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Teenagers who report addictive use of screens at greater risk of suicidal behaviour, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/18/teenagers-social-media-mobile-phones-video-games-mental-health #Parentsandparenting #Children'shealth #Medicalresearch #Mobilephones #Lifeandstyle #Digitalmedia #Mentalhealth #Smartphones #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Technology #Depression #Telecoms #Society #Science #Culture #Anxiety #Family #UKnews #Health #Media #Games
The Guardian · Teenagers who report addictive use of screens at greater risk of suicidal behaviour, study shows
For Jools: one mother’s fight for the truth about her son’s death https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/18/for-jools-one-mothers-fight-for-the-truth-about-her-sons-death #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Youngpeople #Bereavement #Society #Media
The Guardian · For Jools: one mother’s fight for the truth about her son’s death
"This year’s report comes at a time of deep political and economic uncertainty, changing geo-political alliances, not to mention climate breakdown and continuing destructive conflicts around the world. Against that background, evidence-based and analytical journalism should be thriving, with newspapers flying off shelves, broadcast media and web traffic booming. But as our report shows the reality is very different. In most countries we find traditional news media struggling to connect with much of the public, with declining engagement, low trust, and stagnating digital subscriptions.
An accelerating shift towards consumption via social media and video platforms is further diminishing the influence of ‘institutional journalism’ and supercharging a fragmented alternative media environment containing an array of podcasters, YouTubers, and TikTokers. Populist politicians around the world are increasingly able to bypass traditional journalism in favour of friendly partisan media, ‘personalities’, and ‘influencers’ who often get special access but rarely ask difficult questions, with many implicated in spreading false narratives or worse.
These trends are increasingly pronounced in the United States under Donald Trump, as well as parts of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, but are moving more slowly elsewhere, especially where news brands maintain a strong connection with audiences. In countries where press freedom is under threat, alternative ecosystems also offer opportunities, at their best, to bring fresh perspectives and challenge repressive governments. But at the same time these changes may be contributing to rising political polarisation and a coarsening debate online. In this context, our report uncovers a deep divide between the US and Europe, as well as between conservatives and progressives everywhere, over where the limits of free speech should lie."
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2025/dnr-executive-summary
Reuters Institute for the Study of JournalismOverview and key findings of the 2025 Digital News ReportThis year’s report comes at a time of deep political and economic uncertainty, changing geo-political alliances, not to mention climate breakdown and continuing destructive conflicts around the world. Against that background, evidence-based and analytical journalism should be thriving, with newspapers flying off shelves, broadcast media and web traffic booming. But as our report shows the reality is very different. In most countries we find traditional news media struggling to connect with much of the public, with declining engagement, low trust, and stagnating digital subscriptions.
#IWMLecture: "Reclaiming spatial abilities: Smart navigation assistance for wiser minds" by Sara Irina Fabrikant on 1.7. 2025, 13:00-15:00, large conference room (IWM / Schleichstr. 6, Tübingen). Everyone interested is welcome to join. 
Participation online: 
redaktion(at)iwm-tuebingen.de
We are looking forward to seeing many of you! 
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Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever? | Eugene Healey https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/14/gen-z-gen-alpha-social-media-inauthentic-brands #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Technology #Instagram #Internet #TikTok #Media
The Guardian · Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever?
ALERT: Google's AI tools slash news site traffic by ~50% in 3 years. Business Insider, HuffPost, WaPo hit hard as AI answers replace clicks. The media landscape is shifting fast 
#Google #AI #NewsMedia #SEO #DigitalMedia #MediaCrisis #SearchTraffic #Journalism #Publishers
Teenage girls’ TikTok skincare regimes offer little to no benefit, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/teenage-girls-tiktok-skincare-regimes-offer-little-to-no-benefit-research-shows #Digitalmedia #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Technology #Skincare #TikTok #Beauty #Media
The Guardian · Teenage girls’ TikTok skincare regimes offer little to no benefit, research shows
‘No smartphones before 14; no social media until 16’: The Anxious Generation author on how to fight back against big tech https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/jun/07/jonathan-haidt-anxious-generation-smartphones #Mentalhealth #Digitalmedia #Mobilephones #Smartphones #Socialmedia #Technology #Psychology #Internet #Culture #Society #Books #Media
The Guardian · ‘No smartphones before 14; no social media until 16’: The Anxious Generation author on how to fight back against big tech
New research alert! A three-wave Delphi study with 47 experts from 13 countries explores the challenges, trends, and interventions for tackling conspiracy theories & misinformation in digital media. Must-read for scholars & policymakers! 
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/commun-2024-0123/html #Misinformation #ConspiracyTheories #DigitalMedia #Research
De Gruyter Brill · Conspiracy theories and misinformation in digital media: An international expert assessment of challenges, trends, and interventionsThe rise of conspiracy theories and misinformation in digital media has sparked intense debates among scholars, journalists, and policymakers about the challenges posed by these phenomena and potential responses. However, these discussions tend to remain narrowly focused on specific issues, stakeholders, or individual-level strategies, with limited attention paid to anticipatory impact assessment. To address these shortcomings, we conducted an integrative, three-wave Delphi study involving an expert panel of 47 scholars and practitioners from 13 countries to identify current challenges, anticipate problematic trends, and develop actionable interventions. The challenges, trends, and interventions discussed span ten thematic areas, including governance of and by platforms, platform design, journalism and news media ecosystems, research and science communication ecosystems, societal dynamics, socio-political institutions, and individual behavior. The paper concludes with methodological reflections, discussing the possibilities and limitations of Delphi methods in addressing complex, interdisciplinary issues.
WTF with Marc Maron is ending. Here are five of the podcast’s best interviews https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/03/marc-maron-wtf-podcast-ending-five-best-interviews #Television&radio #RobinWilliams #Digitalmedia #BarackObama #Technology #Podcasts #Internet #Culture #LouisCK #Comedy #USnews #Media #Film
The Guardian · WTF with Marc Maron is ending. Here are five of the podcast’s best interviews
How the far right seeks to spread its ideology through the publishing world
Efforts raise questions about the far right’s place in the broader culture wars waged by the Trump administration The far right US publisher Passage Press is now part of Foundation Publishing Group and it is connected via a Foundation director,…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/far-right-book-publishing-passage-press
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The Guardian · How the far right seeks to spread its ideology through the publishing world
WTF with Marc Maron is ending. Here are five of the podcast’s best interviews https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/03/marc-maron-wtf-podcast-ending-five-best-interviews #Television&radio #RobinWilliams #Digitalmedia #BarackObama #Podcasting #Technology #Internet #Culture #LouisCK #Comedy #USnews #Media #Film
The Guardian · WTF with Marc Maron is ending. Here are five of the podcast’s best interviews
More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/31/more-than-half-of-top-100-mental-health-tiktoks-contain-misinformation-study-finds #Mentalhealth #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Technology #Society #Health #TikTok #Media
The Guardian · More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds