Carlos Enrique George-Reyes, E. López-Caudana, V. G. Gómez-Rodríguez
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in the open educational movement for Latin America aims to promote scientific, technological, entrepreneurial, and innovative development. In Mexico, face-to-face bootcamps occur every two years, where prototypes of high-value solutions for education are developed using design and active learning methodologies, with the aim of scaling complex thinking and sustainable development. In the 2023 edition, 94 academicians from 12 countries participated (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the Dominican Republic, and the United Kingdom). Experts from Tecnológico de Monterrey, the Open University, the University of Leeds, and Siemens Stiftung supervised the process. This article presents the prototyped proposals and the results of applying the Play2Train4C methodology, enabling participants to develop educational innovation projects under the paradigm of complex thinking. The results indicate that (1) the participants managed to prototype ten proposals validated by experts and (2) their perceptions of their systemic, critical, scientific, and innovative thinking (sub-competencies of complex thinking) improved by the end of the bootcamp. The conclusion was that the UNESCO Chair boosted solution-building skills for the complex problems arising in Latin America and enabled key agents in education to improve their complex thinking skills for quality education, as promulgated by sustainable development goal 4.
{"title":"Communicating educational innovation projects in Latin America mediated by the scaling of complex thinking: Contribution of the UNESCO-ICDE Chair in Mexico","authors":"Carlos Enrique George-Reyes, E. López-Caudana, V. G. Gómez-Rodríguez","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14623","url":null,"abstract":"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in the open educational movement for Latin America aims to promote scientific, technological, entrepreneurial, and innovative development. In Mexico, face-to-face bootcamps occur every two years, where prototypes of high-value solutions for education are developed using design and active learning methodologies, with the aim of scaling complex thinking and sustainable development. In the 2023 edition, 94 academicians from 12 countries participated (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the Dominican Republic, and the United Kingdom). Experts from Tecnológico de Monterrey, the Open University, the University of Leeds, and Siemens Stiftung supervised the process. This article presents the prototyped proposals and the results of applying the Play2Train4C methodology, enabling participants to develop educational innovation projects under the paradigm of complex thinking. The results indicate that (1) the participants managed to prototype ten proposals validated by experts and (2) their perceptions of their systemic, critical, scientific, and innovative thinking (sub-competencies of complex thinking) improved by the end of the bootcamp. The conclusion was that the UNESCO Chair boosted solution-building skills for the complex problems arising in Latin America and enabled key agents in education to improve their complex thinking skills for quality education, as promulgated by sustainable development goal 4.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141690989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This qualitative study adopts a visual social semiotic approach to examine the multifaceted engagement incited by Annie Leibovitz’s photograph portraying Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in a contemplative game of chess, ensconced amidst an array of Louis Vuitton merchandise. Through semiotics, mise en scène, and sociolinguistics, we unravel the photograph’s layered significances, employing studium and punctum to dissect viewer engagement. Cognitive linguistics reveals the interplay of myths, metaphors, and metonymy, crafting a narrative that intertwines football, chess, and luxury into potent cultural symbols. The mise en scène theory illuminates the nuanced balance between authenticity and artifice, while sociolinguistic insights bridge visual and linguistic communications for a diverse audience. The photograph, as a convergence of composition, culture, and technology, exemplifies how visual narratives blend these elements to forge connections and evoke responses. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of digital visual storytelling’s power in shaping cultural dialogues and perceptions, showcasing the role of iconic imagery in the tapestry of social media discourse.
{"title":"A visual social semiotic investigation into the popularity of Ronaldo and Messi’s chess photo on Instagram: Implications for new media and audience engagement","authors":"Eylem Simsek, Ayşe Aslı Bozdağ","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14603","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study adopts a visual social semiotic approach to examine the multifaceted engagement incited by Annie Leibovitz’s photograph portraying Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in a contemplative game of chess, ensconced amidst an array of Louis Vuitton merchandise. Through semiotics, mise en scène, and sociolinguistics, we unravel the photograph’s layered significances, employing studium and punctum to dissect viewer engagement. Cognitive linguistics reveals the interplay of myths, metaphors, and metonymy, crafting a narrative that intertwines football, chess, and luxury into potent cultural symbols. The mise en scène theory illuminates the nuanced balance between authenticity and artifice, while sociolinguistic insights bridge visual and linguistic communications for a diverse audience. The photograph, as a convergence of composition, culture, and technology, exemplifies how visual narratives blend these elements to forge connections and evoke responses. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of digital visual storytelling’s power in shaping cultural dialogues and perceptions, showcasing the role of iconic imagery in the tapestry of social media discourse.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141701759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Tahat, A. Mansoori, D. Tahat, Ahmad Qablan, Ismat Haddad
This study examines how United Arab Emirates (UAE) national newspapers reported on sustainable development goals (SDGs) following the country’s announcement that it would host COP28 climate change summit in 2023. We analyzed the content of a systematic random sample of news articles published in leading Arabic and English language newspapers over a one-year period. Results indicate that sustainable development issues, particularly related to the environment and economy, were covered widely and mostly positively, and were framed in the context of achievements rather than challenges. We also observed significant differences in SDG reporting between the two newspapers selected for our study. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are discussed.
