Boundary Work in Small Town Newspapers in Canada: @acadianjprof.bsky.social

🚨NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS🚨 Nope, you're not imagining things. In scientific terms, the world is "super-duper dark." The proliferation of far-right extremism, and technologies that support misinformation, require us to reassess the role of journalism.

I am reviewing a 68-page guide to effective chatbot prompting. There's a guide to using the guide. So, a guide for the guide on how to guide a chatbot.

Oxfam Canada says Canada’s richest one per cent, those with a net worth of C$7 million or more, now hold almost C$1.25 trillion in wealth, which is nearly as much as the bottom 80 per cent combined. #cdnpoli #equality #WEF #davos2026 @oxfamcanada.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social

Does inoculation work? Find out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

"Finding hope in Hegel" Wrote a short post for @acadianjprof.bsky.social's end of year newsletter on "what's bringing you hope". Strongly inspired by Alain de Botton and Hans Rosling.

Time for our annual viewing of the academia-themed Just in Time for Christmas, in which she gets cold called by the “Dean of Yale,” who wants to publish her dissertation because it will be a bestseller and offers a flyout for a job she didn’t apply for, and mystical William Shatner shakes things up.

It’s great to see this special issue on AI and disinformation out! Congratulations to all authors and of course guest editors!! 📖 ✍️ 🎉

⚡BIG NEWS⚡Excited to be the new Associate Editor for @jmcquarterly.bsky.social. Big shoes to fill, following the fantastic work of @connolly-ahern.bsky.social! Grateful to continue to serve this flagship journal 🙌

So proud to be part of this hard-working team! Thanks for leading us @profdimitrova.bsky.social!

Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...

My new book is out, edited with the great James West and Carole O’Reilly: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... — if your institution doesn’t have access, please email me for a PDF! #mediahistory

Even the pope condemns clickbait. The Guardian, a publication for the mature and thoughtful, uses a clickbait to advertise the story ✨

What a privilege to get to chat with the great team at University of Florida 🐊🐊Sharp students and insightful faculty—thanks for the opportunity to guest speak @linditacamaj.bsky.social and @cratebeats.bsky.social!

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Journalists have long claimed the domain of valid knowledge. In this article, Jakob Ohme and I explored, does journalism believe that this distribution, as many other things have been, be replicated by Chatbots? #commsky www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...

ONLINE FIRST! @acadianjprof.bsky.social & @jnelz.bsky.social review 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions on the future of media. Drawing on a metajournalistic analysis, they show journalists’ trust in social media has declined, but confidence in audiences endures. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 The disadvantages of social media have become abundantly obvious to just about everyone. In this study, we were intrigued to see how journalists considered the audience in a platform space riddled with power imbalances. #commsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Moving story from the US today. Left me with a bit of dust in my eye. Class, character and kindness from Dave Butler.

A must-read by @jscvienna.bsky.social’s @birteleonhardt.bsky.social!

Two days of proofs. People of Bluesky, hear me out: a tour of academic publisher locations. In my head, "Thousand Oaks, CA" sounds super scenic. According to Google, still scenic!

Conversation with Evangeline. E.: "What happens if the government shuts down? Does somebody else take over?" Me: "Well..."

Wise words from @oscarwestlund.bsky.social in this piece! Does what great comparative work should do, offering lessons much needed elsewhere (eg. here 🇺🇸) and clear constructive analysis www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...

Great addition to gatekeeping scholarship!

Birthday week. Always feel a bit lucky to have a theme song for my month! youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...

Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniela Dimitrova, had a great time at City, University of London — wonderful discussions and exchanges! See photos below. @cityjournalism.bsky.social #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Wonderful and fulfilling few days in Cardiff for #foj2025! Grateful for the chance for feedback on existing project, think through new ones and all in a quite beautiful city

Loved the 🔥 #FutureOfJournalism25 debate on AI & democracy? 🗳🤖 Great news: a Special Issue on AI & Democracy is coming soon, guest edited by Christian von Sikorski & Michael Hameleers. Stay tuned! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

In #Chile, where trust in news is low, women act as info curators & guardians 📰💡 A new study (N=2,117 + focus groups) shows they filter news to protect their own & their families’ well-being. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Amazing presentation at #foj2025 by Grace Ficara and Ava Jochims! “Appalachia Strong” which documents the joy in covering recovery from Hurricane Helene was recently published in Journalism Practice 🙌. Really about it! ⛰️⛰️

You heard it here first (maybe): The CAT/Mobile doctoral consortium will officially be happening again at #ica26 in Cape Town! Are you dissertating? Consider applying for mentorship from top scholars in comm tech / mobile.

