Authors: J Scott Brennen, Philip N Howard, Rasmus K Nielsen Abstract Drawing on scholarship in journalism studies and the sociology of expectations, this article demonstrates how news media shape, mediate, and amplify expectations surrounding artificial intelligence in ways that influence their potential to intervene in the world. Through a critical […]
Authors: J Scott Brennen, Philip N Howard, Rasmus K Nielsen Abstract Despite growing expectations that technology journalists serve as critical watchdogs of the technology industry, technology journalism remains under-studied in journalism studies. Drawing on the hierarchy of influences model to analyze semi-structured interviews with UK technology journalists and editors, this […]
Artificially intelligent “bot” accounts bolster or berate politicians on Twitter. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their bunk. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. In Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives (May 19, 2020 publication date), author […]
Authors: J. Scott Brennen, Felix M. Simon, Philip N. Howard, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen In this RISJ factsheet we identify some of the main types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformationseen so far. We analyse a sample of 225 pieces of misinformation rated false or misleading by factcheckers and published […]