Anne Schulz

@annisch.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Political Communication at IKMZ, University of Zurich and Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

Apropos... 1) For all its challenges the BBC is the single most widely used source of news in the UK and is highly and broadly trusted across much of the political spectrum,. See e.g. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und... 1/3

The BBC is under scrutiny. Here’s what research tells about its role in the UK

The BBC is the most widely used source of news in the UK. It has lower reach among the young and the less formally educated.

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Noch drei Tage! Wir freuen uns über Eure Einreichungen zu Demokratischer Resilienz - auf bald in Hamburg!

DGPuK FG Kommunikation & Politik@fgkommpol.bsky.social · 11mo ago

HAMBURG CALLING - EINREICHUNGEN MÖGLICH Ab sofort ist das Conftool für unsere FG-Tagung 2026 offen: www.conftool.net/polkomm26/ 4.-6.2.26, Hamburg Tagungsthema: Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt Alle Infos unter: uhh.de/wiso-polkomm26

Seite 1 des Calls for Papers, vollständig zu finden auf der Tagungs-Website

🪝Two more weeks to submit to the annual conference of the DGPuK's PolComm division in HAMBURG! 🎣 The conference theme is ‘Democratic resilience as a task for political communication in an unstable world’ and submissions in English are more than welcome!

DGPuK FG Kommunikation & Politik@fgkommpol.bsky.social · 11mo ago

HAMBURG CALLING - EINREICHUNGEN MÖGLICH Ab sofort ist das Conftool für unsere FG-Tagung 2026 offen: www.conftool.net/polkomm26/ 4.-6.2.26, Hamburg Tagungsthema: Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt Alle Infos unter: uhh.de/wiso-polkomm26

Seite 1 des Calls for Papers, vollständig zu finden auf der Tagungs-Website

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”

Reuters Institute@reutersinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Digital News Report 2025 is out! 📊48 markets 🌏Almost 100K respondents 📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers 📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg 🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

BUT: In contrast to these dystopian narratives: reserach does NOT find that much societal polarisation on the level of societies and polarisation does not increase over time (which doesn't mean that some do not radicalize!) - so what happened? /4