An industry-led debate: how UK media cover artificial intelligence
In this factsheet we analyse eight months of reporting on artificial intelligence (AI) in six mainstream news outlets in the United Kingdom to understand how AI is emerging as a public issue. Our mixed-methods analysis reveals that a majority of articles are pegged to industry concerns, and a plural...
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| description | In this factsheet we analyse eight months of reporting on artificial intelligence (AI) in six mainstream news outlets in the United Kingdom to understand how AI is emerging as a public issue. Our mixed-methods analysis reveals that a majority of articles are pegged to industry concerns, and a plurality of sources originate from industry. Coverage frequently amplifies self-interested assertions of AI’s value and potential, while positioning AI primarily as a private commercial concern and undercutting the role of public action in addressing AI.
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Portraying AI as a relevant and competent solution to a range of public problems, outlets also regularly assert the influence it will have across areas of public life often with little acknowledgement of ongoing debates concerning AI’s potential effects. Finally, AI is being politicised through the topics that outlets emphasise: right-leaning outlets highlight issues of economics and geopolitics and left-leaning outlets highlight issues of ethics and discrimination. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:02126b4c-f4f9-4582-83a0-f8a9d9a650792024-11-18T14:50:14ZAn industry-led debate: how UK media cover artificial intelligenceReporthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_93fcuuid:02126b4c-f4f9-4582-83a0-f8a9d9a65079EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordReuters Institute for the Study of Journalism2018Brennen, JSHoward, PNNielsen, RKIn this factsheet we analyse eight months of reporting on artificial intelligence (AI) in six mainstream news outlets in the United Kingdom to understand how AI is emerging as a public issue. Our mixed-methods analysis reveals that a majority of articles are pegged to industry concerns, and a plurality of sources originate from industry. Coverage frequently amplifies self-interested assertions of AI’s value and potential, while positioning AI primarily as a private commercial concern and undercutting the role of public action in addressing AI. <br> Portraying AI as a relevant and competent solution to a range of public problems, outlets also regularly assert the influence it will have across areas of public life often with little acknowledgement of ongoing debates concerning AI’s potential effects. Finally, AI is being politicised through the topics that outlets emphasise: right-leaning outlets highlight issues of economics and geopolitics and left-leaning outlets highlight issues of ethics and discrimination. |
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