JRNL 520K AI in Journalism
This course equips future media professionals with a nuanced understanding of AI’s transformative role in journalism.
That Peace May Unite All: Constitutive Rhetorics and the Rhetorical Construction of the Peaceful Citizen by Stephen Dadugblor
This article suggests that historical conditions such as colonialism that shaped the development of the nation-state elsewhere call for attention to the rhetorical possibilities and constraints of national identity construction in postcolonies beyond Westphalian nation-state assumptions.
Deliberating Ghana: Postcolonial Rhetorics, Culture, and Democracy by Stephen Dadugblor
In “Deliberating Ghana” Stephen Dadugblor examines the electoral disputes that unfolded in Ghana’s Supreme Court and in the public domain in the early 2010s.
AI in the Newsroom: Lessons from the Adoption of The Globe and Mail’s Sophi by Alfred Hermida, and F.M. Simon
This case study examines the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and journalistic values through an analysis of Sophi, an algorithmic recommendation engine developed by The Globe and Mail in Canada.
“Hip-hop boy band” that resonates: How BTS lyrics comfort and empower by Mi-Young Kim
This chapter explores the profound empathy and connections, albeit parasocial, observed between BTS and its fanbase ARMY.
Strange Meeting by Jennifer Cowe
This short article examines the tensions between George Orwell and Henry Miller during their only in-person meeting and how these same tensions manifested themselves in Orwell’s criticism of Miller’s pacifism during WW2.
Nuevas Direcciones en la Innovación y Financiación de Los Medios de Comunicación by M.L. Young and A. Hermida, with C. Castaneda
A significant report exploring the evolving landscape of journalism funding and innovation edited by Profs. M.L. Young and A. Hermida, with UBC Journalism alumna C. Castaneda, is now available in Spanish (trans. by C. Castaneda).
Nouvelles Orientations en Innovations et Financement des Médias by M.L. Young and A. Hermida, with C. Castaneda
A significant report exploring the evolving landscape of journalism funding and innovation edited by Profs. M.L. Young and A. Hermida, with UBC Journalism alumna C. Castaneda, is now available in French (trans. by MJ student C. Chouiekh).
Orwell and Henry Miller by Jennifer Cowe
Dr Cowe explores the conflicted relationship in print between Orwell and Henry Miller.
