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254 Citations
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In recent years, news media has been greatly disrupted by the potential of technologically driven approaches in the creation, production, and distribution of news products and services. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged from the realm of scien...

  • Review
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94 Citations
30,223 Views
13 Pages

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is a technology based on algorithms, models, etc., that creates content such as text, audio, images, videos, and code. GAI is deeply integrated into journalism as tools, platforms and systems. However, GAI&rsq...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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92 Citations
41,282 Views
15 Pages

COVID-19-related online fake news poses a threat to Indian public health. In response, this study seeks to understand the five important features of COVID-19-related social media fake news by analyzing 125 Indian fake news. The analysis produces five...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Media Freedom in the Age of COVID-19)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
88 Citations
44,709 Views
17 Pages

22 October 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) fundamentally changes journalism, yet a comprehensive understanding of its impact is limited. This study presents the first systematic review to thoroughly analyze the influence of AI on journalistic practices, news narra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Challenges of Journalism in the Age of AI: Information Disorders, Social Gaps and New Opportunities)
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78 Citations
37,478 Views
9 Pages

The increasing prevalence of disinformation has led to a growing interest in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) for detecting and combating this phenomenon. This article presents a thematic analysis of the potential benefits of automated disinfo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
  • Review
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60 Citations
25,076 Views
14 Pages

Journalism, more so than other professions, is entangled with technology in a unique and profoundly impactful way. In this context, the technological developments of the past decades have fundamentally impacted the journalistic profession in more way...

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58 Citations
10,434 Views
11 Pages

15 December 2021

The irruption of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated technology has substantially changed the journalistic profession, transforming the way of capturing, processing, generating, and distributing information; empowering the work of journalists...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of Crisis and Opportunity Discourses on Digital Journalism Practice and Research)
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55 Citations
16,112 Views
13 Pages

20 August 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has demonstrated its ability to undertake writing tasks, including automated journalism. Prior studies suggest no differences between human and AI authors regarding perceived message credibility. However, research on peop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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52 Citations
10,340 Views
14 Pages

2 December 2020

This study takes as a starting point the importance and dependence of the media to obtain information about the pandemic. The dependency theory of the media system was developed in the 1970s when mass media were the dominant source of information. To...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Media Freedom in the Age of COVID-19)
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51 Citations
16,923 Views
17 Pages

Examining the Most Relevant Journalism Innovations: A Comparative Analysis of Five European Countries from 2010 to 2020

  • Klaus Meier,
  • Jonas Schützeneder,
  • José Alberto García Avilés,
  • José María Valero-Pastor and ,
  • Andy Kaltenbrunner,
  • Renée Lugschitz,
  • Colin Porlezza,
  • Giulia Ferri,
  • Vinzenz Wyss and
  • Mirco Saner
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18 October 2022

Research on journalism innovation has become increasingly relevant for science and practice. The literature shows a great variety of innovations in a wide range of media fields. However, the question of what the most important innovations in differen...

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48 Citations
34,788 Views
19 Pages

Academic interest in AI in journalism has been growing since 2018. Through a systematic review of the literature from 2014 to 2023, this study discusses the evolution of research in the field and how AI has changed journalism. The aim is to understan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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  • Open Access
44 Citations
17,631 Views
13 Pages

Intersections between TikTok and TV: Channels and Programmes Thinking Outside the Box

  • Jorge Vázquez-Herrero,
  • María-Cruz Negreira-Rey and
  • Ana-Isabel Rodríguez-Vázquez

The rise of the TikTok social network has caused the media to confront the younger generation. The platform, which hosts dances, challenges, and funny short videos, has unique features that force a reinvention of social networking strategies. Televis...

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40 Citations
16,544 Views
15 Pages

Despite the growing interest in data journalism in newsrooms and its more recent emergence as an academic discipline, there is a need for systematic research on the state-of-the-art and current data journalism-related practices in newsrooms. The Glob...

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40 Citations
14,282 Views
11 Pages

With an important presence in various sectors of activity, Artificial Intelligence has also reached journalism, mostly in the field of natural-language processing, in the detection of informational trends or in the automatic production of texts. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Changing Boundaries of Sports Journalism in the Digital Era: Technological Disruption, New Actors and Professional Challenges)
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  • Open Access
39 Citations
16,763 Views
16 Pages

News Values on Instagram: A Comparative Study of International News

  • Ahmed Al-Rawi,
  • Alaa Al-Musalli and
  • Abdelrahman Fakida

This study employs the news values theory and method in the examination of a large dataset of international news retrieved from Instagram. News values theory itself is subjected to critical examination, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. Usin...

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37 Citations
10,103 Views
18 Pages

Media organisations and their newsrooms are not structurally equipped to adapt to the dynamic transformation that is increasingly demanded of them. To change this, ten years ago, growing numbers of media organisations began founding journalism innova...

