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AI content poses 'frightening' disinformation risk to Holyrood election, expert warns CONTENT generated by artificial intelligence (AI) poses a “frightening” risk to the upcoming Holyrood elections, an expert has said

GUMG Director @catherinehapper.bsky.social spoke to Scottish news outlet, The National, about the potential threats of AI generated content to the upcoming Holyrood elections. www.thenational.scot/news/2577522...

What would happen if the UK government actually banned Grok and X? Keir Starmer's government has hinted a UK ban on X isn't out of the question. Experts tell us what a ban would look like in reality.

GUMG director @catherinehapper.bsky.social commented on OfCom's inquiry into Grok and the possibility of a ban on X, expressing doubts about the UK government's will to take on the platform for @bigissue.com: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

I was discussing the future of the BBC in Scotland at Holyrood today. It was a really rich discussion - so much at stake in respect of protecting our democracy and what role public service media can play. Our GUMG submission (w/ @catrionaforrest.bsky.social) here: www.parliament.scot/~/media/comm...

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

Today @catherinehapper.bsky.social gave evidence at the Scottish Parliament Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee Inquiry into Scottish Broadcasting.

Catherine referenced the work of @gu-mg.bsky.social and UofG's media programmes.

Watch here: bit.ly/4aLh5ZF

On Thursday, Director of the GUMG @catherinehapper.bsky.social will give evidence to a Holyrood Committee Inquiry on Scottish broadcasting. The agenda and GUMG's written submission (with @catrionaforrester.bsky.social) can be accessed here: www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

Journalism Studies Rethinking the Sociology of News: Global Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives. Guest Editor: Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara & Catherine Happer. Volume 26, Issue 16 of Journalism Studies

New publication from GUMG members Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and @catherinehapper.bsky.social revisiting the Sociology of News (special issue) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/2...

New publication!

What a decade of research reveals about why people don’t trust media in the digital age How did we go from an era of high trust in 20th-century media to such low levels of trust today?

What do we know about why people do or don't trust media sources in the digital age? @catherinehapper.bsky.social explores what the research tells us in this new contribution to @uk.theconversation.com