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0000-0002-4238-0801
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Queensland University of Technology
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University of Melbourne
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Publisher: University of Illinois Libraries
Date: 15-09-2021
DOI: 10.5210/SPIR.V2021I0.12089
Abstract: Encompassed by the disputed term ‘fake news’, a variety of overtly or covertly biased, skewed, or falsified reports claiming to present factual information are now seen to constitute a critical challenge to the effective dissemination of news and information across established and emerging democratic societies. Such content – variously also classifiable as propaganda, selective reporting, conspiracy theory, inadvertent misinformation, and deliberate disinformation – in itself is not new however, contemporary digital and social media networks enable its global dissemination and lification, by human and algorithmic actors (Woolley & Howard 2017), ordinary users and professional agents, outside of, in opposition to, or sometimes also in collusion with, the mainstream media (Shao et al. 2017 Vargo et al. 2017). Various political, commercial, and state actors are suspected to have exploited this ‘fake news’ ecosystem to influence public opinion, in major votes ranging from the Brexit referendum to national elections, and/or to utilise discourse around ‘fake news’ to generally undermine trust in media, political, and state institutions. This panel brings together a number of perspectives that combine systematic, large-scale, mixed-methods analysis of the empirical evidence for the global dissemination of, engagement with, and visibility of problematic information in public debate with the study of the public discourse about ‘fake news’, and the operationalisation of this concept by politicians and other societal actors to downplay inconvenient facts or reject critical questions. In combination, its five papers present a substantive collection of innovative approaches to the ‘fake news’ concept, exploring the dissemination of problematic information itself at larger and smaller scales as well as examining the operationalisation of the idea of ‘fake news’ in pursuit of specific ideological aims. This produces a new and more comprehensive picture of the overall impact of ‘fake news’, in all its forms, on contemporary societies.
Publisher: Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Date: 14-06-2023
DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1711
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-07-2021
Publisher: University of Illinois Libraries
Date: 30-03-2022
DOI: 10.5210/SPIR.V2022I0.13056
Abstract: The panorama of editorial automation is moving at a fast clip in many organisations around the world. However, the transition towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies as supporting processes go at their own pace in other contexts beyond the US and Europe and cast doubts about their implementation. This article examines perceived ideas and problems about automation in Australian newsrooms. It investigates to what extent news professionals have undertaken the adoption of different automated tools in their work and the limits of using these technologies. This study stems from a broader research question focused on studying the evolution of automated decision-making systems (ADMS) in journalism in Australia and beyond. Preliminary findings suggest there is no singular approach to automation and there are contrasting views between those who believe ADMS will have a greater impact on the work and others who argue "AI will not replace human journalists in the near future". The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated interest in alternative automation processes.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-12-2022
Publisher: Intellect
Date: 06-2020
DOI: 10.1386/AJR_00029_5
Abstract: Review of: Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media , Nicholas Diakopoulos (2019) Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 336 pp., ISBN 978-0-67497-698-6, h/bk, $29.95
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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