Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

My Nieman Lab prediction for 2026: The AI bubble may pop but people’s use of AI for information won’t and it's better if we start taking this seriously.

Can chatting with AI sway your political beliefs? A new joint study from the Oxford Internet Institute and AI Security Institute (AISI) offers unprecedented insights into how conversational AI can exert influence over people’s political beliefs. Read more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

New OCJN report with @mitalilive.bsky.social & @richardfletcher.bsky.social out today tracking climate news consumption across 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸. Last year we found a y-o-y decline in climate news use only in 🇺🇸. Worryingly, it’s now spread to 5/8 countries. What’s going on? A thread 🧵

1️⃣ The use of climate news is in decline in France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the US. It is stable in Brazil, India, and Pakistan. Declines in climate news use are driven by two overlapping trends: reduced climate news access via TV, and reduced use by people over 45.

Our new report out today by @waqasejaz.bsky.social, @mitalilive.bsky.social and @richardfletcher.bsky.social looks at how audiences in 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 consume news and information about climate change. 💻 Report: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/climate-chan... 🧵 Some key findings below.

We found that a clear majority of journalists (62%) think that AI represents a large or very large threat to journalism, whereas only a small minority (15%) say it’s a large or very large opportunity. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...

Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed: Far from freeing journalists from 'churnalism' AI could be enabling it, survey suggests pressgazette.co.uk/news/gulf-be...

We have a new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report based on a survey of how journalists use AI. Most journalists are now using AI in their work, but they’re pretty pessimistic about what it means for journalism. Details in the post below.

NEW on our website @rasmuskleis.bsky.social chaired a commission tasked by the Danish gov to design a system of direct media subsidies. In this piece he explains how they conceived their proposal and what other countries could learn from it reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/taxes-n...

300 cyclists were stopped for riding without lights in the dark and were given temporary lights to get them home safely, as part of Oxfordshire County Council's (OCC) Vision Zero event on Broad St. at the weekend. The event aimed to provide road safety advice for the most vulnerable road users.

As the BBC faces fresh scrutiny, what does our research say about it? Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020 📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa 🧵 4 findings in thread

New Paper Alert 🧵📣 There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions. However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇

What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it? @annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload". Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...

Did you miss the launch event of our report on news creators and influencers? Here's a summary by our own Gretel Kahn, which includes four takeaways and many insights from our speakers Emilio Doménech, Akash Banerjee and Mosheh Oinounou reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/summary...

“There is a set of populous countries, generally where traditional media are under pressure and social media use is high, where news creators are having a significant impact" @hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

Our new report on news influencers and creators is out. It contains: - 5 key findings (see link) - Top 15 most mentioned news influencers and creators by survey respondents in 24 countries - A typology of different content types (and examples of individuals that primarily produce each)

We've just published the most comprehensive study of news creators to date covering 24 countries. Authored by Nic Newman @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it identifies the most mentioned in each country 📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj 🧵6 findings in thread

📢 It's out: The new @worldsofjournalism.bsky.social report ➡️rich data from 3rd wave of WJS study ➡️ survey of more than 32,350 journalists across 75 countries ➡️ perspectives from diverse media systems, political regimes, and cultural contexts Free download www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/

The results of the ICA Elections are in! 🎉 Congratulations to all newly elected individuals! A huge thank-you to all candidates and voters who participated—your engagement and support strengthen our community. 🔗 buff.ly/EVrbDcR

Following last week's thread on using gen AI for news, this one looks at our research on AI search results based on data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸. It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week. It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).

🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨 ➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation ➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India ➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months ➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms hopeful findings👇🏽

Last week I posted a thread on how people are using generative AI - bsky.app/profile/rich... This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically. Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.

No time to read the long version of our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research on use & views around GenAI, information, and news in 6 countries? Then read the summary, just out with @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...

Not such good news … @richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #NISWSW on #AI and #News

#NISWSW started. @richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social with the opening talk to set the scene.

People are using AI to research topics, answer factual questions, and ask for advice. In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...

Looking forward to presenting the results of this report at the News Impact Summit in Warsaw tomorrow. ejc.net/events/news-...

A thread on how people's use of generative AI has changed in the last year - based on survey data from 6 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇰🇯🇵🇦🇷 ). First, gen AI use has grown rapidly. Most people have tried out gen AI at least once (61%), and 34% now use it on a weekly basis - roughly doubling from 18% a year ago.

