John
Wihbey
Assistant Professor of Journalism and New Media
John Wihbey in the Press
America Must Regulate Social Media
John Wihbey is a professor at Northeastern University and author of the book “Governing Babel”
Al Jazeera
US right shifts tone on social media censorship after Charlie Kirk’s murder
“The attorney general herself made comments about limiting hate speech online that have actually drawn a backlash from other conservatives, but other conservatives are fighting with each other about this,” John Wihbey, director of the AI-Media Strategies Lab at Northeastern University, told Al Jazeera.
And the winner isn’t …
It’s a phenomenon that could “very easily be interpreted through a kind of voter suppression lens, especially given the scrutiny of big tech,” said John Whibey, the director of the AI-Media Strategies Lab at Northeastern University.
AFP
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
According to Northeastern University professor John Wihbey, these trends “will accelerate, and pretty soon we will have an entirely different web.” The dominance of tech giants like Google and Meta had already slashed online media advertising revenue, forcing publishers to pivot toward paid subscriptions.
The National Desk
FTC targets advertising groups over allegations of social media censorship
“Then you dry up advertising for the whole ecosystem,” said John Wihbey, an associate professor of media innovation at Northeastern University. “Advertising boycotts and pressure on advertisers by civic groups — whether that be researchers, watchdogs, advocates, trade associations, whoever — are just completely constitutionally protected speech that are core to what the country stands […]
‘TikTok isn’t just an app.’ Boston area influencers brace for the app’s impending ban.
John Wihbey, an associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University, said a ban could mean the loss of an algorithm that has helped influencers thrive.
Al Jazeera
Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet
“This move by Meta is definitely part of a larger trend, with fact-checking undergoing some headwinds globally,” John P Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University, told Al Jazeera.
Deutsche Welle
Fact check: The impact of disinformation in the US election
“Russia tried to create chaos, as we expected, and the efforts intensified at the end of the election cycle. We don’t know how successful these attempts were until a more thorough analysis of the phenomenon,” John P. Wihbey told DW , associate professor at Northeastern University.
Deutsche Welle
Fact check: Disinformation’s impact on the US election
We won’t know how successful it was until more forensic work is done,” John P. Wihbey, associate professor at Northeastern University in Boston and a founder of Northeastern’s Internet Democracy Initiative, told DW.
Salon
America’s political discordance: The Trump voters who want progressivism
The effect is profound. A new study by Northeastern University researcher John Wihbey shows that Democratic voters consumed more news media than Republicans, but Republicans often turned to “friends and family” for facts instead.
