Tomas Dodds – författare

The story of journalism has been one of acceleration, marked by increasing expectations to do more with less — to produce more news, participate on more platforms, and reach more diverse audiences. The rise of AI offers a constitutive moment, perhaps even a 'breaking point', for journalism: a junction where journalists are confronting existential questions about their roles, routines, and relationships. AI is transforming how we create, access, and make sense of information, and challenging journalism's longstanding authority. What is happening, why, and with what consequences?This book critically examines what AI means for journalists, audiences, and the future of news. Exploring questions about human labor and creativity, platform power and democratic accountability, and literacy and learning, the book grapples with existential concerns about the roles of humans and machines in media production, distribution, and consumption. In doing so, the authors explore how this transformative moment also offers an opportunity to break away from tired routines, re-evaluate what it means to do good work, and harness this emerging technology in ways that serve the public good.Written for students, media professionals, and anyone interested in journalism, this book makes the case for why this moment is uniquely significant for understanding journalism and public life.

The story of journalism has been one of acceleration, marked by increasing expectations to do more with less — to produce more news, participate on more platforms, and reach more diverse audiences. The rise of AI offers a constitutive moment, perhaps even a 'breaking point', for journalism: a junction where journalists are confronting existential questions about their roles, routines, and relationships. AI is transforming how we create, access, and make sense of information, and challenging journalism's longstanding authority. What is happening, why, and with what consequences?This book critically examines what AI means for journalists, audiences, and the future of news. Exploring questions about human labor and creativity, platform power and democratic accountability, and literacy and learning, the book grapples with existential concerns about the roles of humans and machines in media production, distribution, and consumption. In doing so, the authors explore how this transformative moment also offers an opportunity to break away from tired routines, re-evaluate what it means to do good work, and harness this emerging technology in ways that serve the public good.Written for students, media professionals, and anyone interested in journalism, this book makes the case for why this moment is uniquely significant for understanding journalism and public life.

This volume explores the rise of immersive technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and 360 videos in the newsroom and how they affect newsmaking for journalists, news sources, and audiences. As these technologies offer journalists new and exciting opportunities to connect more deeply, emotionally, and presently with their audience, they also introduce unique ethical and practical questions concerning the collection and use of biometric, sensory, and metadata. Contributors analyze this shift from passive consumption to active engagement in order to investigate the positive and negative impacts that immersive technologies can have on journalistic norms, professional ethics, audience engagement, and data protection. Ultimately, this volume highlights both the potential for these technologies to redefine the relationship between news producers and consumers and the potential challenges their integration may pose. Scholars of journalism, communication, science & technology studies, and digital media will find this book particularly useful.

Lo que hoy entendemos por inteligencia artificial está asociado a la planificación, la comprensión del lenguaje, el reconocimiento de objetos y sonidos, la resolución de problemas. Se trata de nuevos algoritmos que conducirían al aprendizaje acumulativo, emulando de esta manera el aprendizaje a través de la experiencia. En la última década hemos sido testigos del rápido progreso de la inteligencia artificial en diversos campos determinantes del quehacer humano. Tal como ocurre con cualquier tecnología, la IA viene acompañada de enormes desafíos y potenciales riesgos para la sociedad, por lo que es imperioso contar con conocimiento relevante que promueva el accionar para reducir o evitar los posibles efectos negativos. Numerosas iniciativas a nivel global dan cuenta de los esfuerzos por establecer formas de gobernanza de la IA para reducir sus potenciales impactos negativos y fortalecer los beneficios que puede brindar a la sociedad en campos como el futuro del trabajo, los sistemas de transporte autónomos, la salud, la educación, las finanzas, el comercio, entre otros. Sin duda son muchas las oportunidades que estas tecnologías pueden ofrecer, pero sabemos que existe un riesgo real de que, sin una intervención cuidadosa, la IA pueda exacerbar los desequilibrios estructurales, económicos, sociales y políticos, y reforzar aún más las desigualdades basadas en diferentes variables demográficas (incluyendo etnicidad, raza, género, identidad sexual y de género, religión, nacionalidad, edad y nivel educativo o socioeconómico) y así impactar negativamente las vidas de muchos jóvenes en el mundo, y en el caso particular que nos ocupa, de la juventud latinoamericana. Es por esto también que los estudios en la región adquieren suma relevancia, ya que estas tecnologías son creadas principalmente en países como Estados Unidos y China, lo que extiende las brechas no sólo en lo referente al acceso, sino en cómo estos sistemas están siendo diseñados, pensados y su consecuente impacto.