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Alfred Hermida’s Biography

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Alfred Hermida is an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. His work focuses on investigating the convergence of media technologies, industries, content and audiences, through scholarly papers, applied projects and media activities designed to bridge theory and practice.

He is a co-author of Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers, published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell.

His new book, Tell Everyone: How the Stories We Share Sha…

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#Journalism: Reconfiguring journalism research about Twitter, one tweet at a time

#Journalism: Reconfiguring journalism research about Twitter, one tweet at a time

Scholarship about social media in general, and Twitter in particular, has increased dramatically in recent ye…

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Content Analysis in an Era of Big Data: A Hybrid Approach to Computational and Manual Methods

Content Analysis in an Era of Big Data: A Hybrid Approach to Computational and Manual Methods

Massive datasets of communication are challenging traditional, human-driven approaches to content analysis. C…

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Tweets and Truth

Tweets and Truth

This paper examines how social media are influencing the core journalistic value of verification. Through the…

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Share, Like, Recommend

Share, Like, Recommend

This study examines the impact of social media spaces on news consumption, based on an online survey of 1600 …

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Twittering the News

Twittering the News

This paper examines new para-journalism forms such as micro-blogging as “awareness systems” that provide jour…

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The Fundamental Problem With Newspaper Paywalls

The Fundamental Problem With Newspaper Paywalls

Canadians living in the bustling metropolis of Montreal and the picturesque city of Victoria are getting a ta…

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The year of wonder

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By Alfred Hermida
| Nieman Lab Verified
The year of wonder “The lens of wonder helps journalism move past fear.” -he-year-of-wonder The future of journalism in 2026 begins with wonder. As AI accelerates and expands in media, journalism needs a pedagogy of wonder. This is an approach in education that encourages students to be critical, curious, and creative.
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Divergent paths for journalism’s future with AI

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By Alfred Hermida
| Nieman Lab Verified
When it comes to AI, journalism as a profession seems to be caught between the extremes of hope and disillusionment. Attitudes on the role and impact of AI on journalism tend to veer from fears about robots replacing journalists to hopes that machines could boost quality journalism. The media industry is at a critical juncture in its relationship with artificial intelligence, especially generative AI.
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From automata to algorithms: A jobs-to-be-done approach to AI in journalism

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By Alfred Hermida
| Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda From automata to algorithms: A jobs-to-be-done approach to AI in journalism Hermida, Alfred [1] [1] University of British Columbia, Canada Localización: Estudios sobre el mensaje periodístico, ISSN-e 1988-2696, Vol. 30, Nº26 3, 2024, págs.
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