✨ New preprint on Modular Forms of Journalism ✨ Together with Sophie Morosoli & Natali Helberger. @natalihelberger.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social It investigates audience evaluations for Modular Journalism through focus groups (N=26) 👇 Full paper on OSF: osf.io/preprints/so...

🚨 New Publication 🚨 "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥": 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬' 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 Since EU AI Act Transparency Obligations got into effect yesterday, the study’s publication couldn’t be more timely. Small thread with key findings 🧵 @aimediademlab.bsky.social

🔎 How can EU regulation help public interest media face the monopolistic practices of GenAI providers? Join this panel organized by The Data Tank, featuring our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social, to hear more! 📅 29 September | 15:00 - 16:30 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up here: luma.com/824xze49

Strengthening Media’s Bargaining Power over Generative AI: Next Steps for EU Policy · Luma

[ONLINE] About The developments in generative and General Purpose AI (GPAI) systems have raised concerns about extractive data practices, market concentration…

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📰 Can AI transparency create more distrust? @natalihelberger.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social are organizing a panel discussion around labels for AI-generated content and their effects on audiences. Speakers: TBA 📅 10 September | 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up: www.aim4dem.nl/events/

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📷️ @trouw.nl analyzed social media posts from fictional influencers that promote harmful narratives using AI-generated images of women appearing to work for the military. Our postdoc @laurensnaudts.bsky.social contributed, expressing concern about the broad consequences. tinyurl.com/yeytf6pb

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AI-gegenereerde beelden van fictieve leger- en politie-influencers. TikTok, Instagram

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📄 The report summarizing last year's workshop organized by @algosoc.org, @article19.bsky.social, and our lab is now out! It's a useful read for de-tangling the dynamics of Europe's digital infrastructural dependencies through expert insights and case studies. Read here: algosoc.org/results/reth...

Rethinking European media infrastructures | AlgoSoc

Rethinking European media infrastructures

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🤖 AI wordt vaak gezien als een risico voor betrouwbare nieuwsvoorziening. Maar kan het ook bijdragen aan een beter geïnformeerde samenleving? Sanne Vrijenhoek onderzoekt of gepersonaliseerde nieuwsaanbevelingen mensen kunnen verrassen met nieuwe perspectieven. bit.ly/nieuwsbubbels

Kan AI nieuwsbubbels juist doorbreken?

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Big congratulations to our co-director, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, for winning the 2026 Stevin Prize! The Dutch Research Council deemed his work in AI, politics and communication highly socially impactful, not only through research but also through expert advice. We are incredibly proud!

📚️ Our Lab at the ESMH Summer School 2026 The summer school with the topic of Science Communication in the age of AI organized by the European Science Media Hub of the European Parliament @epstoa.bsky.social has come to an end, and our lab was well represented in the sessions! 🧵 👇️

🇪🇺 Proud that our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social has been elected as member of the EU AI Act Advisory Forum, representing the University of Amsterdam! Insights from our lab will have an even more direct avenue to contribute to AI governance. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

🔎 How to use LLMs to analyze news coverage? @fdabl.bsky.social, postdoc at @seven-uva.bsky.social, presented to us research conducted with @jmbh.bsky.social and Simon Wimmer as part of the Climate Media Lab on how media cover climate change, which also employed a new LLM-based methodology.

👇If you're in Belfast for @epssnet.bsky.social EPSS 2026, don't miss this panel about the latest considerations of AI for democracy, featuring our researchers Sophie Morosoli and @teresaelena.bsky.social! 10:50-12:30 | Friday 19th June

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🚨 POAL roundtable at @epssnet.bsky.social (EPSS) 2026: Protecting Democracy in the Age of AI — join us to discuss the democratic risks of AI technologies with a great lineup of @poalab.bsky.social and @aimediademlab.bsky.social experts

📰 Join Sanne Vrijenhoek at her PhD defense, titled "Building normative diversity into algorithmic news recommendations", supervised by @natalihelberger.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, and @laurahollink.bsky.social! 📅 1 July | 11:00 - 12:30 📍 UvA Aula (or online) 👉 tinyurl.com/57a8bfbm

Building normative diversity into algorithmic news recommendations

Sanne Vrijenhoek will defend the dissertation 'Building normative diversity into algorithmic news recommendations'. Supervisor is Prof. N. Helberger. The co-supervisors are Prof. C.H. de Vreese and…

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👥 Why do we sometimes choose AI over humans? @iterrucha.bsky.social, postdoc at University of Duisburg-Essen and fellow at @iasamsterdam.bsky.social, visited our lab this week to present her research on human exchanges with genAI, and the implications of LLM input for human decisions.

