Disputation i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

Joanne Kuai försvarar sin doktorsavhandling i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap "AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age".

Doktorsavhandling Joanne Kuai 2025:21

Nedan följer en kort beskrivning av innehållet (ur baksidestexten):

AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age explores global power shifts and institutional struggles arising from AI’s integration into news production and distribution, with a focus on China and comparative insights from the US and EU. Bridging journalism studies, science and technology studies (STS), political economy, and legal analysis, this dissertation examines how AI is embedded in journalistic practices, media governance, and legal frameworks across divergent political systems. Adopting a critical political economy perspective, the work investigates how AI reconfigures power dynamics between media actors, tech firms, and the state. Focusing on journalism labour, media texts, platformisation, and copyright regimes, it analyses the adaptation of journalists to AI tools and the global race to govern generative technologies. This study provides a multi-level critique of journalism’s reinstitutionalisation under algorithmic conditions, shedding light on its implications for editorial autonomy, democratic values, and public accountability. It provides critical insights for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to understand the intersections of media, technology, and power in the algorithmic age.

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Medverkande

• Mike Ananny, opponent, docent, University of Southern California
• Marina Svensson, betygsnämnd, professor, Lunds universitet
• Anne Kaun, betygsnämnd, professor, Södertörns högskola
• Andreas Öjehag, betygsnämnd, docent, Karlstads universitet
   

Upplysningar

• Åsa Nilsson
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