Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism, 2019
The article discusses a new phenomenon of digital media sphere, i.e. news media robots, which are... more The article discusses a new phenomenon of digital media sphere, i.e. news media robots, which are capable of creating content on a technological platform of intellectual systems. Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding this phenomenon, which attract theoretical concepts and cases from artificial intelligence, knowledge engineering and natural language technologies are considered. It is stated, that in the core of intellectual systems lie computational models of natural human intelligence and knowledge. The phenomenon of imitation as a characteristic of social and technical systems general ability to self-study relying on a sample is viewed as a key mechanism media robots adaptation to social environment. The case study of generating news content within the context of frames theory is provided as an illustration of universal formalism for representation of knowledge and social actions. The structure of general human intelligence, provided by Cattell — Horn theory, is considered...
Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism, 2020
The article presents the results of a research aimed at studying the significant changes in journ... more The article presents the results of a research aimed at studying the significant changes in journalistic practices, namely, their partial replacement by automated systems, algorithms, and robots. The necessity of understanding and adapting to these changes comprises the topicality of the research. The research included a random sampling survey of 103 Russian journalists from various mass media. The survey showed that all the respondents use smart services and automated systems at all stages of their work - from making the choice of the topic, and its development, to analyzing marketing efficiency indicators of its promotion. Each stage of working practices requires a different extent of smart technologies involvement, as well as a different set of digital tools. All this proves the authors hypothesis that smart technologies are gradually replacing most routine processes involved in journalists work. In the contemporary commentariat there is no common view on benefits of text generat...
Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism, 2019
The article discusses a new phenomenon of digital media sphere, i.e. news media robots, which are... more The article discusses a new phenomenon of digital media sphere, i.e. news media robots, which are capable of creating content on a technological platform of intellectual systems. Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding this phenomenon, which attract theoretical concepts and cases from artificial intelligence, knowledge engineering and natural language technologies are considered. It is stated, that in the core of intellectual systems lie computational models of natural human intelligence and knowledge. The phenomenon of imitation as a characteristic of social and technical systems general ability to self-study relying on a sample is viewed as a key mechanism media robots adaptation to social environment. The case study of generating news content within the context of frames theory is provided as an illustration of universal formalism for representation of knowledge and social actions. The structure of general human intelligence, provided by Cattell — Horn theory, is considered...
Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism, 2020
The article presents the results of a research aimed at studying the significant changes in journ... more The article presents the results of a research aimed at studying the significant changes in journalistic practices, namely, their partial replacement by automated systems, algorithms, and robots. The necessity of understanding and adapting to these changes comprises the topicality of the research. The research included a random sampling survey of 103 Russian journalists from various mass media. The survey showed that all the respondents use smart services and automated systems at all stages of their work - from making the choice of the topic, and its development, to analyzing marketing efficiency indicators of its promotion. Each stage of working practices requires a different extent of smart technologies involvement, as well as a different set of digital tools. All this proves the authors hypothesis that smart technologies are gradually replacing most routine processes involved in journalists work. In the contemporary commentariat there is no common view on benefits of text generat...
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