AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Ethical Legal Societal laboratory focused on the implications of AI for Media and Democracy 🤝 CWI, HvA & UvA #ELSAlab

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@theresajseipp.bsky.social was part of the closing session “EU regulation on AI: implications for the media, journalism, and disinformation”, where the effectiveness of the AI Act and the DSA in mitigating disinformation was debated. 👉 Recording: buff.ly/axvMg86

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@hannescools.bsky.social moderated the opening panel on “The future of (science) journalism: AI, trust, and democracy”, where discussants reflected on the broad impacts of AI on journalism, media consumption, public trust, and democracy. 👉 Recording: buff.ly/WUCLSrt

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@theresajseipp.bsky.social was part of the closing session “EU regulation on AI: implications for the media, journalism, and disinformation”, where the effectiveness of the AI Act and the DSA in mitigating disinformation was debated. 👉 Recording: buff.ly/axvMg86

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@hannescools.bsky.social moderated the opening panel on “The future of (science) journalism: AI, trust, and democracy”, where discussants reflected on the broad impacts of AI on journalism, media consumption, public trust, and democracy. 👉 Recording: buff.ly/WUCLSrt

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Recent commentary

Big congratulations to our co-director, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, for winning the 2026 Stevin Prize! The Dutch Research Council deemed his work in AI, politics and communication highly socially impactful, not only through research but also through expert advice. We are incredibly proud!

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🔎 How to use LLMs to analyze news coverage? @fdabl.bsky.social, postdoc at @seven-uva.bsky.social, presented to us research conducted with @jmbh.bsky.social and Simon Wimmer as part of the Climate Media Lab on how media cover climate change, which also employed a new LLM-based methodology.

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📚️ Our Lab at the ESMH Summer School 2026 The summer school with the topic of Science Communication in the age of AI organized by the European Science Media Hub of the European Parliament @epstoa.bsky.social has come to an end, and our lab was well represented in the sessions! 🧵 👇️

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👥 Why do we sometimes choose AI over humans? @iterrucha.bsky.social, postdoc at University of Duisburg-Essen and fellow at @iasamsterdam.bsky.social, visited our lab this week to present her research on human exchanges with genAI, and the implications of LLM input for human decisions.

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