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Gregory Perreault

H-index: 20
Communication & Media Studies 54%
Sociology 13%
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!
(2) Journalists frequently summoned the "human in the loop" principle for the AI-developed knowledge. The AI knowledge did emerge from nowhere--it came from human-programming, trained on human texts. This is to say that the human touch is very much a part of any professional interventions with AI.
(1) If the lines in using AI for professional work seem blurry, they certainly are to journalists too. Across national contexts, these trade press texts did not distinguish between using AI for knowledge creation and using AI to *enhance* the work they were already doing
We analyzed institutional discourse from four countries--🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪🇬🇧--177 articles in all following the release of ChatGPT 3.5. We find two things:

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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....
But what has not changed or faltered in the slightest? Journalists' perceptions of the audience. Journalists have no problem differentiating the platform from the public; and the journalistic communities faith in the audience remains unwavering.
This has all but diminished, with the journalistic community instead thinking through novel means to reach their audiences without them.
We analyzed 11 years of them. Through this, we argue that while journalistic predictors initially conceptualized social media through a utopian lens (e.g. social media=new audiences/better access to existing audiences)
This study with @jnelz.bsky.social looks at a unique form of data: journalists predictions from Nieman Journalism Lab. The yearly predictions, published from the US based institution, aren't *entirely* predictions. But they are certainly essays about the future that tell us alot about the present.
🚨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....
Aspirational Metajournalism: What Nieman Journalism Lab Predictions Reveal About Platform and Audience Imaginaries: Digital Journalism: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
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www.tandfonline.com
Moving story from the US today. Left me with a bit of dust in my eye. Class, character and kindness from Dave Butler.
looks like a pretty big place though. There might be a 1000 just on the small size, between buildings maybe
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/...
Fighting Disinformation
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Great addition to gatekeeping scholarship!
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

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