🤩 Meet our new Journalist Fellows joining us this term: 🇦🇺 Vince Chadwick 🇺🇸 Dante Dallago 🇧🇬 Boryana Dzhambazova 🇳🇬 Patrick Egwu 🇫🇮 Salla-Rosa Gröhn 🇮🇳 Banjot Kaur 🇬🇧 William Kremer 🇲🇽 Adriana Navarro Ramírez 🇭🇷 Barbara Strbac 🇵🇸 Shatha Yaish reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/10-jour...

New paper on news avoidance around climate change, based on data from 8 countries. We aim to add a bit of nuance to what we already know about news avoidance in general, particularly on the association between avoidance and specific emotional responses to climate news. doi.org/10.1177/1464...

How do people think different sectors’ use of generative AI will change their experience of interacting with them? More optimists than pessimists for e.g. science and search engines, but more pessimists than optimists for news media, government, and – especially – politicians 1/3

🚨✨ Publication alert: How do people in 6 countries (🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 🇩🇰 🇯🇵 ) use AI 🤖 and think about it in the context of information, news, and institutions? Our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey research (n ≈ 12,000) with @richardfletcher.bsky.social & @rasmuskleis.bsky.social explores this.

How do people use generative AI in their daily lives? And how do they use it for news? These are two of the questions we explore in a new report, based on fresh survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 🔗 Full report buff.ly/mv3Jc5r 🧵 Key findings in thread

Great to see that @eduardosuarez.bsky.social has been appointed Director of Editorial at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. The research team benefits hugely from having such a great comms team to promote and discuss our work (and the wider work of the Institute) - and I know everyone appreciates it.

Always a bit awkward to do these posts but I was delighted to learn at the Future of Journalism Conference last week that I won @digitaljournalism.bsky.social's Outstanding Article of the Year Award for my paper on how AI reshapes the news' dependency on platforms companies.

Delighted to take on this extra role alongside my current role as Director of Research!

Our research team will attend the @cujournmedcul.bsky.social #FoJ2025 this week presenting papers on AI, election misinformation, climate news and more. Read the summaries of the research they'll be sharing below 👇

New paper with @kirstenaeddy.bsky.social in Journalism on whether people across 45 countries think news coverage of people their age, their gender, and with their political views is fair or unfair. We outline some interesting demographic differences (more details in 🧵)... doi.org/10.1177/1464...

How effective are user corrections on social media, and does adding a link to a fact check improve effectiveness? In piece led by @sachaltay.bsky.social we find corrections have small effects, adding a fact-check unlikely to make them more effective misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-... 1/6

📌 We are looking for a new Director of Journalist Programmes The successful candidate will lead on the delivery, strategic development, and long-term financial sustainability of all Journalist Programmes at the Institute. Apply by Mon 1 Sept, noon (UK time) More info: buff.ly/FTCNDd1

How harmful is GenAI around elections? Will it trigger a misinformation apocalypse and upend elections? I am happy to finally be able to share @sachaltay.bsky.social & my answers to these and other questions on which we have been working for a year and which is now out via @knightcolumbia.org

🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨 We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The success of these tools will largely depend on how keen audiences are to use them in the first place, and there are big regional and demographic differences. www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/ai-p...

🚨 Have you explored our Digital News Report 2025? Here are five figures you may have missed 1️⃣ 47% in our global sample consider politicians and online influencers as a major misinformation threat. The percentage for politicians is higher in Spain and the US (57%) More here buff.ly/pHwz59E

News is too much and too negative according to growing shares of the audience. In 2025, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news (up from 29% in 2017). Switzerland & Germany right on trend. Why? • 39%: “negatively affects my mood” • 31%: “worn out by the amount” • 30%: “too much conflict”

News consumers are increasingly veering towards social media and video platforms for their news over traditional news sources. This is one of the key findings of the latest @reutersinstitute.bsky.social’s Digital News Report, published today: ow.ly/ukUa50WaCS7

NEW: Another watershed media moment - social media overtakes TV as a source of news in the US for the first time. The march of the "news influencers" continues. Survey taken after Trump inauguration. One of many top findings in huge Reuters Institute study. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

“Alternative media voices [often] appeal to audiences that news publishers have been keen to engage with but [are] seen as the biggest [misinformation] threat worldwide along with national politicians”Mitali Mukherjee writes in intro to 2025 DNR reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news... 1/7