Prepped and ready for #foj2025 🛫 Will be a great conference presentation by Grace Ficara and Ava Jochims 🙌🙌

«Les enfants acadiens et francophones de la Nouvelle-Écosse ont droit aux mêmes services et à la même considération que les autres enfants du pays. »

Autumn issue is out! @acadianjprof.bsky.social @connolly-ahern.bsky.social

First day of class. Just realized that this is my 10th year teaching as a full time academic 🤯 And along the way, have worked with so many great students! It’s brought me some sunshine on this rainy rainy Florida day

NEW @jmcquarterly.bsky.social ISSUE! The book review section features reviews of @rahulbot.bsky.social, @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @adriennemassanari.bsky.social and many more. Reviews this issue from great scholars hailing from six countries 🌎 🙌 #commsky journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmqc/102...

None of my amazing research team is on #commsky -- but I am! So I need to highlight that my amazing grad students led not one but TWO publications this summer. First, kudos to Grace Ficara who led a highly responsive paper published in Journalism Practice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just revisited a manuscript draft I wrote in a fit of passion in June. I sent it many places, no places liked it...and today, I realized why. 😅😅 As scholars we have to be coaches and players, but we're rarely good at both at the same time!

#Bluesky has become preferred platform for researchers www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #researchmatters #academia #highered

Coming up on Saturday #AEJMC25

This is the official first publication from our joy in journalism research team @casatusf.bsky.social. 🙌 Way to go @ellahackett.bsky.social in leading this piece!

The world is heavy right now. Sharing this video to share some joy. My daughter turns 11 this week—she is my heart and soul. This is her seeing the Eiffel Tower sparkle for the first time

Want to join us @univie.ac.at? Our department @ipk-univie.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track professor in interactive communication, with a special focus on human-AI communication. 📆 Apply until September 17! 👀 More information here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... #AcademicSky #CommSky

Academic freedom is under threat. Senior scholars from 11 countries examine the impact of political interference, censorship, and self-censorship in journalism studies. ➡️Read the commentary: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🌍We invite you to SIGN this article here: bit.ly/afsignatory

For our upcoming special issue of Digital Journalism, we received 116 abstracts — wow! A huge thank you to all the authors who submitted their work.

🇺🇸Happy Independence Day🇺🇸 A great day to remember the history of this day: when Americans threw off the chains of oppression by using an impounded Area 51 spaceship and a computer virus to save the world 🎉🎉

NEW #JMCQReview 🚨 This work of journalism by Eva Fedderly explores the incarceration business in the US. An impressive piece of investigative research; read the @jmcquarterly.bsky.social review by Chris Moody journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Honored to have a review of "Community Data" in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social! 😊 "The book’s integration of theoretical, methodological, and practical explication makes it an imperative resource for scholars and practitioners alike"

NEW #JMCQReview 🚨 In this book, @rahulbot.bsky.social encourages us to rethink our approach to data and encourage participatory data practices. Read the @jmcquarterly.bsky.social review by Stephen Song journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Als Open Access (Download, PDF) erhältlich: Jana Rick: Ausstieg aus dem Journalismus – Gründe, Wege und Folgen, Herbert von Halem Verlag, 2025. www.halem-verlag.de/produkt/auss...

At JMCQ, we have a large number of published works to select for recognition every year. Although only one can be the winner, we *ungate* the Top 5 Articles to show the solid work and range of methods/theories used by @jmcquarterly.bsky.social authors. Enjoy!! journals.sagepub.com/page/jmq/col...