Tech Giants, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Journalism

List of contents

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

About the author

Jason Whittaker is Head of the School of English and Journalism at the University of Lincoln. He worked for fifteen years as a tech journalist and has written extensively on magazine journalism and digital media, most recently as co-editor of the collection Online Journalism in Africa (2013) and as the author of Magazine Production (2016).

Summary

This book examines the impact of the so-called Big Five technology companies – Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft – on the media landscape more generally and journalism in particular. It considers the impact of social media and AI on such things as fake news in the post-truth age.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Whittaker, Jason Paul Whittaker
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367661090
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66109-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Research in Journalism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General