Abstract
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 by modifying the routines and knowledge required by information professionals. This study, which conceptualizes the “exo journalism” on the basis of the impact of AI on the journalism industry, is part of a research project of the Observatory for Information Innovation in the Digital Society (OI2). The results, derived from documentary research supported by case studies and in-depth interviews, propose that AI is a source of innovation and personalization of journalistic content and that it can contribute to the improvement of professional practice, allowing the emergence of a kind of "exo journalist", a conceptual proposal that connects the possibilities of AI with the needs of journalism’s own productive routines. The end result is the enhancement of the journalist’s skills and the improvement of the news product. The research focuses on conceptualizing a kind of support and complement for journalists in the performance of their tasks based on the possibilities of AI in the automatic generation of content and data verification.
Highlights
Ainara Larrondo-Ureta andThe arrival of artificial intelligence in the news industry is creating a new technological media ecology, in which the journalistic profession is undergoing one of its most radical changes
The analysis model developed by Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) and the Gabinete de Comunicación y Educación, a research group of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, designed to systematize and structure the study on the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in each of the phases of news production, has made it possible to observe pragmatically how the most active media have already introduced some of the numerous tools offered by this technology
The documentary study, developed throughout the Oi2 project, as well as the in-depth interviews and case studies carried out, lead to the conclusion that the grouping of this set of tools with other existing tools would make it possible to configure a kind of support and complement for the journalist in carrying out his or her tasks. This "layer" or support could be explained by the concept of “exo journalist”
Summary
Ainara Larrondo-Ureta andThe arrival of artificial intelligence in the news industry is creating a new technological media ecology, in which the journalistic profession is undergoing one of its most radical changes. The new narratives in the digital society are generating a reflection on the supports, formats, and evolution of these technologies (Tejedor-Calvo et al 2020). In this context, AI is being considered as the new vector of technological evolution in the media sector. AI is being considered as the new vector of technological evolution in the media sector In this context, the importance of this research, which during these last years has studied the main projects and consulted different professional profiles such as journalists, researchers, and experts in artificial intelligence, to propose the “exo journalist” model as a proposal derived from the analysis of the challenges, transformations, and solutions that. The concept of “exo journalism” goes beyond automation, it seeks to empower the journalist, improving his or her work to limits that had not been achieved so far
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