V2 Media & Information Ecosystem
by main topic: 83
Issues 14
- IssueAuthenticity verification, deepfakes and support for AI content creation in Korea1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueConflicting worldviews and perceived versus actual polarisation1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGroups migrating to fringe platforms that are harder to monitor1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueInformation trust crisis and entrenched structural bias0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueInstitutional mechanisms for balanced media coverage of Korea-Japan relations0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMedia: differentiation moves to taste as throughput rises1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMis- and disinformation as the most imminent risk0 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePluralisation of cultural production and consumption0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSignal dissonance: inconsistent third-party sources degrade how AI represents a brand1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSocial commerce grows fastest while ranking last on price trust1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan aims to make Korea one of five global cultural powers with a 300 trillion won K-culture market1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe report names eight adjacent signals and argues sensing beats prediction1 trends · 6 signals
- IssueThe report's forecasts rest on the publisher's own private-market scores3 trends · 1 signals
- IssueWorkslop: AI widens skill gaps and contaminates the data models later learn from1 trends · 1 signals
Trends 16
Industry & Supply Chains 6
- TrendAI media drive a content big bang1 signals
- TrendDiscovery migrates to social feeds where recommendation reads as peer speech5 signals
- TrendHybrid subscription and advertising models and Korean content hits drive gradual OTT growth0 signals
- TrendKorean culture gains international recognition and spills over into consumer goods and tourism1 signals
- TrendOnline advertising shifts to mobile, video and AI solutions as search fragments0 signals
- TrendStructural decline of Korean broadcasting as live TV loses influence0 signals
Labor & Future of Work 1
Geopolitics & Security 1
Democracy & Governance 6
- TrendAI-enabled disinformation increasing mistrust0 signals
- TrendDisinformation targeting polarised issues such as climate and immigration0 signals
- TrendFertile ground in the Netherlands for anti-institutional conspiracy theories0 signals
- TrendRise of alternative 'truths' and conspiracy theories0 signals
- TrendRising pressure on journalists and media pluralism0 signals
- TrendShifting media landscape amplifying dis- and misinformation4 signals
AI & Computing 1
Values & Lifestyles 1
Signals 53
Macroeconomy & Finance 2
Industry & Supply Chains 12
- Signal88% of marketers are said to use emotion AI daily and CX monitoring to take over 31% of demand
- SignalA single looksmaxxing forum draws six million monthly visitors as men reach 14.5% of cosmetic patients
- SignalBrand-owned sites account for about 1% of LLM citations in consumer goods
- SignalGenerative AI platforms are treated as the new shopping search engines
- SignalGenerative engine optimisation emerges as the successor to search engine optimisation
- SignalIndian consumers lead social commerce growth, with 35 percent of consumers buying on social platforms in 2025
- SignalInstagram and YouTube stay ahead of Facebook and TikTok in social commerce
- SignalMeta unifies creator and brand tools into single Creator Marketing Hub
- SignalOpen web traffic is down 8% since 2023 while total search activity keeps growing
- SignalSignal 8: AI answers cut click-through by over a third while AI platforms drive 6.5% of traffic
- SignalSocial platform purchasing rose from 24% to 35% in two years
- SignalWeak Signal Cultivation Model (WSCM) — arXiv 2026: Collective Sensemaking Framework for Org Resilience
Labor & Future of Work 5
- Signal48% of executives fear AI is injecting misinformation into their own datasets
- Signal61% call data trustworthiness important, 5% report great progress
- Signal95% of executives doubt candidate skills data while a third of workers admit AI embellishment
- SignalCreator Economy Revenue to Hit $20.6B in 2026; Trust Fragile as Deepfakes Multiply
- SignalKorea's creator workforce on digital platforms is estimated at over 500,000 people
Geopolitics & Security 2
Democracy & Governance 4
- SignalStudy Finds Rising LLM Stylistic Trace (Em-Dash Usage) in US Congressional Press Releases
- SignalThe foresight rests on an internal platform and NTT Group's own expert network
- SignalTrust assessment fragments into community-specific frameworks
- SignalTrust in news in Korea stands at 31 percent, 37th of 48 countries surveyed
Tech·Digital Policy 4
- Signal66% know of synthetic influencers, 52% distrust them, 67% want AI ads labelled
- SignalChildSafeAds Shared Task 2026: Commercial Content in Child-Facing YouTube Videos
