Artificial intelligence in journalism: The new era in news and communication

Abstract

This article examines the impact of algorithms and artificial intelligence in journalism. Firstly, it attempts to define and explain what we call robot journalism or automated news content creation. Also, this article tries to define and explain the use of artificial intelligence in the creation of news content in journalism. It emphasizes the utilization of these developments in journalism, the creation of news content by algorithms, what we call robot journalism as well as the use of artificial intelligence in journalism. In addition, it presents the positive and negative effects of this use and the consequences of the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in journalism. Moreover, the article presents the consequences of the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in the labor relations of journalists. Furthermore, it describes the ethical problems that exist, the efforts that must be made in general as well as all the challenges and risks that derive for newsrooms, editors, journalists and the citizens. The article uses surveys in order to explain all the above and finally examines all the aspects of the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in journalism.