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The role of AI competencies: How do AI knowledge, skills, and attitudes shape users’ understanding and evaluation of explainable news recommendations? 人工智能能力的作用：人工智能知识、技能和态度如何影响用户对可解释新闻推荐的理解和评估？

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261467983

Chenyue Wang, Anne C. Kroon, Judith Möller, Claes H. de Vreese, Sophie C. Boerman

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Do WhatsApp news channels help users navigate the information environment? A field experiment on information-related attitudes WhatsApp的新闻频道能帮助用户驾驭信息环境吗？关于信息相关态度的实地实验

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261467150

Camila Mont’Alverne, Patrícia Rossini, Antonis Kalogeropoulos

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Presumed media influence and support for social media bans: The roles of social and elite-based validation 假定的媒体影响和对社交媒体禁令的支持：基于社会和精英的验证的作用

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-30 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261467611

Sarah Geber, Anne Schulz, Mike S. Schäfer, Thomas N. Friemel

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Rethinking platform vernaculars: Collective practices and power dynamics in platform environments 重新思考平台术语：平台环境中的集体实践和权力动态

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261469754

Lydia Kollyri

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Learning the algorithm: Responsibilization and the limits of agency on YouTube 学习算法：YouTube上代理的责任和限制

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261467161

Nadia Urban

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Overconfident youth, underconfident elders: Age differences in algorithmic knowledge confidence and information perceptions 过度自信的青年，不自信的老年人：算法知识自信和信息感知的年龄差异

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-18 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261459666

Myojung Chung

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A cross-country examination of normative expectations of social media platforms 对社交媒体平台规范期望的跨国考察

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-14 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261460024

Natalie Jomini Stroud, Tamar Wilner, Moo Sun Kim, Ashwin Rajadesingan

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Copyright at the margins: Mapping informal platform governance through Wikitubia 边缘的版权：通过Wikitubia映射非正式平台治理

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261458280

CJ Reynolds, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Landrous X. Shen, Blake Hallinan

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Less prejudiced but still not intervening: A field experiment countering online hate speech among adolescents 少一些偏见，但仍不干预：一项针对青少年网络仇恨言论的实地实验

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261459317

Camilla Borgna, Effrosyni Charitopoulou, Marica Miglio

{"title":"Less prejudiced but still not intervening: A field experiment countering online hate speech among adolescents","authors":"Camilla Borgna, Effrosyni Charitopoulou, Marica Miglio","doi":"10.1177/14614448261459317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261459317","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescents’ extensive use of online platforms makes them vulnerable to hate speech. As attitudes crystallize during adolescence, repeated exposure to online hate, even as bystanders, can undermine intergroup relations and generate lasting societal consequences. Little is known about strategies that effectively sensitize youth to online hate speech. We designed an educational intervention to shift adolescents’ affective attitudes and behavioral intentions toward hate speech and reduce prejudice against overweight and Black populations as victimized groups. We evaluated the intervention through a randomized controlled trial involving 973 high-school students aged 13–20 in Italy. The intervention reduced emotional indifference, increased negative affective attitudes toward hate speech, and lowered outgroup prejudice. Yet, treated students remained reluctant to intervene. Qualitative observations of classroom discussions suggest that, while fostering empathy may reverse desensitization processes, transforming adolescent bystanders into active counter-speech agents also requires addressing the social costs of online confrontation and restoring trust in institutional responses.","PeriodicalId":19149,"journal":{"name":"New Media & Society","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148414844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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“Creator burnout is real”: Risk, responsibility, and un/speakability in the creator economy “创造者倦怠是真实的”：创造者经济中的风险、责任和不可言说性

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2026-07-08 DOI: 10.1177/14614448261459667

Rosie Nguyen, Brooke E. Duffy

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