Richard Fletcher

@dragz

Research Fellow at , University of Oxford. Researching news consumption. Lead researcher and co-author of the Digital News Report.

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    Aug 25

    How can we keep access to news & culture open to people? How can we prevent from furthering the ?

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  2. Aug 25

    I largely agree with the thoughts here, but I would still encourage people to watch it. I think it serves as quite a good account of how a lot of those involved actually think about the issues, rightly or wrongly.

    Finally forced myself to watch The Great Hack. Verdict: my reluctance was justified, and I should have held firm. It vastly exaggerates what CA did, takes several of their garbage, baseless claims at face value and ultimately makes a pantomime villain out of a minor character.
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    Aug 22

    Scoop from me: Facebook’s partnership to provide platform data to academics is in trouble. Researchers are still waiting to receive key data, funders are getting nervous, and no one knows when the full data sets will be available:

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    Aug 22

    Oh look: yet another major study (from this time) that debunks the myths of and . Someone should really write a book about how flawed those myths are. 🙂🙃🙂

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    Aug 22

    New publication alert🧾! Mapping the of News in . Using a combation of on-device logging, SEM and interviews, we examined how users understand serendipity in mobile news use and whether this leads to news diversity.

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    Aug 22

    💡"Communicating Politics Online" 🗓️Fri, August 30, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hilton, Tenleytown West 🔎 Papers by S. Iyengar M. Tyler B. Watson 🤝With ℹ️

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    Aug 22

    🧳How are your preparations for going? 📑I had the honor of putting together this year's program of the section 🤣No responsibility on scheduling and time slots though! 📢 Here are 1⃣6⃣ great panels that you do not want to miss! 👇THREAD

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  8. Aug 21

    I sometimes wonder if isotype might be the single most significant practical output from philosophy.

    The invention of the modern pictogram: Few books as small - 15 x 10 cm, less than 120 pages - have had such an outsize influence as Otto Neurath's "International Picture Language - The First Rules of Isotype", published in London in 1936. 1/3
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  9. Aug 21

    Good to have the expert view.

    Hollywood actor Tim Roth says rise of populism hurt British politics
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    Aug 15

    People really love slagging-off media studies don't they. My mum was a media studies lecturer when I was growing up. It was incredibly healthy to have someone able to talk critically about what that box in the living room was beaming out.

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    Aug 15

    The mother of all free newspapers is throwing in the towel. This is a milestone in the history of news media. Free (i.e. advertising funded) newspapers were once thought to be the only way to save the industry in a world where people were no longer willing to pay for their news.

    Sweden's largest free newspaper, Metro, confirms shutdown via
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    Aug 14

    Now, more than 50% of Google searches end without a click to other content, study finds via

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    Aug 8

    Breaking: Facebook is offering news outlets millions of dollars to license content in a news tab the company hopes to launch this year, say people familiar with the matter

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    Aug 8

    UK "viewers now watch 50 minutes less traditional TV each day than in 2010 - and those in the younger age bracket (16 to 24) have halved the time they spend watching TV". BBC headline for that development? "Traditional TV viewing holds off streaming".

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    Aug 1

    Who uses partisan alternative media in 🇩🇪? New study by & me shows that frequent use of alternative brands relates to voting for AfD, populist attitudes and social media use, while occasional use coincides with social media use but not with any political attitudes.

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    Jul 31

    A very good analysis by today. It's about the predicament of as it tries to find its footing in digital subscriptions. Have a look at this chart...

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    Jul 31

    Party Facts is an online resource that includes social science about 4,845 parties in 212 countries. They have now linked 36 different datasets, including , , , and, of course, us.

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  18. Jul 31

    New paper from , based on survey+tracking data from 🇪🇸 shows that direct news access tends to lead to partisan selective exposure, and Google access to cross-cutting exposure.

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    Jul 29

    Speaking of trust in news organizations ... why would you think putting this at the bottom of a news article page is a good idea? (as seen on )

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  20. Jul 28

    This has happened many times to me, as well.

    Most common question by far when a civilian (someone who is not extremely online or tech savvy) finds out what I write about: "I was talking with someone about X and then Facebook showed me an ad for X. Are they listening to me?"
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