21世纪新闻业面临的挑战：自动化新闻与人工智能新闻”学术研讨会：捷克查理大学
2020年9月24日，由捷克查理大学（Charles University）传播与新闻研究院主办的“21世纪新闻业面临的挑战：自动化新闻与人工智能新闻”（Challenges of Journalism in 21st century – Automated Journalism and AI Journalism）学术研讨会将在布拉格举行，并通过网络进行直播和录制。
会议将围绕以下五个主题征集来稿和进行讨论：新闻采编、新闻生产、新闻分发、人工智能伦理。
摘要提交截止日期：7月31日
摘要提交地址：aijournalism@fsv.cuni.cz
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Call for Papers
Challenges of Journalism in 21 century – Automated Journalism and AI Journalism
Cyberconference organized by Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
During the last decade we were witnessing the rise of automated journalism and application of artificial intelligence tools in the newsrooms. From simple use of templates to highly sophisticated automated content production, omnipresent algorithms, news on social networks, fake news production and its detection became our everyday media practice. AI has slowly but unstoppably entered the media landscape. The rise of AI brought wide scale of problems and questions. Organizers call for proposal addressing, but not limited, to following themes:
Theme 1. Newsgathering
- Data gathering, real time monitoring, data harvesting
- Data verification, automated fact checking
- Crunching big data, data extraction
- Applications of AI journalism – case studies
Theme 2. News Production
- Text creation
- Automated narratives from big data
- Visual materials creation (videos, graphics, infographics)
- Influence of AI on newsroom organization, routines
- Copyright of AI produced content
Theme 3. News Distribution
- Targeted distribution
- Personalization, algorithms, social bubbles
- Human vs. machine interaction, human supervision
- Information correlation
- Fake news elimination vs. fake news production
Theme 4. AI Ethics
- New skills in the newsroom related to AI adoption
- Journalistic education related to AI journalism
- Threats and opportunities of AI journalism
- Responsibility for AI journalism
Important dates:
- Deadline for abstract submissions before 31. July
- Notification of acceptance will be sent before 31. August
- Deadline for conference registration 15. September
- Date of the conference 24. September
Conference fees:
- Early birds before 31. July - Students 50 Euro, Regular 75 Euro
- After - Students 75 Euro, Regular 100 Euro
Practical information:
- Abstract should be written in English, contain clear outline of argument, and between 300 and 500 words long.
- Presentations should be no longer than 12 minutes.
- Conference will take place at Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague.