{"title":"Analyzing the newspapers’ coverage of sustainable development goals in UAE","authors":"K. Tahat, A. Mansoori, D. Tahat, Ahmad Qablan, Ismat Haddad","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14710","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines how United Arab Emirates (UAE) national newspapers reported on sustainable development goals (SDGs) following the country’s announcement that it would host COP28 climate change summit in 2023. We analyzed the content of a systematic random sample of news articles published in leading Arabic and English language newspapers over a one-year period. Results indicate that sustainable development issues, particularly related to the environment and economy, were covered widely and mostly positively, and were framed in the context of achievements rather than challenges. We also observed significant differences in SDG reporting between the two newspapers selected for our study. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141690955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Dautova, M. Khvatova, T. Zulfugarzade, Oksana V. Shiryaeva, Zhanna M. Sizova, T. Baklashova
This article conducted an in-depth bibliometric analysis of the communication education studies published over a given period in three leading academic journals. It also provides a good reference for future researchers engaged in studying or designing new curricula as well as being able to base decisions made about content issues related to communications education soundly upon empirical evidence. Many academic journals, including Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Communication Education, and Communications Teacher provide channels for researchers in the field to publish empirical findings or new teaching methods; likewise allow academics at different levels with pedagogical interests to share their experiences. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator collects teaching materials on journalism and media, while followed by series of this publication now become publishes practical content written by communication preceptors. The comparisons of findings provided with respect to the three selected journals of Communication Education, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, and Communication Teacher will help identify similarities and differences in publication trends of these journals’ literature. All three are characteristically experiencing an even upward trajectory of their yearly article count that attests to the buoyancy of communication education research.
{"title":"A comparative bibliometric analysis of communication education studies across journals: A tri-journal review","authors":"S. Dautova, M. Khvatova, T. Zulfugarzade, Oksana V. Shiryaeva, Zhanna M. Sizova, T. Baklashova","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14598","url":null,"abstract":"This article conducted an in-depth bibliometric analysis of the communication education studies published over a given period in three leading academic journals. It also provides a good reference for future researchers engaged in studying or designing new curricula as well as being able to base decisions made about content issues related to communications education soundly upon empirical evidence. Many academic journals, including Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Communication Education, and Communications Teacher provide channels for researchers in the field to publish empirical findings or new teaching methods; likewise allow academics at different levels with pedagogical interests to share their experiences. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator collects teaching materials on journalism and media, while followed by series of this publication now become publishes practical content written by communication preceptors. The comparisons of findings provided with respect to the three selected journals of Communication Education, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, and Communication Teacher will help identify similarities and differences in publication trends of these journals’ literature. All three are characteristically experiencing an even upward trajectory of their yearly article count that attests to the buoyancy of communication education research.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140998581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The issue of academic support remains a significant area of concern within open distance e-learning (ODeL) institutions. Therefore, this study aims to explore the perceptions and innovations pertaining to academic support, specifically in the academic language and literacy in English module (ENGX). Grounded in the social presence theory, the study investigates the pivotal role of social presence in promoting students’ engagement and academic success in ENGX module. The findings reveal that while lecturers generally hold a positive view of academic support in online higher education institutions, there is room for further enhancement, considering students’ expressed dissatisfaction. The findings also shed light on students’ apprehensions regarding limited engagement, accessibility challenges, and the pressures associated with misusing chat generative pre-trained transformer (ChatGPT). In contrast, lecturers emphasized the significance of fortifying presence and engagement to mitigate issues such as plagiarism. The pedagogical purpose of the paper is to enhance the understanding of academic support within the context of ODeL and explore innovative approaches to improving the educational experience in such a context.
