nuse_smit February 2025

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Charis Papaevangelou (UvA-AlgoSoc) talk on Press/Platforms relations
by Antonis Kalogeropoulos 10 Feb '25

10 Feb '25

Please join us on 20 February 2024 at 2pm, at Room Marconi (PL 9.2 Etro-Side) for a talk by Dr. Papaevangelou on the relationship between press and the platforms! The talk will last approximately 30-40 minutes and it will be followed by Q&A. Title : The Ever-Shifting Relationship Between the Press and Digital Platforms * Summary: It has been nearly 24 years since the launch of Google News, an event that marked a pivotal moment in the evolving relationship between platform firms and news media organisations, radically transforming the political economy of journalism. Over this period, dominant platform companies like Google and Meta have diverted advertising revenues from the news industry, reshaped editorial workflows and created path dependencies in the journalism value chain. In turn, news organisations have developed strategies of resistance and negotiation, seeking to protect their autonomy and mitigate financial harm. Governments worldwide–most notably in the EU through frameworks like the Copyright Directive or the European Media Framework–are now attempting to rein in platform power and rebalance this relationship. Against this backdrop, and as generative AI adds a fresh layer of disruption, it is essential to adopt a structural and institutional lens to appreciate the complexity of this relationship. Drawing on my recent research, I will try to offer an overview of how these forces continue to shape (and reshape) the press–platform relationship and discuss what implications there may be for the political economy of journalism. * Bio: Charis Papaevangelou (he/him) is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam as part of the interdisciplinary research programme, Public Values in the Algorithmic Society (AlgoSoc). He is currently studying the implications of the novel EU tech governance framework for the relationship between the press and tech firms. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toulouse 3 on the Political Economy of Platform Governance. His research interests lie at the nexus of journalism, platforms, infrastructures, and political economy. His work has appeared in various international peer-reviewed journals. ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams Need help?<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting?omkt=en-US> Join the meeting now<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2EyMDBjOWItYjc5ZC00…> Meeting ID: 317 681 218 85 Passcode: yp3KJ2qW ________________________________ For organizers: Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=ace3c77d-6b37-46c3-…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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NUSE Meeting Paper
by Courtney Tabor 07 Feb '25

07 Feb '25

Hi all, For our first meeting of the new year, I’m happy to share the first paper of the INEQNEWS project. In this paper, Antonis and I (with input of other members of the INEQNEWS team) have been working to develop a new quantitative scale we title “News is Not Made for Me.” This scale taps at the attitude/sentiment that people may hold that journalists are not speaking to them when they write the news - whether that be because the language is too complex, the stories are irrelevant, the news moves too fast, or some related reason. This scale will hopefully contribute to the field of journalism studies (and beyond) by identifying a unique factor that influences news consumption, avoidance, knowledge, and belief in misinformation. We are still working on some minor edits to the page,r but it is nearly complete. We are aiming to send it to Journalism as our first choice journal by the end of the month. We would love feedback on: * Readability of the manuscript, particularly for those who have different research backgrounds than we employ * Internal consistency of the manuscript and justification of the research (does it make sense from top to bottom?) * More points that we can emphasize in our discussion And, of course, any other feedback you have is welcome. Looking forward to seeing you all next week to talk about the paper! Courtney ———— Courtney Tabor, Ph.D. (she/they) Postdoctoral Researcher Studies in Media, Innovation, & Technology Vrije Universiteit Brussel Find me online: Faculty webpage<https://smit.research.vub.be/en/dr-courtney-tabor> ~ LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneydtabor/> ~ BlueSky<https://bsky.app/profile/academiuhhh.bsky.social> ~ Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jon0CCMAAAAJ&hl=en> ~ Goodreads<http://goodreads.com/academiuhhh> Read my latest publications here: Garbage in, garbage out: Predictive policing and structural biases in automated criminal justice techniques<https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792256-012> Mutual influences in economic agendas: Assessing dynamics and conditionality in longitudinal relationships between media, politics, and public<https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502241261122>

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