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36 Citations
24,236 Views
17 Pages

Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s management of COVID-19 media conferences demonstrated a complex negotiation of expressions of ‘kindness’ and political ‘control’ as Ardern sought to unify the national public and implement a nation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Media Freedom in the Age of COVID-19)
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34 Citations
20,655 Views
15 Pages

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Contemporary Journalism Practice in Two African Countries

  • Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey,
  • Tigere Muringa,
  • Samuel Danso and
  • Siphumelele Zondi

Contemporary discussions about the application of artificial intelligence in newsrooms are commonplace because of the unique opportunities it presents for news media. This study investigated the intricate relationship between journalism and AI with t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unravelling the Media’s Role in Technological Innovation and AI's Environmental, Social, and Economic Impacts)
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  • Open Access
33 Citations
14,966 Views
20 Pages

16 October 2021

The dissemination of fake news during the conduct of an electoral campaign can significantly distort the process by which voters form their opinion on candidates and decide their vote. Cases of disinformation have been happening since the rise of soc...

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31 Citations
8,831 Views
27 Pages

27 September 2021

The practice of collaboration in journalism is not new. The developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) are understood by many scholars as the critical factor for collaborative journalism to flourish across newsrooms. By working...

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31 Citations
12,721 Views
18 Pages

The aim of this text is to analyze the future of immersive journalism from the perspective of experts now, in a moment when the initial experimental stage seems to have passed given the smaller number of pieces being today produced by leading media....

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31 Citations
15,363 Views
18 Pages

28 September 2022

TikTok is consolidating its place in the social media landscape. During the first three months of the COVID-19, it was the most downloaded app worldwide, and it gained 500,000 new users in Portugal. Our study sets out to map the practices of Portugue...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends on Youth Identity Construction in Digital Media)
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29 Citations
6,436 Views
18 Pages

The Coronavirus pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption and fear for countries and peoples around the globe. It has spread in a seemingly unstoppable manner, which has created a global crisis in terms of strategies to mitigate its effects, and...

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29 Citations
9,756 Views
19 Pages

Twitter is a major tool for communication during emergencies and disasters. This study aimed to investigate Twitter use during natural hazards and pandemics. The included studies reported the role of Twitter in disasters triggered by natural hazards....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Media Freedom in the Age of COVID-19)
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29 Citations
11,334 Views
15 Pages

Negative, tragic, traumatic and suffering representations continue to dominate the discussions and content on social media in the stories and content related to Syrian refugees. The public, while browsing social media, finds that this representation...

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27 Citations
19,039 Views
19 Pages

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how news is produced, curated, and consumed, challenging traditional gatekeeping theories rooted in human editorial control. We develop a robust theoretical framework to reconceptualize gatekeeping in the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Technologies in Communication: Best Practices and Theoretical Frameworks for Professional Success)
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27 Citations
36,499 Views
16 Pages

The Hamas surprise attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, and the Israeli military response unleashed a catastrophic episode of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and exacerbated broader tensions in the region. This study compares Al Jazeer...

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26 Citations
33,721 Views
8 Pages

Rethinking Sports Journalism

  • José Luis Rojas-Torrijos and
  • Daniel Nölleke

In current digital media landscapes, sports journalism has lost its status as the undisputed playmaker in delivering sports-related information to audiences [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Changing Boundaries of Sports Journalism in the Digital Era: Technological Disruption, New Actors and Professional Challenges)
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24 Citations
9,650 Views
17 Pages

Despite several studies showing discrepancies between audience expectations of journalism and journalists’ professional norms, what remains largely unknown is the audience view on the adherence of journalism to these seemingly essential professional...

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24 Citations
12,001 Views
22 Pages

Generative AI and Media Content Creation: Investigating the Factors Shaping User Acceptance in the Arab Gulf States

  • Mahmoud Sayed Mohamed Ali,
  • Khaled Zaki AbuElkhair Wasel and
  • Amr Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelhamid

6 November 2024

This article aims to investigate the factors that affect behavioural intention (BI) and user behaviour (UB) among Arabian users of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications in the context of media content creation. The study’s the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,114 Views
27 Pages

This study investigates the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into undergraduate and graduate curricula in journalism and new media programs in Türkiye, offering a systematic analysis of course structures and content. Utilizing a quali...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Challenges of Journalism in the Age of AI: Information Disorders, Social Gaps and New Opportunities)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
16,165 Views
15 Pages

More and more university students in China are opting to access, share, and comment on political issues via social media as a result of the rapid expansion of Internet technology. In the western part of China, you can find Western universities. Unive...

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23 Citations
12,387 Views
20 Pages

21 August 2024

This study examines the relationships between strategic communication, personalized media content, AI, and consumer service efficiency in social marketing companies in Saudi Arabia. The study used a cluster sampling technique with a quantitative rese...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,507 Views
21 Pages

Reviews of research have provided insights into the digital media production practices of youth in and out of school. Although such practices hold promise for the language and literacy education of refugee-background youth, no review has yet integrat...

