Twenty-nine long and surprise-filled months have passed but the paperback version of @ToSeeAndBeSeen finally arrived today. https://t.co/8y5BWZWaL4 #visualjournalism #photojournalism #infrontofthelens @aejmcviscom @NPPA @asmp

5️⃣ The perceived relevance or impact of the example for the local community writ large (eg, seeing a natural disaster that affects the entire community) 🔗 The open-access study can be read here:

3️⃣ Some personal connection to the image or video (eg, recognising the person or place shown) 4️⃣ A connection one’s friends, colleagues, or family have or could potentially have to the image or video (eg, seeing your kid's school or sport)

We found audience engagement was impacted by these five factors: 1️⃣ Aspects of the image or video itself (colour, lighting, composition, aesthetics) 2️⃣ Aspects of the presentation context (headline, caption, watermark, size)

🎙️ Here are a couple quotes about audience engagement with #visualnews from a new study I co-authored with Rachael Anderson. 📝💻 We used a digital diary study to explore news visuals that community members thought were interesting, surprising, or remarkable.

Research asking AI models to describe and generate pictures reveals they see a bright, sensational world of generic images. @Cenevox @RMIT

Generative AI changes how we see – and how we decide what’s real. @Cenevox @dpfu @RMIT

Social media is awash with videos of Charlie Kirk's assassination, highlighting the failures of platforms to protect users. @Cenevox @RMIT @UNSW

The Routledge Companion to Visual Journalism (ed. @nicoledahmen & @Cenevox) was available at the Future of Journalism Conference #FoJ2025 @CardiffJomec

🚨 New commentary out! With T.J. Thomson, we explore journalistic AI: how newsrooms can integrate AI in ways that are context-aware, value-driven, and human-centred. 🔗: https://t.co/wHjcBnN1Ki #Journalism #AI #HumanCentredAI #NewsAutonomy #MediaInnovation #DigitalJournalism

🇦🇺🇳🇿🔗 If you’re in Australia or NZ, you can pre-order a copy of the book here: https://t.co/gkLhPsY109 🗺️🔗 If you’re in the rest of the world, you can pre-order a copy here:

📖 The #RoutledgeCompanionToVisualJournalism is now available for pre-order. It features a whopping 41 chapters over 524 pages and is richly accompanied by all types of visuals from photographs and screenshots to AI-generated images and data visualisations.

🙌 Thanks to all my co-authors and to the editors who make the work shine. 🔗 Fancy a read about AI, visual culture, visual communication, or inclusion? Check the articles out here:

I reached a satisfying milestone today: 1 million reads of my 24 career-to-date articles published in @ConversationEDU. I genuinely enjoy translating research for public benefit through these pieces and look forward to hopefully continuing to do so for many years into the future.

Your social media is no longer a personal space. It may be used by governments to determine whether you fit with their values. @antmandan @Cenevox @QUT @RMIT @UNSW

AI search summaries are reshaping the search engine ecosystem we've grown accustomed to over two decades. @Cenevox @QUT @RMIT

If you're a sucker for a black and white filter, think again, as new research shows colour images are preferred by most viewers. @Cenevox @RMIT

🔍🤖 Can You Trust What You See #Online? Google’s new #SynthID detector claims it can spot #AI-made #text, #images, #video & #audio—by reading invisible watermarks embedded in its own tools. Writes T.J. Thomson, Elif Buse Doyuran, and Jean Burgess Read Details here:

AI watermarks are supposed to help us tell if content is real or generated. But they dramatically vary in effectiveness. @Cenevox @QUT @RMIT

🇦🇺🗳️ In the lead-up to Australia's federal #election next month, Stephen Harrington and I evaluated some of the parties' #memes for @ConversationEDU. 🔗

Editing any photo, anywhere, is cheaper and easier than ever. What does that mean for having 'visual proof' of something? @Cenevox @RMIT