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Without journalists, there is no journalism: the social dimension of generative artificial intelligence in the media

arXiv:2608.17017CYAI17 aug 20261 min read82 citationsHN ×4PDF

A review of 223 studies finds AI in newsrooms must serve journalists and readers, not replace them.

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Studies in final review sample

Two decades of research on AI in media

How it works

  1. AI enters newsrooms

    Generative tools like ChatGPT now write news, raising questions about jobs, platform dependence and reader trust.

  2. Review two decades

    Searched Web of Science, Scopus, Dialnet and Google Scholar from 2000, favoring empirical studies on media, journalists and audiences.

  3. Mixed but human-centered

    Readers rate automated text about as credible, but find human writing more enjoyable. Journalists favor collaboration over replacement.

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