Communication and democratic erosion: The rise of illiberal public spheres

WL Bennett, M Kneuer - European Journal of …, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, many once stable democracies have experienced various degrees of
disruptive communication, along with the erosion of core institutions such as the press …

Epistemic authority in the digital public sphere. An integrative conceptual framework and research agenda

A Bartsch, C Neuberger, B Stark… - Communication …, 2025‏ - academic.oup.com
We develop an integrative conceptual framework and research agenda for studying
epistemic authorities in the digital age. Consulting epistemic authorities (eg, professional …

Does Scientific Evidence Sell? Combining Manual and Automated Content Analysis to Investigate Scientists' and Laypeople's Evidence Practices on Social Media

K Biermann, B Nowak, LM Braun… - Science …, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Examining the dissemination of evidence on social media, we analyzed the discourse
around eight visible scientists in the context of COVID-19. Using manual (N= 1,406) and …

Penggunaan Artificial Intelligence (AI) dalam Pembelajaran: Fenomena Transformasi Otoritas Pengetahuan di Kalangan Mahasiswa

FAD Musthafa - Journal of Contemporary …, 2024‏ - journal.iaimnumetrolampung.ac.id
Saat ini, penggunaan kecerdasan buatan telah tersebar luas, terutama di kalangan
mahasiswa. Namun, ada konsensus bahwa kecerdasan buatan membawa perubahan …

The Content Homogenization of Fact-Checking Through Platform Partnerships: A Comparison Between Eight Countries

R Cazzamatta - Journalism & Mass Communication …, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This article evaluates the extent of social media policing in fact-checking (as opposed to
verifying public figures' statements) and the thematic convergence across eight countries in …

Thinking different as an act of resistance: Reconceptualizing the German protests in the COVID-19 pandemic as an emergent counter-knowledge order

F Primig - Discourse & Society, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Massive anti-government protests erupted during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. The
crisis activated a potential for resistance that has been simmering under the impositions of …

Trust but verify? A social epistemology framework of knowledge acquisition and verification practices for fictional entertainment

A Bartsch, ML Mares, J Schindler… - Human …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Fictional entertainment can serve as a vivid and easily comprehensible source of
knowledge, but only if audiences are able to tell its kernel of truth apart from fantasy. In this …

Online monitoring activism: civic surveillance practices as a reaction to the rise of the far-right in the COVID-19 pandemic

F Primig, J Lück-Benz - Information, Communication & Society, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
The rise of far-right movements during the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a new form of
individual digital activism: online monitoring activism (OMA). During the pandemic, online …

Rethinking the role of (scientific) knowledge in climate communication

I Hoppe, A Reif, M Taddicken, I Neverla - Frontiers in Communication, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
In climate communication research, knowledge has come under much critical scrutiny ever
since numerous empirical studies demonstrated that it has very little to no effect on …

Global misinformation trends: Commonalities and differences in topics, sources of falsehoods, and deception strategies across eight countries

R Cazzamatta - new media & society, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In a quantitative content analysis of 3,154 debunking articles from 23 fact-checking
organizations, this study examines global misinformation trends and regional nuances …