A scholarly definition of artificial intelligence (AI): advancing AI as a conceptual framework in communication research

H Gil de Zúñiga, M Goyanes, T Durotoye - Political communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in communication research is gaining
broader interest. This interdisciplinary interest has yet to be supported by a systematic …

Reframing sociotechnical imaginaries: The case of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

PN Vicente, S Dias-Trindade - Public Understanding of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, a Fourth Industrial Revolution emerged in public discourse as a narrative of
exceptional societal disruption. At the core of this conceptual construct, led by the World …

Substance, discourse, and practice: A review of communication research on automation

JB Barbour, JT Jensen, SR Call… - Annals of the …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Echoing past waves of transformation, the public sphere is awash with anxiety about
automation now driven by the rise of intelligent machines. Emerging technologies …

Linguistic positivity bias in academic writing: A large-scale diachronic study in life sciences across 50 years

JU Wen, L Lei - Applied Linguistics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies found linguistic positivity bias in academic writing, that is, researchers tend to
present their works with more positive words than negative ones. The present study aims to …

Ever heard of ethical AI? Investigating the salience of ethical AI issues among the German population

K Kieslich, M Lünich, P Došenović - International Journal of Human …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Building and implementing ethical AI systems that benefit the whole society is cost-intensive
and a multi-faceted task fraught with potential problems. While on one hand there are …

[HTML][HTML] Is academic writing becoming more positive? A large-scale diachronic case study of Science research articles across 25 years

Z Yuan, M Yao - Scientometrics, 2022 - Springer
Academic writing is developing to be more positive. This linguistic positivity bias is confirmed
in academic writing across disciplines and genres. The current research adopted sentiment …

Responsibility networks in media discourses on automation: A comparative analysis of social media algorithms and social companions

F Saurwein, C Brantner, L Möck - new media & society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The diffusion of algorithms, robots, and artificial intelligence has sparked public debates
regarding opportunities, risks, and responsibility for addressing problems and developing …

[HTML][HTML] Linguistic positivity in soft and hard disciplines: Temporal dynamics, disciplinary variation, and the relationship with research impact

X Liu, H Zhu - Scientometrics, 2023 - Springer
Previous studies have investigated the use of positive/negative language in academic
discourse, and have found a tendency toward using more positive language in academic …

AI anxiety? Comparing the sociotechnical imaginaries of artificial intelligence in UK, Chinese and Indian newspapers

W Wang, J Downey, F Yang - Global Media and China, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of work insists that artificial intelligence (AI) must be regarded as a
sociotechnical imaginary in the manner of earlier technologies. In this paper we contribute to …

Lay representations of artificial intelligence and autonomous military machines

W Wagner, A Viidalepp… - Public …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study is about how lay persons perceive and represent artificial intelligence in general
as well as its use in weaponised autonomous ground vehicles in the military context. We …