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22 Citations
13,267 Views
20 Pages

11 September 2023

AI has become increasingly relevant to the media sector, especially for news media companies considering the integration of this technology into their production processes. While the application of AI promises productivity gains, the impact on consum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
26,489 Views
18 Pages

Research on Health Topics Communicated through TikTok: A Systematic Review of the Literature

  • Emily A. Sattora,
  • Brian C. Ganeles,
  • Morgan E. Pierce and
  • Roger Wong

21 September 2024

TikTok has more than 1.5 billion users globally. Health and wellness content on the application increased by more than 600% in 2021. This systematic review seeks to summarize which fields within medicine have embraced researching health communication...

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21 Citations
6,796 Views
15 Pages

Artificial Intelligence in Slow Journalism: Journalists’ Uses, Perceptions, and Attitudes

  • Iban Albizu-Rivas,
  • Sonia Parratt-Fernández and
  • Montse Mera-Fernández

4 December 2024

Through long-form, creative, high-quality stories, slow journalism seeks to counteract the effects of speed and immediacy in news production and consumption primarily driven by technological advancements. The advantages of artificial intelligence (AI...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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21 Citations
8,591 Views
12 Pages

Bibliometric and Content Analysis of the Scientific Work on Artificial Intelligence in Journalism

  • Alem Febri Sonni,
  • Vinanda Cinta Cendekia Putri and
  • Irwanto Irwanto

This paper presents a comprehensive bibliometric review of the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism based on the analysis of 331 articles indexed in the Scopus database between 2019 and 2023. This research combines bibliometric a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
18,840 Views
11 Pages

10 December 2021

While a sizable body of literature suggests that repeated exposure to images of suffering may provoke compassion fatigue and news avoidance in audiences, this paper examines whether a different kind of representation can allow viewers to connect with...

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20 Citations
13,512 Views
17 Pages

This article investigates the historical uses and types of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and resources in Brazilian journalistic products. It is a work anchored in critically analyzing the literature on the subject, mapping and observing cases...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Journalism, Media, and Artificial Intelligence: Let Us Define the Journey)
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19 Citations
9,673 Views
12 Pages

12 October 2021

User commentary in digital journalism is commonly understood as a form of public user engagement and participation, a stance that reframes news organizations’ role as discussion curators as necessarily consequential. Yet, in recent years many news or...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Beyond Fake News and Fact-Checking: The Political, Social and Technological Consequences of the Battle against Misinformation and Disinformation)
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19 Citations
19,695 Views
23 Pages

Fake news and misinformation are a menace to the public sphere, democracy, and society with sometimes irreversible consequences. Journalists in the new era seem not to be able or willing to play their traditional role of gatekeeper and social media h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Beyond Fake News and Fact-Checking: The Political, Social and Technological Consequences of the Battle against Misinformation and Disinformation)
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19 Citations
10,834 Views
28 Pages

This study analyses the emotional communication strategies employed by far-right party leaders on TikTok during the 2024 European elections, focusing on their appeal to voters. Combining quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 472 videos fro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges for the European Union from the Perspective of Journalism, Political Communication and Digital Platforms)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
58,429 Views
13 Pages

As global attention to mental health issues increases, its media portrayal becomes increasingly important. This literature review explores the representation of mental health in the media. The study found that the media plays a key role in shaping th...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
13,313 Views
15 Pages

Communication in the Digital Age: The Impact of Communication Skills and Cultural Restraint on the Use of Social Media Platforms in the Case of Jordan

  • Rania Abdel-Qader Abdallah,
  • Islam Habis Mohammad Hatamleh,
  • Yousef Sami Nemer Abu Eid and
  • Mohammad Mahroum

30 August 2024

The rapid proliferation of social media platforms has fundamentally transformed communication dynamics globally. This study investigates the impact of communication skills on social media usage, emphasizing the moderating role of cultural restraint w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Intercultural Communication in Multicultural or Culturally Diverse Societies)
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19 Citations
8,729 Views
17 Pages

10 October 2022

During crises, journalists rely on emotional appeals to alert the public. This includes fear appeals, i.e., journalistic depictions of threats and measures against them. Focusing on the coronavirus crisis, this study analyzes the prevalence of fear a...

(This article belongs to the Collection Role of Media and Journalism during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,647 Views
17 Pages

1 September 2022

In a contemporary era, strongly characterized by digital omnipresence, celebrities share, via their social media accounts, experiences related to parenthood or, in other words, adopt sharenting practices. This article focuses on the visual and textua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends on Youth Identity Construction in Digital Media)
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19 Citations
19,173 Views
18 Pages

Social media platforms such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) set their core aim as bringing people and communities closer together. Yet, they resemble a digital communicative battleground in which hate speech is increasingly present. Hate speech...

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