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What people really want from platforms

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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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In this episode we explore how people around the world use platforms for news and information about politics, the value they see in them, and the concerns that they have.
We hear from co-authors of a new piece of research into what people in eight countries – Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the UK and the USA – think about a range of platforms, including social media, messaging apps, video platforms and search engines, especially regarding how the access news and information about politics.

Speakers:
Waqas Ejaz is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with at the Reuters Institute and the lead author of 'What do people want? Views on platforms and the digital public sphere in eight countries'

Rasmus Nielsen is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen. He is a Senior Research Associate, and former Director, at the Reuters Institute. He is a co-author of the repor 'What do people want? Views on platforms and the digital public sphere in eight countries'

Our host Mitali Mukherjee is the Acting Director and Director of Journalist Programmes at the Reuters Institute. She's a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism.

Find a full transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-what-people-really-want-platforms

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Episode Information

Series
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
People
Mitali Mukherjee
Waqas Ejaz
Rasmus Nielsen
Keywords
journalism
news
politics
social media
Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Date Added: 02/12/2024
Duration: 00:34:11

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