We discuss how people are responding to the growing role of AI in news and wider society In this episode of Future of Journalism we discuss one of the hottest topics in journalism right now which is how people are responding to the growing role of AI in news and wider society. We’ll look at how generative AI tools are being used, how people engage with AI-generated answers in online searches, and AI’s role in newsrooms and wider society.
Speakers:
Dr Felix M. Simon is a (political) communication researcher and Research Fellow in AI and Digital News at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Before joining us, he was a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), where he is a Research Associate.
Host Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism.
You can find a full transcript of the podcast on our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-how-people-are-using-generative-ai-and-what-means-news
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We discuss how people are responding to the growing role of AI in news and wider society In this episode of Future of Journalism we discuss one of the hottest topics in journalism right now which is how people are responding to the growing role of AI in news and wider society. We’ll look at how generative AI tools are being used, how people engage with AI-generated answers in online searches, and AI’s role in newsrooms and wider society.
Speakers:
Dr Felix M. Simon is a (political) communication researcher and Research Fellow in AI and Digital News at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Before joining us, he was a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), where he is a Research Associate.
Host Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism.
You can find a full transcript of the podcast on our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-how-people-are-using-generative-ai-and-what-means-news
Digital News Report 2025. Episode 1: What you need to know.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
34 minutes
4 months ago
Digital News Report 2025. Episode 1: What you need to know.
What's happening with news media in 2025? Authors of our Digital News Report 2025 discuss the role of generative AI, trust in news, subscriptions, news avoidance, podcasts and more What's happening with news media in 2025? Authors of our Digital News Report 2025 discuss the role of generative AI, trust in news, subscriptions, news avoidance, podcasts and more
Speakers:
Nic Newman is the lead author of the Digital News Report 2025 and is a senior research associate at the Reuters Institute.
Richard Fletcher is a co-author of the Digital News Report and is the Director of Research at the Reuters Institute.
Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism.
Transcript: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2025-episode-1-what-you-need-know
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
We discuss how people are responding to the growing role of AI in news and wider society In this episode of Future of Journalism we discuss one of the hottest topics in journalism right now which is how people are responding to the growing role of AI in news and wider society. We’ll look at how generative AI tools are being used, how people engage with AI-generated answers in online searches, and AI’s role in newsrooms and wider society.
Speakers:
Dr Felix M. Simon is a (political) communication researcher and Research Fellow in AI and Digital News at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Before joining us, he was a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), where he is a Research Associate.
Host Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism.
You can find a full transcript of the podcast on our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-how-people-are-using-generative-ai-and-what-means-news
