Tech giants, artificial intelligence, and the future of journalism /
Whittaker, Jason, 1969-
Tech giants, artificial intelligence, and the future of journalism / Jason Paul Whittaker. - 1st. - 1 online resource. - Routledge research in journalism .
Introduction: Automatic for the People -- Chapter 1: The New Ecology -- Chapter 2: Distribute and Be Damned -- Chapter 3: Zombie Media: Alt-Journalism, Fake News and Robot Editors -- Chapter 4: Turing's Test: Automated Journalism and the Rise of the Posthuman Writer -- Chapter 5: Citizens: The Voice of the People in the Age of Machines -- Conclusion: The Future of Journalism -- Selected Bibliography.
This book examines the impact of the "Big Five" technology companies - Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft - on journalism and the media industries. It looks at the current role of algorithms and artificial intelligence in curating how we consume media and their increasing influence on the production of the news. Exploring the changes that the technology industry and automation have made in the past decade to the production, distribution and consumption of news globally, the book considers what happens to journalism once it is produced and enters the media ecosystems of the internet tech giants - and the impact of social media and AI on such things as fake news in the post-truth age.
9781351013734 1351013734 9781351013741 1351013742 9781351013727 1351013726 9781351013758 1351013750 9781138499973 1138499978
10.4324/9781351013758 doi
Online journalism.
Mass media.
High technology industries.
Press & journalism
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications Industries
PN4784.O62
302.23
Tech giants, artificial intelligence, and the future of journalism / Jason Paul Whittaker. - 1st. - 1 online resource. - Routledge research in journalism .
Introduction: Automatic for the People -- Chapter 1: The New Ecology -- Chapter 2: Distribute and Be Damned -- Chapter 3: Zombie Media: Alt-Journalism, Fake News and Robot Editors -- Chapter 4: Turing's Test: Automated Journalism and the Rise of the Posthuman Writer -- Chapter 5: Citizens: The Voice of the People in the Age of Machines -- Conclusion: The Future of Journalism -- Selected Bibliography.
This book examines the impact of the "Big Five" technology companies - Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft - on journalism and the media industries. It looks at the current role of algorithms and artificial intelligence in curating how we consume media and their increasing influence on the production of the news. Exploring the changes that the technology industry and automation have made in the past decade to the production, distribution and consumption of news globally, the book considers what happens to journalism once it is produced and enters the media ecosystems of the internet tech giants - and the impact of social media and AI on such things as fake news in the post-truth age.
9781351013734 1351013734 9781351013741 1351013742 9781351013727 1351013726 9781351013758 1351013750 9781138499973 1138499978
10.4324/9781351013758 doi
Online journalism.
Mass media.
High technology industries.
Press & journalism
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications Industries
PN4784.O62
302.23