AI news and mobile apps can expand integrated storytelling networks
A new study has found that emerging digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) news and mobile apps, are becoming integral to civic engagement.
The findings were featured in “Expanding Integrated Storytelling Networks: The Role of AI Newsbots and Mobile Apps in Civic Engagement” by Seungahn Nah, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director for the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, UFCJC doctoral student Fanjue Liu and Marquette University Assistant Professor Chun Shao. The article was published in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics on Jan. 18.
The study examined how AI news, active mobile app usage and integrated connectedness to storytelling networks influence civic engagement.
According to the authors, “Drawing on a nationwide U.S. survey, this research advances Communication Infrastructure Theory by integrating emerging digital communicative actors – AI news systems and mobile platforms – into the community storytelling networks that shapes residents’ democratic participation.”
They add, “Overall, the findings suggest that while emerging digital technologies such as AI news and mobile apps are becoming integral to civic life, their impact is most potent when integrated with rather than substituting for traditional community infrastructures. Future civic initiatives should strategically leverage these digital tools to complement human storytelling networks to cultivate both action-oriented and relational dimensions of democratic participation.”
Category: AI at CJC News, College News
Tagged: AI Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology Fanjue Liu Seungahn Nah
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