Joanne Kuai

<p>I am a third-year doctoral student at the Department of Geography, Media and Communication at Karlstad University, Sweden. My proposed thesis project is on <em>Artificial Intelligence in Chinese Newsrooms</em>. My research interests centre around data and AI for media, computational journalism, and the social implications of automation and algorithms. My supervisors are <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_SUXDf8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en">Micha… Karlsson</a>, <a href="https://scholar.google.se/citations?hl=en&amp;user=D41AaZ8AAAAJ">Elizab… Van Couvering</a>, and John Lynch. Prior to my academic career, I worked as a reporter, editor and news anchor in China.</p>

<p>You can read more about my research topic here: <a href="https://www.kau.se/joanne-kuai">på svenska</a> | <a href="https://www.kau.se/en/joanne-kuai">in English</a></p>

<p>I'm involved in the teaching of the following courses:</p>

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<p>Technical Foundations of Digital Media and Digital Design (<a href="https://www.kau.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/courses/MKGB90">…;);</p>
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<p>Digital Analysis Methods (<a href="https://www.kau.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/courses/MKGB91&q…; rev="en_rl_none">MKGB91</a>);</p>
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<p>Project in Media Analysis (<a href="https://www.kau.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/courses/MKGB94&q…; rev="en_rl_none">MKGB94</a>);</p>
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<p>Media Audiences in the Digital Age (<a href="https://www.kau.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/courses/MKGA91&q…; rev="en_rl_none">MKGA91</a>).</p>
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<p>I am a member of <a href="https://www.kau.se/media/node&quot; rev="en_rl_none">NODE</a>, the Ander Center for Research on News and Opinion in the Digital Era and the <a href="https://www.kau.se/en/geomedia&quot; rev="en_rl_none">Geomedia</a> research group at Karlstad University (KAU), Sweden; I am the Chair of the board of the Graduate Student Association (GSA/<a href="https://www.kau.se/en/research/doctoral-studies/graduate-programs/gradu…; rev="en_rl_none">Doktorandsektionen</a>) at KAU; I am a recipient of the NIAS SUPRA Nordic Scholarship and an affiliated PhD Student at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (<a href="http://nias.asia/&quot; rev="en_rl_none">NIAS</a>); I was invited to be an instructor for <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI/acade…; rev="en_rl_none">JournalismAI Academy</a> hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); I was a fellow in the Ethics of Digitalisation research project at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (<a href="https://www.hiig.de/en/&quot; rev="en_rl_none">HIIG</a>); I acted as the PhD representative in the Expert Panel for Mid Sweden University Assessment of Research; and I am a regular <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profile/5ef1818e-8d9a-4c53-806b-ac178…; rev="en_rl_none">contributor</a> to the Nordic Asia Podcast at the New Books Network.</p>

<p>Joanne Kuai, Bibo Lin, Michael Karlsson &amp; Seth C. Lewis (2022) From Wild East to Forbidden City: Mapping Algorithmic News Distribution in China through a Case Study of Jinri Toutiao, <em>Digital Journalism</em>, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2121932&quot; rev="en_rl_none"><span class="underline">10.1080/21670811.2022.2121932</span></a></p>

<p>Joanne Kuai, Raul Ferrer-Conill &amp; Michael Karlsson&nbsp;(2022)&nbsp;AI ≥ Journalism: How the Chinese Copyright Law Protects Tech Giants’ AI Innovations and Disrupts the Journalistic Institution,&nbsp;<em>Digital Journalism</em>,&nbsp;DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2120032&quot; rev="en_rl_none">10.1080/21670811.2022.2120032</a></p>