, the Institute aims to serve as the leading forum for a productive engagement between scholars from a wide range of disciplines and the practitioners of journalism. It brings the depth and rigour of academic scholarship of the highest standards to major issues of relevance to the world of practice of news media. It is global in its perspective and in the content of its activities. Its expanded activities include short-term and long-term research projects, a regular series of seminars, workshops, annual conferences, debates and innovative curricular development, both independently and in meaningful collaboration with other centres in Oxford University and with the global world of practice.
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Laura Oliver
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How well are audiences' information needs met across different news topics? 🏅Across countries, most people feel their needs around sport and politics (and often celebrity news) are well served. At the same time, there are substantial gaps in other areas such as education, environment, mental health, and social justice. Click to read: https://lnkd.in/dyr93msx
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🚨 NEW on our website: The military's crackdown on the media in Myanmar has led to the arrest of more than 200 journalists, with more tortured or killed. With the formal press cornered, citizen journalists, often untrained, have emerged as pivotal figures in the ongoing struggle for truth. A new project by our Journalist Fellow Thu Thu Aung looks at the rise of these figures, who often operate under constant threat. Why this matters. The work of citizen journalists is often the only glimpse the outside world gets into Myanmar. Despite this critical role, they often work without adequate compensation, legal protection, or access to funding. Many rely on sporadic and insufficient payments that do not reflect the risks they undertake. To better understand their role, Thu Thu interviewed 35 citizen and traditional journalists, editors, media experts and newsroom leaders. A key quote: "A new generation of people committed to ensuring reporting of information has emerged under the exiled media landscape in Myanmar. These citizen journalists are a constituency characterised by bravery and duty, and they urgently need increased support in terms of capacity building and sustainable remuneration." https://lnkd.in/eGd3MkrZ
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What kinds of AI applications are news audiences more comfortable with? This is the question at the heart of new qualitative research we published today. The Reuters Institute commissioned strategic insight agency Craft - Human Intelligence to produce this research in the context of the Digital News Report 2024. Up to 45 users in Mexico, the UK, and the US (15 in each country) went through a 3-phase deliberative journey. First we documented their attitudes about AI. Then they began a week-long assignment, where they tried out 25 use cases of AI in news. Finally, they did a reflective interview in which they explained how their attitudes had changed. 🎯 What we learnt. Our conversations show that general attitudes towards AI are significantly shaped by broader cultural narratives and that comfort levels vary considerably across applications. The type of information being conveyed and whether human interpretation and feeling is required matter quite a lot for the users we talked to. The medium itself and the amount of human oversight are also important. Finally, our research suggests that disclosure of AI use requires a nuanced approach. Explore the full report and a summary piece by our researcher Amy A. Ross Arguedas in the link below #AI #AIjournalism #innovation #technology https://lnkd.in/dD_6bvwq
OK computer? Understanding public attitudes towards the uses of generative AI in news
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Nordic newsrooms are at the forefront of experimentation on AI and the future of news. One of the most prominent voices in this line of work is Agnes Stenbom, co-founder of the Nordic AI Journalism network and the founder and head of Schibsted's IN/LAB, an initiative exploring innovation for ‘news outsiders’. In a new interview with our colleague Marina Adami, Stenbom speaks about news innovation and her work in the field of AI and the future of news. A key quote: "Our industry will continue to experience the benefits of sharing knowledge, not least since the real competitive advantage lies in the newsroom culture and in the organisational ability to transform. That's hard to copy-paste," Stenbom says. https://lnkd.in/dz5md_Zi
AI expert Agnes Stenbom: “We need to better tell our users how journalism is different from other forms of information”
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Photographer Joan Montfort who took a picture with Lionel Messi holding Lamine Yamal as a baby describes the photo - taken as part of an outreach effort with Barcelona's diverse communities - as "one in a billion". https://lnkd.in/e3KmHCXA
‘One in a billion’: Photographer who captured Lionel Messi with a baby Lamine Yamal details rare shoot after photos resurface | CNN
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How well do local news cater to audiences' information needs? In some countries, including 🇺🇸, over 2/3 feel that most or all their needs are met by local news. But in a few countries, notably 🇬🇧 🇦🇺, only a little over half say the same. In 🇵🇹 🇧🇬 🇯🇵 a higher percentage of unmet needs are largely down to lower interest in local news. Click to read: https://lnkd.in/dyr93msx
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"We are committed to the BBC and we are committed to the licensing arrangements," says new UK PM Keir Starmer on the funding model for the public broadcaster, which has often become a political football. https://lnkd.in/efxdWsbS
Keir Starmer commits to BBC licence fee
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"Disinformation experts expect such narratives will continue to spread, even as details of the shooter’s motives and background become clearer." The Economist looks at the impact of conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting of Donald Trump. https://lnkd.in/eaYPnKAS
The attack on Donald Trump has unleashed a flood of partisan misinformation
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How many people listen to podcasts? And how many listen to podcasts about the news? 🎧Across 20 countries where we have been measuring podcast consumption since 2018, just over a third (35%) have accessed one or more podcasts in the last month, but only just over one in ten (13%) regularly use a news one. Click to read: https://lnkd.in/dyr93msx
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