{"title":"Perceptions and innovations of academics in an open distance e-learning institution","authors":"K. Maphoto","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14485","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of academic support remains a significant area of concern within open distance e-learning (ODeL) institutions. Therefore, this study aims to explore the perceptions and innovations pertaining to academic support, specifically in the academic language and literacy in English module (ENGX). Grounded in the social presence theory, the study investigates the pivotal role of social presence in promoting students’ engagement and academic success in ENGX module. The findings reveal that while lecturers generally hold a positive view of academic support in online higher education institutions, there is room for further enhancement, considering students’ expressed dissatisfaction. The findings also shed light on students’ apprehensions regarding limited engagement, accessibility challenges, and the pressures associated with misusing chat generative pre-trained transformer (ChatGPT). In contrast, lecturers emphasized the significance of fortifying presence and engagement to mitigate issues such as plagiarism. The pedagogical purpose of the paper is to enhance the understanding of academic support within the context of ODeL and explore innovative approaches to improving the educational experience in such a context.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140683679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Tejedor, Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez, Mónica Gracia-Villar
The current media ecosystem, marked by immediacy and social networks dynamics, has created a fertile field for disinformation. Faced with its exponential growth, since 2014, research has focused on combating false content in the media. From a descriptive approach, this study has analyzed 200 documents on fact-checking and fake news published between 2014 and 2022 in scientific journals indexed in Scopus. This study has found that Europe and the United States are leading the way in the number of journals and authors publishing on the subject. The United States universities are the ones that host the most significant number of authors working on fact-checking, while the methodologies used, mostly ad hoc due to the novelty of the topic, allow to reflect on the need to promote work focused on the design, testing, and evaluation of prototypes or real experiences within the field. The most common contributions analyzed include typologies of false content and media manipulation mechanisms, models for evaluating and detecting disinformation, proposals to combat false content and strengthen verification mechanisms, studies on the role of social media in the spread of disinformation, efforts to develop media literacy among the public and journalists, case studies of fact-checkers, identification of factors that influence the belief in fake news, and analysis of the relationship between disinformation, verification, politics, and democracy. It is concluded that it is essential to develop research that connects the academy with the industry to raise awareness of the need to address these issues among the different actors in the media scenario.
{"title":"Unveiling the truth: A systematic review of fact-checking and fake news research in social sciences","authors":"S. Tejedor, Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez, Mónica Gracia-Villar","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14455","url":null,"abstract":"The current media ecosystem, marked by immediacy and social networks dynamics, has created a fertile field for disinformation. Faced with its exponential growth, since 2014, research has focused on combating false content in the media. From a descriptive approach, this study has analyzed 200 documents on fact-checking and fake news published between 2014 and 2022 in scientific journals indexed in Scopus. This study has found that Europe and the United States are leading the way in the number of journals and authors publishing on the subject. The United States universities are the ones that host the most significant number of authors working on fact-checking, while the methodologies used, mostly ad hoc due to the novelty of the topic, allow to reflect on the need to promote work focused on the design, testing, and evaluation of prototypes or real experiences within the field. The most common contributions analyzed include typologies of false content and media manipulation mechanisms, models for evaluating and detecting disinformation, proposals to combat false content and strengthen verification mechanisms, studies on the role of social media in the spread of disinformation, efforts to develop media literacy among the public and journalists, case studies of fact-checkers, identification of factors that influence the belief in fake news, and analysis of the relationship between disinformation, verification, politics, and democracy. It is concluded that it is essential to develop research that connects the academy with the industry to raise awareness of the need to address these issues among the different actors in the media scenario.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140718641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francesca Genovese, M. Bolognesi, Angelo Di Iorio, Fabio Vitali
This paper delves into the integration of gamification techniques within the field of linguistics to enhance data collection for academic research purposes. Through an exploration of the Word Ladders mobile application, designed to elicit hierarchical word associations and therefore linguistic data, the study investigates the potential benefits of gamification in terms of data quality, user experience, and motivation in taking part to the research and to the data collection task. The experimental design examines the advantages of a gamified approach compared to traditional research methods (online surveys), through an experimental session followed by a survey (n=189). Results showed that competition between users is a powerful motivator that can be easily integrated in gamified approaches and less so in classic online surveys, driving engagement and potentially enhancing the scalability of data collection while retaining the quality of data collected in classic lab settings. While challenges persist, our research contributes to the understanding of gamification’s impact on data collection, user experience, and motivation, laying the foundation for transformative advancements in the field of language and communication sciences.
{"title":"The advantages of gamification for collecting linguistic data: A case study using Word Ladders","authors":"Francesca Genovese, M. Bolognesi, Angelo Di Iorio, Fabio Vitali","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14443","url":null,"abstract":"This paper delves into the integration of gamification techniques within the field of linguistics to enhance data collection for academic research purposes. Through an exploration of the Word Ladders mobile application, designed to elicit hierarchical word associations and therefore linguistic data, the study investigates the potential benefits of gamification in terms of data quality, user experience, and motivation in taking part to the research and to the data collection task. The experimental design examines the advantages of a gamified approach compared to traditional research methods (online surveys), through an experimental session followed by a survey (n=189). Results showed that competition between users is a powerful motivator that can be easily integrated in gamified approaches and less so in classic online surveys, driving engagement and potentially enhancing the scalability of data collection while retaining the quality of data collected in classic lab settings. While challenges persist, our research contributes to the understanding of gamification’s impact on data collection, user experience, and motivation, laying the foundation for transformative advancements in the field of language and communication sciences.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140745041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article focuses on the analysis of a reel post uploaded on the Basil & Elise (B&E) Goulandris Foundation’s Instagram account on the occasion of the exhibition “Nouveau Réalisme”, presented at the homonymous museum in 2023. It aims to investigate the role and function of communication messages in the digital environment of the post-COVID-19 era and especially in that of social media (SM). The article addresses various parameters related to the wider context of the message production, its role in the Foundation’s communication strategy as well as the influence of the pandemic crisis and its effects on the planning of this strategy as regards the utilization of SM. Moreover, an interpretation of the communication message based on the decoding of its symbolic meaning is proposed through the use of the visual and sociological communication model of Barthes. Finally, the message’s reception by the public is detected. The complexity and polysemy of communicative act, which is revealed through the analysis, indicate both the need for a combined interdisciplinary approach and the crucial importance of considering its variables (the message itself as well as its production and reception contexts) in a holistic manner.
