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 5: Mobile news alerts for audience engagement
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
14 minutes
4 months ago
Digital News Report 2025. Episode 5: Mobile news alerts for audience engagement
In this episode of Future of Journalism we explore the role of news alerts in distributing news and engaging audiences. In this episode of Future of Journalism we explore the role of news alerts in distributing news and engaging audiences. We look at which brands and platforms are sending them and with what frequency, as well as what audiences think of them including why they may have turned them off. We also look at the approach that news outlets should take in order not to irritate loyal users through over use.
Speakers
Nic Newman is the lead author of the Digital News Report 2025 and is a senior research associate at the Reuters Institute.
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.
Find a full transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2025-episode-5-mobile-news-alerts-audience-engagement
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
