Jonas Blom

Jonas Blom is an Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism, University of Southern Denmark, focusing on media, journalism, and linguistic approaches to misinformation. He leads research projects like SafeChilDe (TrygFonden-funded) to improve children’s media literacy and Automatiseret nyhedsoplæsning on AI-generated news credibility.

Research Interests:

• Misinformation and Fake News
• News Literacy and Social Media
• Clickbait and Linguistic Deviations
• AI Journalism and Synthetic Voice Technology
• Gender Stereotypes in Media Framing
• Spelling Errors and Language Attitudes

Recent Article Trends: His work explores AI’s role in journalism, children’s critical engagement with misinformation, and linguistic pitfalls in media. Studies span from automated news reading credibility to historical spelling error analysis.

Scientific Awards:

• Teacher of the Year at University of Southern Denmark (2018)
• Main Teacher of the Year at Faculty of Social Sciences, SDU (2018)

Teaching & Supervision: He has taught courses like Newswriting, Reporting and Media Language and Language and Rhetoric, mentoring students such as C. Flyvbjerg and N. M. Mikkelsen. His supervision includes projects on AI’s linguistic fingerprints.

Labs & Projects: Jonas collaborates on initiatives like SafeChilDe (protecting children from misinformation) and Automatiseret nyhedsoplæsning (AI voice credibility in news). He also contributes to public debates via media appearances.