{"title":"The role of social media messages in cultural communication: The case study of an Instagram reel","authors":"Charis Avlonitou, E. Papadaki","doi":"10.30935/ojcmt/14291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/14291","url":null,"abstract":"The article focuses on the analysis of a reel post uploaded on the Basil & Elise (B&E) Goulandris Foundation’s Instagram account on the occasion of the exhibition “Nouveau Réalisme”, presented at the homonymous museum in 2023. It aims to investigate the role and function of communication messages in the digital environment of the post-COVID-19 era and especially in that of social media (SM). The article addresses various parameters related to the wider context of the message production, its role in the Foundation’s communication strategy as well as the influence of the pandemic crisis and its effects on the planning of this strategy as regards the utilization of SM. Moreover, an interpretation of the communication message based on the decoding of its symbolic meaning is proposed through the use of the visual and sociological communication model of Barthes. Finally, the message’s reception by the public is detected. The complexity and polysemy of communicative act, which is revealed through the analysis, indicate both the need for a combined interdisciplinary approach and the crucial importance of considering its variables (the message itself as well as its production and reception contexts) in a holistic manner.","PeriodicalId":42941,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140353192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia Fidalgo, Joan Thormann, Oleksandr Kulyk, José Alberto Lencastre, M. Figueiras
This research focused on gender discrepancies regarding students’ opinions about distance education (DE). Data was gathered from Emirati, Portuguese, and Ukrainian university students through an online survey during the first term of the 2020/21 academic year before the war in Ukraine. A qualitative content analysis was used to understand gender discrepancies among the participants. Results show that greater gender discrepancies occurred in the categories of overall opinions and usefulness of DE. Men found DE more helpful and had a more positive opinion about DE overall. The discrepancies between males and females were smaller in several other categories, such as distractions and time management issues. Interestingly, the comments made by men and women focused on different aspects of these categories.
本研究关注学生对远程教育（DE）看法的性别差异。在乌克兰战争爆发前的 2020/21 学年第一学期，我们通过在线调查收集了阿联酋、葡萄牙和乌克兰大学生的数据。为了解参与者之间的性别差异，我们采用了定性内容分析法。结果显示，在 "对 DE 的总体看法 "和" DE 的实用性 "两个类别中，性别差异较大。男性认为 DE 更有用，对 DE 的总体看法更积极。在其他几个类别中，如分心和时间管理问题，男女之间的差异较小。有趣的是，男性和女性的意见集中在这些类别的不同方面。
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Muhammad Noor Al Adwan, Mohmad El Hajji, Hossam Fayez
This article aims to study professional future anxiety differences among media professionals and its relationship to utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in media institutions in Egypt, France, and United Arab Emirates (UAE); and to know the effect of the intensity of employing AI techniques in various media institutions on the professional future anxiety of the sample. A convenience sample was drawn from the three countries, with a total of 300 media professionals. It included 100 participants from each country, to whom the questionnaire and the professional future anxiety scale were applied. The methodology regarding data collection is quantitative research. Descriptive analysis was used to extract the results. Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA, and simple linear regression analysis to test the research hypotheses. The study revealed that there is a statistically significant direct correlation between the employment of AI techniques in media institutions and professional future anxiety among media professionals in Egypt, France, and UAE. It was also evidenced that there are differences in the degree to which media institutions employ AI technologies in favor of France, while no differences were found in the level of professional future anxiety among media professionals based on the variable of the country. The respondents’ degree of professional future anxiety was moderate. The results also confirmed that media institutions’ extensive employment of AI techniques contributes to effecting professional future anxiety among media professionals participating in the study. The most prominent technologies and applications employed by media institutions and were used by the respondents were techniques for verifying the accuracy of sources, information, and content, and techniques for increasing the efficiency of news coverage and processing, ChatGPT application.
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