- SignalStudy compares instruction- vs. example-driven AI content moderation
- SignalTuring Institute finds 44% of looksmaxxing TikTok videos carry blackpill hashtags
Welfare & Health 6
- Signal59% of boomers ask doctors about health against 42% of Gen Z; 38% of Gen Z ask social media
- SignalCAST framework proposes multi-level, person-specific measurement of social media use
- SignalDigital platforms are cast as the delivery channel for emotional support across Africa
- SignalNearly half of young people wish social media had never existed, yet stay
- SignalTwitter and disability activism: leadership and topics in online conversation
- SignalWho Anchors AI Overviews in Health? Baidu, Google, and the Geography of Authority
Education & Generations 3
AI & Computing 12
- Signal86% of top-ranking Google pages remain human-written
- SignalDecentralization of Agenda-Setting Power and Domain-Selective Bridging: Algorithm Design Beyond the Echo Chamber Debate
- SignalGen Z trusts product-research sources less than boomers, including the channels it uses most
- SignalMore than half of new web articles were primarily AI-generated as of May 2025
- SignalOnline deepfakes grow from 500,000 in 2023 to 8 million in 2025
- SignalPredicting Custom-Feed Returns for New Bluesky Posts: A Prospective Study
- SignalSora, Firefly and Nano Banana popularise high-quality generative content tools
- SignalStudy Finds AI Search Models Name Individual Professionals in Just Over a Quarter of Responses, With Sharp Language and Model Gaps
- SignalStudy Finds Visualization Tools Systemically Underserve Arabic Right-to-Left Users
- SignalStudy Maps 18 "Species" of Bots Across the Reddit Ecosystem
- SignalThe Language of the Question Selects the Market: Query Language and Exit IP as Separable Factors in Commercial Recommendations from a Generative Search Interface
- SignalUnsealed filings show OpenAI, Microsoft executives privately called AI training a 'theft' that could replace journalism
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 1
Objects with this as a secondary topic 143
Macroeconomy & Finance 6
- Signal17 percent of high performers struggle to communicate AI value against 57 percent of the rest
- Signal55 percent struggle to demonstrate the value of AI to stakeholders and shareholders
- IssueA measurement problem inherited from the industrial era1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalA stronger loyalty programme (65%) and a better promotion (62%) rank next as switching triggers
- IssueAs value creation moves before the IPO, evaluation shifts to proprietary predictive scores1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalMeta Introduces Stablecoin (USDC) Payment Options for Advertisers
Industry & Supply Chains 7
- IssueAI answers absorb the high-intent moment, cutting brands out of the consideration set1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAgent washing and agentic workslop make some deployments net-negative1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBrands must re-earn choice in a fragmented and mediated decision landscape1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGenerative engine optimization emerges as a capability distinct from SEO1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalKorean content industry growth slowed to 2.1% in 2023 after averaging 6% over five years
- SignalPOP MART added a LABUBU Forest zone to its Beijing theme park in May 2026
- SignalTrolli runs a five-year gaming partnership and an in-person takeover at PAX East
Labor & Future of Work 2
Trade & Economic Security 1
Geopolitics & Security 9
- SignalAI-generated celebrity videos used to lure scam investors
- IssueGreen digital ODA and linking development cooperation with Korean culture for the Global South1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendHybrid threats as a structural feature1 signals
- IssuePolicy area 2: security gains from connection are inseparable from new exposure2 trends · 2 signals
- TrendShift towards self-initiated terrorists outside organised networks0 signals
- TrendState threats to the UK increasing and diversifying3 signals
- IssueState-linked actors using AI for surveillance and disinformation1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendTerrorism threat to the UK evolving and exploiting technology4 signals
- IssueUnregulated online spaces widening access to radicalising material1 trends · 0 signals
Democracy & Governance 28
0-3 years 19
- Signal85% of leaders regret past decisions and 72% report data-driven decision paralysis
- SignalAI 2026 Midterm Campaign Tools: DonorAtlas, Quiller, BattlegroundAI Surge
- SignalAI Companies Pour $125M Into 2026 U.S. Midterms; Deepfakes Enter Electoral Politics
- SignalAI and 2026 Elections: Deepfakes and "Liar's Dividend" Threaten Electoral Integrity
- IssueConnector risks channel impacts across domains0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueConspiracy narratives as tools of autocratic governments2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDated forecasts are presented as imperatives with no evidence base disclosed1 trends · 3 signals
- SignalDutch Court Ruling Disclosed: State Failed to Protect Crown Witness's Family in Taghi Case
- SignalEarly warning 1: Political and institutional trust
- SignalForeign actors almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 election
- SignalGallup Poll: Bipartisan Concern Over Election Integrity Ahead of 2026 Midterms
- TrendGrowing sovereign-citizen movement0 signals
- SignalIranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence
- SignalNew benchmark finds LLMs mediate political information reliably only under clear evidence
- SignalPakistan's Cyber Crime Agency Summons Journalist Asad Ali Toor Under PECA Over Alleged Fake Information
- IssuePerception-driven attention can starve receding risks of resources2 trends · 2 signals
- SignalPublic trust in government fell from 51% in 2020 to 38% in 2024 on the Edelman Trust Barometer
- SignalThe report states its policy implications are not predictions and the list is not exhaustive
- SignalThe report states three selection criteria and no selection method
4-10 years 4
- IssueConspiracy theories deepening affective polarisation1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendDisinformation and conspiracy thinking fuelling institutional distrust1 signals
- TrendPolitical and social polarisation persists and trust in democratic institutions declines4 signals
- IssueThe plan calls for a 'new recovery' through inclusive growth and 'democratic innovation' as the spirit of the age3 trends · 0 signals
11-30 years 4
- IssueExpanding state authoritarianism and shrinking civic space0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePolitical and ideological extremism0 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePopulism and digital politics0 trends · 0 signals
- TrendTrend P: Breakdown of political and institutional stability0 signals
Other 1
- IssueEroded trust driving disengagement from democracy1 trends · 0 signals
Tech·Digital Policy 27
0-3 years 24
- SignalAutodesk publishes AI transparency cards modeled on nutrition labels
- SignalCalifornia bill requires disclosure of training data composition
- SignalChina mandates AI content watermarks while the EU AI Act mandates interaction notice
- SignalDigital omnibus on AI: EU delays high-risk AI Act deadlines, adds deepfake/CSAM ban
- SignalEU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Obligations Apply From August 2, 2026; High-Risk Obligations Deferred to December 2027
- SignalEU Makes AI Content Labels Mandatory for Realistic Synthetic Media Starting August 2
- SignalEU set to propose social media and AI chatbot ban for under-15s in State of the Union address
- SignalEU's amended AI Act enters into force with delayed deadlines
- SignalFrance's Constitutional Council Strikes Down Social Media Age-Verification Law, with Major EU Implications
- SignalGEMA v. Suno: Munich court's verdict on AI music training due July 31
- SignalHELM is cited as an open academic framework for evaluating model quality, safety, and bias
- SignalIndia Supreme Court sets aside NCLT/NCLAT orders based on AI-generated fake legal precedents; RBI frontier-AI cyber risk directive
- SignalKorea's AI Basic Act decree mandates visible watermarks on AI output from January 2026
- SignalMeta and Google Ordered to Pay $3M in Social Media Addiction Lawsuit; Teen Regulation Tightens Globally
- SignalMore than 30 AI-training copyright lawsuits in the US and 77 percent of social media users exposed to disinformation
- SignalNew York social media warning labels law; California digital wellness bill AB 2071
- SignalNew Zealand to introduce under-16 social media ban bill amid coalition split
- SignalNinth Circuit allows thousands of social media addiction lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok, Snap to proceed
- SignalSocial media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move / UAE bans under-15s from social media
- SignalSouth Africa Withdraws AI Policy Draft After Hallucinated Citations Scandal
- SignalSpain's data protection agency probes Interior Ministry journalist ideology dossier
- IssueTheme 3 The Vanguard: whether trust can be secured while AI adoption scales1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalUK proposals to ban social media for children / Could a UK Teen Social Media Ban Work
- SignalUSC Study Helped Shape Transparency Requirements for EU Social Media Moderation Law
4-10 years 2
11-30 years 1
- IssueThe rise of technofeudalism under dominant big-tech platforms0 trends · 0 signals
Demographics & Migration 1
Welfare & Health 12
- TrendDeclining vaccination coverage0 signals
- SignalDigital Social Media Expression and Social Adaptability of the Older Adult Driven by Artificial Intelligence
- SignalGen Z Digital Fatigue: 47% Rate Mental Health Fair or Poor; 68% Take Social Media Breaks
- SignalHealth misinformation in over half of vaccine social media posts
- IssueHealth: misinformation, breaches and shifting clinical authority1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMistrust in experts reducing vaccine uptake1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalNPR examines competing scientific accounts of COVID-19's origins
