Felix M. Simon

909 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 441 citations indexed

About

Felix M. Simon is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Felix M. Simon has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 441 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Communication, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Felix M. Simon's work include Media Studies and Communication (8 papers), Social Media and Politics (6 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (5 papers). Felix M. Simon is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (8 papers), Social Media and Politics (6 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (5 papers). Felix M. Simon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Felix M. Simon's co-authors include Chico Q. Camargo, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, J. Scott Brennen, Annika Sehl, Ralph Schroeder, Benjamin Toff, Richard Fletcher, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Christopher Crum and Tanjev Schultz and has published in prestigious journals such as New Media & Society, The Information Society and Digital Journalism.

In The Last Decade

Felix M. Simon

18 papers receiving 416 citations

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Uneasy Bedfellows: AI in the News, Platform Companies and the Issue of Journalistic Autonomy

2022 82 citations Felix M. Simon Digital Journalism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Felix M. Simon United Kingdom	10	285	206	92	51	35	18	441
Orestis Papakyriakopoulos United States	12	307 1.1×	193 0.9×	196 2.1×	39 0.8×	13 0.4×	29	490
Edward Hurcombe Australia	10	355 1.2×	292 1.4×	73 0.8×	12 0.2×	25 0.7×	22	507
Myojung Chung United States	12	318 1.1×	217 1.1×	116 1.3×	14 0.3×	83 2.4×	30	442
Britt Paris United States	9	188 0.7×	84 0.4×	66 0.7×	46 0.9×	17 0.5×	24	360
Bob van de Velde Netherlands	8	163 0.6×	105 0.5×	92 1.0×	11 0.2×	25 0.7×	13	336
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang United States	10	200 0.7×	126 0.6×	117 1.3×	16 0.3×	15 0.4×	28	355
Ericka Menchen-Trevino United States	12	402 1.4×	370 1.8×	85 0.9×	17 0.3×	31 0.9×	27	613
Scott R. Maier United States	12	243 0.9×	263 1.3×	31 0.3×	11 0.2×	34 1.0×	23	474
Megan MacDuffee Metzger United States	5	247 0.9×	202 1.0×	72 0.8×	33 0.6×	6 0.2×	8	409
Kate K. Mays United States	8	99 0.3×	70 0.3×	82 0.9×	27 0.5×	13 0.4×	22	224

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18 of 18 papers shown

Simon, Felix M., et al.. (2025). Policies in Parallel? A Comparative Study of Journalistic AI Policies in 52 Global News Organisations. Digital Journalism. 13(9). 1578–1598. 8 indexed citations

Simon, Felix M., et al.. (2025). Knowledge Silos as a Barrier to Responsible AI Practices in Journalism? Exploratory Evidence from Four Dutch News Organisations. Journalism Studies. 26(6). 740–758. 6 indexed citations

Hermida, Alfred & Felix M. Simon. (2025). AI in the Newsroom: Lessons from the Adoption of The Globe and Mail's Sophi. Journalism Practice. 19(10). 2323–2340. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Felix M., et al.. (2025). "It Might be Technically Impressive, But It's Practically Useless to us": Motivations, Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cross-Functional Collaboration around AI within the News Industry. 1–19. 2 indexed citations

Simon, Felix M.. (2025). Rationalisation of the news: How AI reshapes and retools the gatekeeping processes of news organisations in the United Kingdom, United States and Germany. New Media & Society. 2 indexed citations

Köhler, David, et al.. (2025). Unprinted. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

Toff, Benjamin & Felix M. Simon. (2024). “Or They Could Just Not Use It?”: The Dilemma of AI Disclosure for Audience Trust in News. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 30(4). 881–903. 11 indexed citations

Simon, Felix M.. (2023). Escape Me If You Can: How AI Reshapes News Organisations’ Dependency on Platform Companies. Digital Journalism. 12(2). 149–170. 34 indexed citations

Simon, Felix M.. (2022). Uneasy Bedfellows: AI in the News, Platform Companies and the Issue of Journalistic Autonomy. Digital Journalism. 10(10). 1832–1854. 82 indexed citations breakdown →

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Camargo, Chico Q. & Felix M. Simon. (2022). Mis- and disinformation studies are too big to fail: Six suggestions for the field’s future. 23 indexed citations

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Simon, Felix M. & Chico Q. Camargo. (2021). Autopsy of a metaphor: The origins, use and blind spots of the ‘infodemic’. New Media & Society. 25(8). 2219–2240. 69 indexed citations

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Brennen, J. Scott, Felix M. Simon, & Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. (2020). Beyond (Mis)Representation: Visuals in COVID-19 Misinformation. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 26(1). 277–299. 104 indexed citations

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Sehl, Annika, Felix M. Simon, & Ralph Schroeder. (2020). The populist campaigns against European public service media: Hot air or existential threat?. International Communication Gazette. 84(1). 3–23. 37 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis, Richard Fletcher, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, & Felix M. Simon. (2020). Communications in the Coronavirus Crisis: Lessons for the Second Wave. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 23 indexed citations

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Lück, Julia, et al.. (2020). Diversity in British, Swedish, and German Newsrooms: Problem Awareness, Measures, and Achievements. Journalism Practice. 16(4). 561–581. 9 indexed citations

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Simon, Felix M.. (2019). “We power democracy”: Exploring the promises of the political data analytics industry. The Information Society. 35(3). 158–169. 14 indexed citations

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Simon, Felix M.. (2018). What Determines a Journalist’s Popularity on Twitter?. Journalism Studies. 20(8). 1200–1220. 8 indexed citations

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Simon, Felix M., et al.. (2017). How digital remix and fan culture helped the Lego comeback. Transformative Works and Cultures. 25. 3 indexed citations

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