1st Edition

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of News Agency, Power, and Authority

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

The rapid rise of AI and GenAI technologies has intensified longstanding tensions between economic precarity, technological innovation, and journalistic values. This book explores the impact of AI on journalism and media, moving beyond the ‘North’ and ’South’ dichotomy. Across diverse contexts in the Global North and South, AI is simultaneously heralded as a source of efficiency,... Read more

1. Generative AI and the Future of News: Examining AI’s Agency, Power, and Authority

Allen Munoriyarwa and Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos

 

2. Journalistic Agency and Power in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri and Michael Koliska

 

3. Unstoppable Implementation. Technological Imaginaries on Artificial Intelligence in

Southern European Journalism

Dafne Calvo, Lorena Cano-Orón and Jordi Morales-i-Gras

 

4. Next Generation Journalistic Norms: Journalism Students’ Social Imaginary of AI-Infused

Journalism

Tanja Aitamurto and Jan Lauren Boyles

 

5. Artificial Intelligence and Journalism in Four African Countries: Optimists, Pessimists, and

Pragmatists

Emeka Umejei, Aurelia Ayisi, Millie Phiri and Edwin Tallam

 

6. “Journalism Will Always Need Journalists.” The Perceived Impact of AI on Journalism

Authority in Switzerland

Laura Amigo and Colin Porlezza

 

7. My New Colleague, ChatGPT? How German Science Journalists Perceive and Use

(Generative) Artificial Intelligence

Lars Guenther, Jessica Kunert and Bernhard Goodwin

 

8. The Human-AI Partnership in Romanian Newsrooms: AI as Both a News Topic and a Tool

Georgeta Drula

 

9. AI in the Newsroom: Lessons from the Adoption of The Globe and Mail’s Sophi

Alfred Hermida and Felix M. Simon

 

10. Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Spring an Oasis to the Local News Deserts?

Ioanna Kostarella, Theodora Saridou, Charalampos Dimoulas and Andreas Veglis

 

11. Journalistic Roles at the Local Press: Between Demographic Characteristics and the

Commitment with the Community

Rubén Rivas-de-Roca, Francisco J. Caro-González and Isadora Sánchez-Torné

 

12. Shifting the Gaze? Photojournalism Practices in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Gopolang Ditlhokwa, Lyton Ncube and Allen Munoriyarwa

 

13. Old Threats, New Name? Generative AI and Visual Journalism

Phoebe Matich, T. J. Thomson and Ryan J. Thomas

 

14. Mapping Global Emerging Scholarly Research and Practices of AI-supported

Fact-Checking Tools in Journalism

Regina Cazzamatta and Aynur Sarısakaloğlu

 

15. AI in African Newsrooms: Evaluating Translation Accuracy, Reliability, and Cultural

Sensitivity in Tanzanian Media

Gregory Gondwe

 

16. Challenges and Needs in Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists: Uncovering the Reality

of Portuguese Newsrooms

Paulo Couraceiro, Caterina Foà and Ana Pinto-Martinho

 

 

Biography

Allen Munoriyarwa is an Associate Professor of Journalism in the Journalism Program of Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa.

Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos is an Assistant Professor at the University New South Wales (UNSW, Australia). He is also a researcher in the Political Communication, Journalism and Democracy Research Group (POLCOM-GRP) at the Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) and in the Digital Media and Society Observatory (DMSO) at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil.