Artificial Intelligence and Journalism: An Agenda for Journalism Research in Africa

IF 1.1 3区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION African Journalism Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.1080/23743670.2021.1999840
Ammina Kothari, Sally Ann Cruikshank
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ABSTRACT Globally, newsrooms are adopting various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the newsgathering, production and distribution process. Western countries and China, in particular, are leading the innovation of AI in newsrooms—testing technologies that include machine learning, automated content creation and moderation and speech-to-text programs. The adoption of AI in newsrooms, and research of its impact, has predominantly focused on Western countries. Although some African countries have begun incorporating AI into sectors such as government agencies, health, education and finance, little information exists about how newsrooms on the continent are using AI technologies. In this paper, we propose a research agenda to advance the scholarship and understanding of the use of AI in African newsrooms and its implications for journalism in Africa. Through a systematic search of databases, we examine the current use of AI in newsrooms in Africa, along with a review of the opportunities and challenges it presents for journalists. We also present a comprehensive examination and discussion about the theoretical frameworks being used to examine newsroom processes—and the opportunities to adapt those theories to analyse the use of AI in African-led scholarship. Also included in the study are recommendations for addressing methodological challenges related to the use of AI in newsrooms.
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人工智能与新闻学:非洲新闻学研究议程
摘要在全球范围内,新闻编辑室正在采用各种形式的人工智能(AI)作为新闻收集、制作和分发过程的一部分。西方国家,尤其是中国,正在引领人工智能在新闻编辑室的创新——测试包括机器学习、自动内容创建和审核以及语音到文本程序在内的技术。人工智能在新闻编辑室的应用及其影响的研究主要集中在西方国家。尽管一些非洲国家已经开始将人工智能纳入政府机构、卫生、教育和金融等部门,但关于非洲大陆新闻编辑室如何使用人工智能技术的信息很少。在本文中,我们提出了一个研究议程,以促进对人工智能在非洲新闻编辑室的使用及其对非洲新闻业的影响的学术和理解。通过对数据库的系统搜索,我们研究了人工智能目前在非洲新闻编辑室的使用情况,并回顾了它给记者带来的机遇和挑战。我们还对用于审查新闻编辑室流程的理论框架进行了全面的审查和讨论,以及调整这些理论以分析人工智能在非洲领导的学术中的使用的机会。该研究还包括解决与在新闻编辑室使用人工智能相关的方法挑战的建议。
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期刊介绍: Accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for university research purposes African Journalism Studies subscribes to the Code of Best Practice for Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals of the Academy of Science of South Africa. African Journalism Studies ( AJS) aims to contribute to the ongoing extension of the theories, methodologies and empirical data to under-researched areas of knowledge production, through its emphasis on African journalism studies within a broader, comparative perspective of the Global South. AJS strives for theoretical diversity and methodological inclusivity, by developing theoretical approaches and making critical interventions in global scholarly debates. The journal''s comparative and interdisciplinary approach is informed by the related fields of cultural and media studies, communication studies, African studies, politics, and sociology. The field of journalism studies is understood broadly, as including the practices, norms, value systems, frameworks of representation, audiences, platforms, industries, theories and power relations that relate to the production, consumption and study of journalism. A wide definition of journalism is used, which extends beyond news and current affairs to include digital and social media, documentary film and narrative non-fiction.
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