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Getting ready for Day 2 of our virtual conference Automation and data-driven journalism beyond the Western world: Actors, practices and socio-political impact. Yesterday's presentations and discussions were so insightful and inspiring, looking forward to the continuation!
And we're off! Rahul Dass and Bhavneet Singh Aurora examine AI in Indian media, characterising AI integration as a 'leap of faith' and drawing attention to challenges in properly representing Indian pronunciation and different dialects
The introduction of AI in Arab newsrooms was spurred on by the need to deal with disinformation and support verification procedures, especially in engaging with social media sources, Ahmed El Gody explains
Shifting focus to China, @JoanneKuai shows AI is particularly pervasive in the lucrative market of 'content risk management', complementing human moderators
Françoise Daucé and @bloveluck discuss controversies around Russian news aggregator Yandex News. This paper was recently published in First Monday https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/11708
Shifting attention to how public-private partnerships on the infrastructural level can be used to affect Russian media's visibility, Liudmila Sivetc and @Marielle_W_ warn that lack of legal frameworks and transparency requirements make them vulnerable to political misuse
Through a computational analysis of Russian media’s push notifications content, @KBryanov shows their role in shaping the news agenda in Russia
Up next is a panel organised by Moscow State University on AI-driven technologies in the Russian media industry
In the first paper of the panel, Maria Lukina introduces the research project and outlines the larger picture of actors and solutions involved in AI in Russian media
@my_di_vision explains how Russian newsrooms use AI and how it affects the production of media content, highlighting limited uptake and differences between news agencies and news media
How are AI-driven technologies perceived by Russian experts and general public? Sergei Davydov finds a high level of support among experts for government regulation of AI, while general public similarly feels government should invest in, stimulate and support developments in AI
Adopting a more technical approach, Andrei Zamkov shows how complexity growth may affect the innovation-diffusion process
Concluding panel starts with @trustmatsilele and Wallace Chuma on the introduction of AI in news rooms in South Africa, outlining a move towards personalisation of news (but challenges in skills and costs are an impediment)
What are the obstacles in the uptake of automated decision-making technologies in Latin America media outlets? In a comparative study, Silvia Montaña-Niño and Víctor García-Perdomo stress restricted and politicised data access, lack of public discussion on dominance of Big Tech
@abkothari and @sacruikshank sketch the challenges and opportunities for African newsrooms, formulating a research agenda and suggestions for adapting theoretical frameworks to the African context
Finally: Dipannita Das and Upadhyay Kumar Ashwani examine how smart technologies are embraced in Indian newsrooms, finding e.g. how the pandemic shifts the balance from print to digital media
