@benteka

Professor of Political Communication, Kristiania University College. PhD. I ❤ the intersection of tech, politics and media. Forfatter av boken "Falske nyheter"

 Oslo
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Joined January 2008
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CfP SI NM&S A Brave New Democracy: The impact of Social Media, Algorithms and AI on politics & citizenship, edited together with @DrDGL, @benteka, @_HGZ_, @ThierryVedel heyzine.com/flip-book/ea2689…

A Brave New Democracy: The impact of Social Media, Algorithms and AI on politics & citizenship |...

Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

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Aage Borchgrevink@AageB16 Feb 2024
Det var beretningen om et varslet mord, likevel er drapet på Navalnyj et sjokk. Noen ganger glir skodden vekk, og i et glimt ser man hvor brutalt og stygt Russland er blitt: alle likene Kreml har etterlatt seg. Men det andre Russland finnes fremdeles. Og i det ligger det håp
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Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood — book reception 26 January with @farkasjohan followed by panel with @steensteensen, @benteka , Jannick Schou: comm.ku.dk/calendar/2024/pos…
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OPTED_H2020@OPTED_H20205 Jul 2023
Welcoming many members of our project and invited guests from around Europe, @boomgaardenhg kicks off our final public conference in Vienna. We'll talk about the outcomes of our project and situate them in a wider array of strengthening democracy through political text analysis.
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Data access to social media platforms is a huge and growing challenge, to research and society. A while in the make, but timely because of #API debacle, new Code of Practice, #DSA (Art 40), @RebekahKTromble and I (in @polcommjournal) look back & ahead. doi.org/10.1080/10584609.202…

The Data Abyss: How Lack of Data Access Leaves Research and Society in the Dark

This article articulates why the lack of social media platform data access for researchers is a huge problem, for research and society. We then review a number of ongoing initiatives and opportunit...

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Victor Pickard@VWPickard7 Jun 2023
Perfect timing: Big Tech rolls back misinformation measures ahead of 2024 axios.com/2023/06/06/big-tec…

Big Tech rolls back misinformation measures ahead of 2024

Social media platforms are arguing that the risk of harm no longer outweighs the benefits of political dialogue.

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A great 🧵 on the "i" in @icahdq from my friend and colleague @magdalenasaldan. Impressive to read all what we have achieved as a field, and all that's pending to make ICA truly international. #ica23 👇👇👇
Magdalena Saldaña@magdalenasaldan1 Jun 2023
Back in Santiago from a great #ICA23 in Toronto. After participating in many sessions, meetings, and receptions, there are three things I’d like to reflect on, inspired mostly by @icahdq @noshir's presidential address. Here’s a (way too long) thread:
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A Nordic tech-democratic region based on EVIDENCE. Super important recommendation from @anjabechmann and the 🇧🇻🇦🇽🇩🇰🇫🇮🇫🇴🇬🇱🇮🇸🇸🇪 think tank for tech and democracy. – at Copenhagen, Denmark
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Andreas Birkbak@communaut18 Apr 2023
"The terms of conduct of big tech platforms should not be used to silence or obstruct academic researchers". @anjabechmann co-presenting the new recommendations of the Nordic Think Tank for Tech and Democracy @Nationalmuseet. Full report in English: pub.norden.org/nord2023-004/
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Lene Pettersen@LeneGBP1 Feb 2023
Katta ute av sekken! Vi lanserer ny mastergrad i digital journalistikk-«bestilt» av mediebransjen selv. Dette gleder vi oss til! m24.no/010223-gunhild-ring-o… @benteka @RaknesKetil @arnehk @JBarland @steensteensen Gunhild Ring Olsen, Anders Nilsen @hkristiania #DigitalJournalistikk

(+) Lanserer sin første mastergrad i journalistikk - «bestilt» av mediebransjen selv

– Denne graden er svaret på behovene fra mediebransjen.

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And shout out to our great team of judges for this ❤️ @CosteraIrene @BenjaminToff @benteka @LDeshan
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📢Calling all @icahdq @Journalism_ICA folks who care about connecting journalism research to practitioners, communities, & publics: Nominate yourself or others for our ✨Public Engagement Award✨ by March 15th👉 bit.ly/ICA-engagement
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A really fantastic investigation into a scandalous disinformation team from the Guardian, kudos to everyone involved. theguardian.com/world/series…
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Paul Lewis@PaulLewis15 Feb 2023
Today we’re unmasking ‘Team Jorge’, a hacking and disinformation unit who covertly meddle in elections. They told undercover reporters they’ve interfered in more than 30 presidential campaigns.🧵 theguardian.com/world/2023/f…

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

Unit led by Tal Hanan that boasts vast army of bots exposed by undercover reporters and leaked emails

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DIGITAL JOURNALISM OUTSTANDING ARTICLE 2022! Here are the top 9 articles selected by the Editorial Board members for the Digital Journalism 2022 Outstanding Article Award. Six of them will be included in the final shortlist, to be announced soon. Congratulations! 👇 #BFJAA2022
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Carl Cecere@CecereCarl2 Jan 2023
My dudes, no you cannot.
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@YouGovAmerica2 Jan 2023
Roughly 1 in 3 Americans (32%) – including nearly half of men (46%) – are confident they could safely land a passenger airplane in an emergency situation, relying only on the assistance of air traffic control. Just 1 in 5 women say the same. today.yougov.com/topics/poli…
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VICE News
@VICENews15 Dec 2022
In 24 hours, Elon Musk banned accounts he said he never would, made up new rules to justify it, threatened legal action against a 20-year-old, pontificated on how doxing is banned on the platform, and then immediately doxed a man. trib.al/V9JEL5O

Elon Musk Had His Most Absurd, Disturbing 24 Hours at Twitter Yet

Musk banned accounts that he said he never would, made up new rules, and asked his 121 million followers to identify a man.

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CfA Conference Responsible citizenship Keynote: B Pfetsch (FU Berlin), @LanceBennett1 (UofWashington), @claesdevreese (Uof Amsterdam) Deadline Jan 16, 2023. Organized with @DrDGL @benteka @ThierryVedel @Yannis_Theo & @OPTED_H2020 & @Threatpie tinyurl.com/y2vhwnsr
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Come compare with us! Preconference before @icahdq conference in Toronto, may 2023
APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions@poli_com15 Nov 2022
#CfP: #ICA23 Preconference for the #PolComm Division Comparative Digital Political Communication: Comparisons across Countries🗺️, Platforms🌐, and Time⏳ Toronto🇨🇦, 24 May, 2023 @ICAhdq Submit 250-word abstracts by Jan 25. More info: andersoloflarsson.se/2022/10…
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Interested in new research on disinformation and fake news? You can listen to @benteka @yevhenfedchenko co-founder of @StopFakingNews, @nikossarris @olegranmo and @faktisk_no on zoom on Monday and Tuesday next week: please see link to program and Zoom: hf.uio.no/ilos/english/resea…

The language of fake news (Fakespeak)

Linguistic cues in fake news may be the key to its detection. 

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