- SignalNew York City designates social media a public health hazard
- SignalSocial Media Mental Health Statistics 2026: The Hidden Digital Crisis
- SignalSources of Truth: A Multi-Platform, Multilingual Audit of Citations in AI Mental Health Information Queries
- SignalThe complex relationship between the digital divide, social capital, and mental health among older adults: a multi-method path decomposition
- SignalTwo Hours of Daily Social Media Linked to Teen Depression (longitudinal 10-year)
Education & Generations 1
- IssueMedia literacy making users more critical of information1 trends · 0 signals
AI & Computing 23
0-3 years 11
- Signal22% of consumers use large language models for health and wellness, 26% among Gen Z
- SignalA newspaper plans to run reviews under a dead critic's AI-generated byline
- TrendAI eats its users3 signals
- SignalRobust framework finds political-bias measurements in LLMs are fragile across languages and prompt design
- SignalSignal 2: synthetic data is projected to reach 80% of AI training input by 2028
- SignalTemporal Portability of Numeric User Metadata on Twitter
- SignalThe 'Building towards scale' recommendations were machine-led in development
- IssueThe 2026 watch point: brands stop being discovered and start being chosen by AI2 trends · 2 signals
- SignalTraining data doubling every six months at the cost of quality control
- TrendTrend 1: social media and generative AI combine into a new path to purchase4 signals
- SignalUnderstanding content moderation in LLMs through restricted books
4-10 years 9
- IssueAgent output becomes a training asset that most organizations do not yet use1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalAudit of Commercial Generative Music Systems Finds Measurable Homogenization Across Genres Including K-pop
- SignalCredible, Not Always Correct: How Reddit Users Verify AI-Generated Legal Advice
- SignalDecoy Font — adversarial typography for human/machine dual messaging
- TrendDigital assistants become a distinct engagement channel, not a support utility7 signals
- SignalInvisible to the Machine: Census-Based Audit of AI Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Recommendations in Bali
- IssueSynthetic data may outweigh real data by 2030 while risking model collapse1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalToward a Gricean Retreat: Probing LLMs for Knowledge Boundaries and Referent Specificity
- SignalWhen AI Becomes Routine: A Decade of Public AI Mediation in Korean Go Commentary
11-30 years 3
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 8
- SignalA deepfake CFO on a video call induced a $25 million payout
- TrendAI-enabled digital crime and transnational criminal networks outgrow domestic law enforcement0 signals
- SignalDeepfake video-conference impersonation used to order a fraudulent transfer in Singapore in March 2025
- IssueFrom cybersecurity to disinformation security: a new digital trust pact1 trends · 3 signals
- TrendGrowing reliance on digital platforms raising exposure to disruption8 signals
- SignalPindrop found one in six of its own job applications showed clear signs of fraud
- IssueWebsites must now be legible to two audiences, human shoppers and crawling agents1 trends · 1 signals
- TrendWidespread data breaches eroding trust in digital services0 signals
Values & Lifestyles 18
0-3 years 13
- Signal12% of Gen Z would splurge on at-home entertainment, twice the boomer share
- Signal80% across leaders, managers, and workers suspect colleagues use AI to look more productive
- SignalA social media challenge to fly long-haul with no stimulation at all
- SignalAn Amsterdam community built on device-free meetings
- SignalEdelman 2026 Trust Barometer: 70% Distrust Those with Different Values — "Insular Trust Mindset"
- SignalHalf of Gen Z seek DIY inspiration online and half buy secondhand every two to three months
- SignalInstructional services for recording a farewell message
- SignalLack of measurable outcomes (30%) outranks political climate (27%) as a D&I challenge
- TrendMale appearance modification consolidates into an ideology with its own doctrine and tools3 signals
- IssueStreaming, gaming, and social platforms become substitutes for in-person experience1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalSurvey: experts trust science and technology even more than the public, with distrust very low in both
- IssueThe belief that suffering fuels better art collides with pressure to monetise trauma online1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalTrends 2026: The Return of the Familiar — Why Societies Are Re-Anchoring Themselves
4-10 years 4
- IssueData, attention and now trust as successive intangible resources1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueResourcefulness acquires social prestige through buy-nothing pledges1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSocial trust eroded by engagement optimisation, with AI to follow1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendThe currency of trust5 signals