Seungahn Nah to chair 2026 BEA Symposium on communicating in an AI-driven world

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, is the chair of the 2026 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Symposium: Communicating in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven World: The Impact of AI on Creators and Consumers of News and Entertainment at the BEA2026 Conference on April 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The symposium will examine AI research in mass communication and how the media industry can ethically adopt a technology that is disrupting how people see, consume and produce information.

Session one will focus on “AI, Education and Human Meaning-Making” with panelists Youngstown State University Professors Adam Earnheardt and Mary Beth Earnheardt, Ball State University scholars Michael Lee and Hyungseok Jang and Appalachian State University Associate Professor Twange Kasoma.

Session two features a discussion on “AI, Trust and Social Consequences.” Panelists include Maio Guo, Carolyn. A. Lin and Brett Andrew Williams from the University of Connecticut, Sarah Fisher from Texas A&M University  and Huma Rasheed, Robert Lance Holbert and Brandon Harrison from the University of Pennsylvania.

The final session features “AI, Power and Cultural Transformation” with doctoral students Jing Fang from the Communication University of China and Azade Asadi Damavandi from Bowling Green State University and Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor Yonatan Tewelde.

Nah will serve as moderator for all three sessions. He will also be honored for his role as Research Symposium Chair during the conference.

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