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Disinformation and Artificial Intelligence: the Case of Online Journalism in China

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Abstract

AI has been identified as a factor that can amplify disinformation, which is information similar in appearance, but created and distributed with a malicious intent. Despite its potential negative effects, AI is transforming the media landscape along with other technologies. This article explores the relationship between AI and disinformation in the context of Chinese online journalism. The Chinese cybersphere can be explained through opposing definitions. For example, China is a country where mass media, especially news media, is under government surveillance, and where there is no polarized media, unlike Western democracies. After conducting a systematic literature review on the relationship between AI, journalism, and disinformation in China, gaps detected in the literature include the self-regulated initiatives performed by AI within media outlets, the impact of AI on specialized journalism, the assessment of texts produced by AI, and the effects of echo chamber campaigns and products among the Chinese population.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
 Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 621-637 (17 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico (Volume 29, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 2023

Publication status

Published - 2023

ISSN

1134-1629

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  • ORCID: /0000-0001-6962-9059/work/148565298
  • Scopus: 85182157031

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This article has been co-financed by the research project “App-Andalus,” with reference number EMC21_00240, funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation, Government of Andalusia (Spain), thanks to the Emergia Program. Universidad de Málaga (España) / Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University (China) E-mail: [email protected] The University of Nottingham, Ningbo (China) E-mail: [email protected] Universidad de Monterrey (México) E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Daniel Barredo Ibáñez is a Researcher at the University of Malaga (Spain), thanks to the Emergia Program funded by the Ministry of University, Research and Innovation of the Andalusian Government. His interdisciplinary work explores three lines of research: studies on public opinion, technology and media, studies around violence against journalists or vulnerable groups, and international studies in comparative key. He holds a PhD in Journalism from the University of Malaga since 2013, as well as a master’s and an expert in Communication and a degree in Hispanic Philology and Audiovisual Communication from the University of Granada. Since 2020 he is an Invited Researcher at the Fudan Development Institute of Fudan University (China). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-0756 Dr. Sadia Jamil is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Communications, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. She earned a PhD in Journalism (University of Queensland, Australia), a Master of Science in Media Management (University of Stirling, Scotland), and a M.A. in Mass Communication (University of Karachi). She has taught courses at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi and in the past, at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is currently doing research on Artificial Intelligence in News Media Industry, Sustainability Education and Sustainable Development. ORCID: https:// orcid.org/0000-0003-0524-7355 Dr. Daniel Javier de la Garza Montemayor has a PhD in Social Science from the University Pablo de Olvide in Spain. He is also PhD in Philosophy with an orientation in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL). He also has a Law Degree and a Master in Business and Technological Innovation from ITESM, obtaining in this last degree an additional degree in Master of Science in Management from Babson College. He currently works as a full-time Professor at the University of Monterrey (Mexico). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6962-9059
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General Secretariat for Research and Innovation, Government of Andalusia
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Ministry of University, Research and Innovation of the Andalusian Government
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