✖️ Dutch politicians have been advised to leave X. See what our lab co-director @claesdevreese.bsky.social had to say in the debate through his contributions in @volkskrant.nl, on how the choice of platform for official communications matters more than one may think: www.aim4dem.nl/dutch-govern...

Dutch government officials advised to leave X – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

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New pub in Journalism Studies ✨ "Expecting Humans, Encountering Machines: An Expectancy Violations Theory Approach to Generative AI in Journalism" Based on 60 itvs in AUS & Ger. Led by @ryanjthomas.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social

Expecting Humans, Encountering Machines: An Expectancy Violations Theory Approach to Generative AI in Journalism

Drawing on Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT), we conducted 60 semi-structured interviews to examine (1) how news audiences in Australia and Germany form expectations about journalists’ use of gene...

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💼 Conference season is underway! Our lab will be well-represented in all corners of the world, with our members present at #ICA26, #EPSS2026, and #FAccT2026 (among others). Are you also attending? 👇️ See the comprehensive overview of conference contributions on our website!

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🎉𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 "𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐬" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 2 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 SIDN fonds!🎉 We'll be investigating how media organisations can adopt open-source LLMs to reclaim control over their distribution & audience relationships. All info: www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/de-tr...

🧠 Brainstorming Big Tech alternatives: as part of @iasamsterdam.bsky.social's 10th anniversary festival, we had the occasion to gather for a workshop to envision the future of alternative digital infrastructures. See how it went 🧵 👇️

⏰️ Deadline extended! Come present this fall in Rotterdam @ AIHHH: even if you fall outside the traditional research sphere, or your work doesn't neatly fit in one box; case studies, policy work & lived experiences with responsible AI are welcome! 👉 Submit here by June 5: easychair.org/cfp/AIHHH2026

Super 🧵 by @lenafrescamente.bsky.social highlighting early career scholars' work in the @aimediademlab.bsky.social and @ddc-sdu.bsky.social labs.

Lena Frischlich@lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very excited to welcome @claesdevreese.bsky.social's other home, the stellar @aimediademlab.bsky.social at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social today to talk about some of the big questions around #AI, #media, #democracy. In the spirit of both centers, the work of the early career scholars is in focal attention.

What is not to like. Our Amsterdam lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social is visiting our Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social So many great colleagues in one room. To future collaborations 🚀 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 @curdknupfer.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social

See @natalihelberger.bsky.social at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference in Brussels this week for a panel on academic freedom and digital sovereignty organized by AlgoSoc, to discuss how the two are fundamentally intertwined. 📅 21 May More info:

When Big Tech rules universities: reclaiming academic freedom through digital sovereignty - CPDP Conference 2026

Details and speakers will be announced on 4 May. View programme.

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🎭️ Trump as a Lego figurine: Our lab co-director, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, recently spoke to @volkskrant.nl and @rtl.nl about Iran's recent AI-generated video propaganda posts, their strategic implications, and how audiences may be receiving them. 👉 Read more:

Lego and hip-hop beats: the AI-generated propaganda against Trump’s Iran war – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

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👏 Congratulations to Agustin! Putting an important spotlight on how the adoption of "invisible" cloud infrastructure can become an unexpected way for dominant providers to exert their power. Give the paper a read! 👇

Agustin Ferrari Braun@ferraribraun.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Paper out! The first paper of my PhD, on the reasons why media organisations have adopted cloud infrastructures, is finally out on Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New publication 🎯 Study on news audiences’ acceptance of GenAI in journalism: a case study across three domains. Led by @tjthomson.bsky.social, based on itvs in Germany 🇩🇪 & Australia 🇦🇺 Link🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... @aimediademlab.bsky.social @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

The AIMD Lab will be at #CPDP2026! We will be represented during two exciting events (read about them below 👇️ 🧵 ) that we invite you to join if you're attending the conference! @cpdpconferences.bsky.social

Join our workshop: "Building a Shared Vision on Future Digital Infrastructures" It's our session part of @iasamsterdam.bsky.social's 10th anniversary, exploring how academia can transition to Big Tech alternatives. 🧵 More info & sign-up link below! 📅 19 May | 10:00 - 12:00 📍 Oude Turfmarkt 145-147

📣 Open call from the AI Hype, Hope & Humanity conference organized by the ELSA network! Are you a researcher, practitioner, or anything in between, working on human-centered AI and related aspects of societal resilience? Come share your ideas! 👉 Submit by 24 May: www.eur.nl/en/events/ai...

AI Hype, Hope and Humanity

AI Hype, Hope and Humanity is a three-day conference bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and societal partners working on AI.

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