How is artificial intelligence transforming journalism as both a profession and an institution? In this episode, Ning Ao speaks to Dr. Joanne Kuai, exploring how AI reshapes journalistic roles, organisational structures, and governance systems through the lens of China’s media landscape—while drawing comparisons with the US and EU.
Dr. Joanne Kuai is a Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University and holds a PhD from Karlstad University in Sweden. Her research focuses on digital journalism, the social implications of automation and algorithms, and the governance of data and AI.
Ning Ao is a PhD student at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies (ACE) at Lund University. Her research looks at generational differences among Chinese Mongols.
Episode producer: Ning Ao
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Links:
Joanne’s article-based PhD dissertation:
AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age
Joanne’s recommendations:
Julie E. Cohen’s Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism
Kevin Xu’s bilingual newsletter - Interconnected
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Joanne Kuai at RMIT University
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