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04/28/2025 - 04/28/2025 | Heidelberg

HITS Colloquium: Christina Elmer on AI in Science Journalism and Communication

Christina Elmer is Professor for Digital Journalism and Data Journalism at TU Dortmund University, Germany, since 2021. Previously, she had been a data and science journalist at der SPIEGEL, Stern and dpa. The Title of her (hybrid) talk is "Synthetic Truthfulness? Learning Systems as a Challenge for Communication and a Transformative Force for Journalism".
The talk will be on-site at the Studio Villa Bosch, Heidelberg, and online via Zoom.
Afterwards, it will be on HITS YouTube channel.

"Synthetic Truthfulness? Learning Systems as a Challenge for Communication and a Transformative Force for Journalism".

AI systems are both promising and unsettling for quality journalism. On the one hand, they open up completely new possibilities – for investigating large amounts of data, utilizing knowledge resources and creating even more efficient workflows. At the same time, they jeopardize trust in journalistic content. If AI systems write just as eloquently as humans and generate multimedia content whose AI origins are barely recognizable – how will media companies be able to sustain against such competition?

The talk outlines the current status of the integration of AI systems in media organizations and uses specific use cases to demonstrate the challenges to be overcome. One focus lies on the perception of media contents in whose creation artificial intelligence was involved, and research results on meaningful labeling approaches. Finally, future scenarios show the transformation that journalism still needs to undergo in order to survive in an AI-mediated information ecosystem and to continue to serve a well-informed society.

Information on participating / attending:
Register online here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/qWVOhI3NSxS70UeS8P0QIA#/registration

Date:

04/28/2025 14:00 - 04/28/2025 15:00

Registration deadline:

04/28/2025

Event venue:

Studio Villa Bosch
Carl Bosch Auditorium
69118 Heidelberg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany

Target group:

Journalists, Scientists and scholars

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Information technology, Mathematics, Media and communication sciences

Types of events:

Presentation / colloquium / lecture

Entry:

04/23/2025

Sender/author:

Dr. Peter Saueressig

Department:

Kommunikation

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event79158

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