
John Wihbey
@wihbey
Assoc prof @Northeastern, media & tech analyst, Director of AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMS Lab)
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https://camd.northeastern.edu/faculty/john-p-wihbey/ 27-02-2009 00:27:27
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Voters for Republican #DonaldTrump were more likely to get #election information from family and friends compared to Democratic and independent voters who generally relied on traditional media, Northeastern U. research finds. Read more: bit.ly/40EvnWP

A #TikTok ban in the U.S. could have a ripple effect around the world, a Northeastern U. expert warns. Here's why: bit.ly/4g7N1HC


My 2025 prediction for Nieman Lab — a wake-up call for professionals: "While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, *performed* authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media." Link below.

#Meta’s move to eliminate fact-checking could allow more false or misleading content, a Northeastern U. content moderation expert says. Read more: bit.ly/3DWPZAb

Just out!: New data contextualizing potential TikTok ban and implications for the U.S. social media and technology market -- and for the public. Our new CHIP50 report: chip50.org/reports/tiktok… #TikTok #socialmedia #techpolicy Northeastern U.

TikTok’s dominance lies in its groundbreaking algorithm, which will be hard to match or maintain, if its U.S. operations get sold, Northeastern U. experts say. Read more: bit.ly/4gYK24o

W #TikTok going dark, here’s our new data on state of U.S. social media and technology market, potential winners. Our research report: chip50.org/reports/tiktok… #socialmedia #techpolicy Northeastern U.





Snatching an international student off our streets who is lawfully in our Country and attending one of our Universities and then bundling her off to an ICE detention center 1,700 miles away without a hearing is a sickening reminder of the Gestapo-like conduct from another age. I



Tasked with creating striking animations for local TV news stations, Northeastern U. graduate Gabby Aidam landed a fellowship with Reinventing Local TV News — a research project that aims to bridge the gap between local newsrooms and communities. Read more: bit.ly/4jzYem1

🚨 Our latest paper is out today in Science! We uncover stark and systematic partisan differences in the amount, content, and character of science used in policy, which mirror differences in political elites’ trust in science. Four years in the making. Led by Zander Furnas 1/n

