Exploring Artificial Intelligence Implications for Journalism and Mass Communication Education

Lukasz Swiatek, Marina Vujnovic, Chris Galloway, and Dean Kruckeberg

Exploring Artificial Intelligence Implications for Journalism and Mass Communication Education

New York - Berlin - Bruxelles - Chennai - Lausanne - Oxford

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Swiatek, Lukasz, author. | Vujnovic, Marina, author. | Galloway, Chris, author. | Kruckeberg, Dean, author.

Title: Exploring artificial intelligence implications for journalism and mass communication education / Lukasz Swiatek, Marina Vujnovic, Chris Galloway and Dean Kruckeberg.

Description: New York : Peter Lang, 2025. | Series: AEJMC. Peter Lang scholarsourcing series, 2373–6976 ; volume 10 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024058433 (print) | LCCN 2024058434 (ebook) | ISBN 9781636671949 (paperback) | ISBN 9783034356398 (hardback) | ISBN 9781636671925 (ebook) | ISBN 9781636671932 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Journalism–Study and teaching. | Mass media–Study and teaching. | Artificial intelligence–Educational applications.

Classification: LCC PN4785 .S95 2025 (print) | LCC PN4785 (ebook) | DDC 070.4078/563–dc23/eng/20241223

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024058433

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024058434

DOI 10.3726/b22567

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ISSN 2373-6976 (print)

ISBN 9781636671949 (paperback)

ISBN 9783034356398 (hardback)

ISBN 9781636671925 (ebook)

ISBN 9781636671932 (epub)

DOI 10.3726/b22567

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About the authors

Lukasz Swiatek, Ph.D., FHERDSA, lectures in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Kensington, Sydney (Australia). He mainly undertakes research in communication and media studies, higher education and cultural studies.

Marina Vujnovic, Ph.D., APR, is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey (USA). Her work explores intersections between journalism and public relations, looking at issues of participation, activism, transparency and ethics.

Chris Galloway, Ph.D., APR, is an honorary research associate of Massey University. He has taught a range of areas (crisis communication, professional writing, reputation management) in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Indonesia and Pakistan. His research covers crisis communication, reputation management, AI, and its communication-related impacts.

Dean Kruckeberg, Ph.D., APR, FPRSA, is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (USA). He is the author and co-author of many books, book chapters and journal articles about public relations, focusing on ethics and global public relations.

About the book

AI is growing rapidly around the world and has already changed many aspects of our societies. Journalism and mass communication educators are faced with the task of learning about the technology, while immediately applying it to their teaching.

What are the ramifications of AI’s expansion for mass communication and journalism education? This book centers the voices of diverse educators, who share their concerns and hopes, as well as the insights that they have gained from their use of this technology, and advises educators how to enhance the implementation of AI in their own teaching and approach the technology more critically.

A timely contribution to a dynamically evolving area, this book is essential reading for teachers, academic developers, institutional leaders, industry members, and other stakeholders who are concerned about the formation of the journalists, editors, advertising specialists, public relations professionals and other communication practitioners of the future.

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Acknowledgments

Exploring the impacts of AI on journalism and mass communication education has been a fascinating endeavour thanks to an array of groups and individuals who have helped make the exploratory journey enjoyable. Heartfelt thanks go, above all, to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and its Scholarsourcing Committee for the greenlighting of the project following the initial AEJMC vote. Particular thanks go to Carolyn Bronstein for her oversight of the book’s development, continual encouragement and coordination of the feedback from the reviewers, whose valuable comments helped to strengthen both the original research and the final output. Our tremendous gratitude also goes to the team at Peter Lang Publishing, particularly Niall Kennedy for his support during the initial stages of the book’s development, Elizabeth Howard for her oversight of the subsequent stages, and Joshua Charles, Sweetlin Ajitha and Naviya Palani for all of their support during the editing and production stages. Additionally, sincere appreciation goes to Patsy Broad at Massey University for her assistance with the research ethics application, and to Lea-Ann Germinder at the University of Missouri and Doug Hague at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for their feedback about the items in the Further Reading Suggestions part of the book.

Lukasz would also like to thank the family members, friends and colleagues – too many to name individually, sadly, and located in different parts of the world – who provided support, small and large, during the writing of this book. He would also like to extend his appreciation to the School of the Arts and Media, as well as the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, at the University of New South Wales, for the assistance that they provided.

Marina would like to thank her family for their love and patience, as well as colleagues, friends, and students at Monmouth University whose support makes all of this work more meaningful.

Chris would like to thank his writing colleagues for their invaluable support and the New Zealand AI Forum for providing opportunities to contribute perspectives on AI and expand his knowledge about the technology.

Dean would like to thank the colleagues and friends who have helped him to grow as a scholar and an educator. Certainly significant among these are the co-authors of this volume. Others include longtime scholarly collaborators Drs. Katerina Tsetsura and Chiara Valentini. Deceased colleagues include Drs. Kenneth Starck, Douglas Ann Newsom and Judy VanSlyke Turk. Of course, nothing of significance, value and worth can be created without the support and encouragement of family.