Dear Colleagues:

 

We will be hosting Joanne Kuai, a PhD researcher focusing on AI and algorithm studies, on Friday, 2nd Feb. She is very enthusiastic about engaging in discussions with peers. She will have a seminar with us for around one hour, presenting on the topic "Journalism as an Institution in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, the Case of China and Beyond" and discussing recent studies on algorithmic news and AI adoption in the media industry. It will be a valuable opportunity for idea sharing, especially as many of us in the MEP and NUSE units are conducting relevant studies. I invite you to join this seminar if you are interested. Both online and offline participation are welcome, and I look forward to seeing you then.

 

Joanne Kuai is a lecturer and a PhD Candidate at Karlstad University, Sweden, with a research project on Journalism as an Institution in the Age of AI. She is an instructor for JournalismAI Academy hosted by LSE, and a regular contributor to the New Books Network Podcast. Her research interests centre around data and AI for media, computational journalism, and the social implications of automation and algorithms. Prior to her academic career, she had worked as a reporter, editor and news anchor in China for over a decade.

 

In this talk, Joanne will share her ongoing research project. Here are some of her recent publications: 

 

Joanne Kuai, Bibo Lin, Michael Karlsson & Seth C. Lewis (2023) From Wild East to Forbidden City: Mapping Algorithmic News Distribution in China through a Case Study of Jinri Toutiao, Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2022.2121932

 

Joanne Kuai, Raul Ferrer-Conill & Michael Karlsson (2022) AI ≥ Journalism: How the Chinese Copyright Law Protects Tech Giants’ AI Innovations and Disrupts the Journalistic Institution, Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2022.2120032

 

BTW, she'll be performing Comedy Thursday Feb 1st 20:00 at Countdown Comedy Club: https://www.facebook.com/Countdowncomedyclub/. Also, free feel to join 😊

 

Best regards,

 

Dongxiao Li