Automated Journalism and the Freedom of Media: Understanding Legal and Ethical Implications in Competitive Authoritarian Regime

Jamil, Sadia

doi:10.1080/17512786.2021.1981148

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“…We need to tell them how to safely use automation and AI-enabled tools. (Interviewee number 5) Digital risks and surveillance are common problems for the Pakistani journalists across the country (Jamil, 2021a(Jamil, , 2021b. This study suggests that the Pakistani journalists fear about digital risks, as well as they are reluctant to use automation tools and AI-enabled software viewing as posing more digital risks to them.…”

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Stepping Towards Technological Innovation in Journalism: Barriers for the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Developing Newsrooms

Jamil¹

2022

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The impacts of digital technology on news media industry manifest itself in different parts of the world. Many big media organizations, in developed Western countries, are now using AI technology and automation in their newsrooms. This is somehow not the case in developing countries that confront multi-facet challenges to embrace AI-related technological advancements in their news ecologies. This study specifically focuses on the case of Pakistan’s mainstream news media. Despite economic and technological constraints, the country’s news media is considered as vibrant and vocal within South Asia with massive expansion in the past fifteen years. Nevertheless, it is still in nascent stage in terms of technological advancements in news media industry. Therefore, using diffusion of innovation theory, this study aims to address issues in the adoption of AI technology and automation by Pakistan’s mainstream news media. To achieve this aim, this study employs the qualitative method of in-depth interviews. Findings suggests that the adoption of AI technology and automation is not without potential challenges at various stages of the diffusion of technological innovation. The Pakistani journalists from the Urdu language’s newspapers, regardless of their age and gender, are substantially resistant to accept technological innovations as compared to their colleagues from television news channels and English-language’s newspapers. This study highlights that the Pakistani journalists’ lack of awareness and their limited interest into AI-driven transformations underpin their resistance and fear to adopt technological innovations in routine practice. Interviewed journalists, regardless of their gender and age, express their concern that the use of automated journalistic tools can result in job redundancy in local news media ecology. This study highlights other obstacles too for the adoption of AI-driven journalistic practice in Pakistan’s mainstream news media including: economic and technological constraints, a lack of journalists’ training and an absence of government’s strategies and policies to deploy AI technology in news media industry like other sectors in Pakistan, and the country’s existing digital divide.

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Stepping Towards Technological Innovation in Journalism: Barriers for the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Developing Newsrooms

Jamil¹

2022

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“…The internet's services underpin and burgeon the current online affairs media reports. The new internet is the new journalism sector in Pakistan and also rivals the traffic for mainstreaming online versions (Jamil, 2021). Half of the population of Pakistan under 25 years old are not interested in watching the bulletins and current affairs of the country, TV and newspapers (Ul Aftab et al, 2021).…”

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Constructive Journalism Approaches and Practices in Pakistani Urdu Print Media

Awan,

Ali

2024

Jour. Pol. Soc.

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The aims of the research and the results of the hypothesis about constructive journalism serve as the foundation for this section, which is based on a comparison of two reputable newspapers. The study design obtained secondary data by evaluating the stories of Jang and Express and applied a categorization scheme to operationalize constructive journalism frameworks and government development projects. Using this data cross-tabulation, descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses were applied through SPSS. The research shows that Jang is paying more attention to crucial issues in comparison with Express newspaper. Both of these newspapers show features of constructive journalism which include public-oriented, solution-oriented, future-oriented, and action-oriented stories. According to the statistical analyses presented in the previous chapter, it can be observed that both newspapers provide public-focused, solution-oriented, future-oriented, and action-oriented journalism. The main benefit of this study is to highlight the fact that understanding newspapers’ reporting orientation and/or the absence of helpful journalism frameworks is critical to shaping public opinion and perception in Pakistan because the majority of the population uses Urdu news for information.

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“…There are also some rules journalists need to follow when using AI (Jamil, 2023). These rules would help make sure AI is used fairly and accurately.…”

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Hard and Soft Skills Revisited: Journalism Education at the Dawn of Artificial Intelligence

Dinçer

2024

Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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This study examines the evolving landscape of journalism in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration and its implications for journalism education. The purpose of this article is to investigate how AI is redefining both the hard and soft skills required by journalists, necessitating an updated educational curriculum that balances technical skills with foundational journalistic values, employing a comprehensive literature review as its methodology. The importance of this research lies in its potential to guide educational institutions in preparing journalists to navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by AI in news production effectively. As AI transforms journalism by automating tasks and enhancing data analysis, it requires journalists to develop a new skill set that includes advanced data journalism capabilities and maintains the core journalistic values of ethical discernment, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence. This article advocates for a multidisciplinary curriculum that not only equips journalists with AI technical knowledge but also emphasizes ethical judgment and creativity. It concludes with a call for collaboration among educators, technologists, and industry practitioners to forge an educational environment that prepares journalists for an AI-enhanced media landscape.

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Automated Journalism and the Freedom of Media: Understanding Legal and Ethical Implications in Competitive Authoritarian Regime

Cited by 18 publications

References 43 publications

Stepping Towards Technological Innovation in Journalism: Barriers for the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Developing Newsrooms

Stepping Towards Technological Innovation in Journalism: Barriers for the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Developing Newsrooms

Constructive Journalism Approaches and Practices in Pakistani Urdu Print Media

Hard and Soft Skills Revisited: Journalism Education at the Dawn of Artificial Intelligence

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