Full Description
This pioneering volume presents a comprehensive assessment of generative artificial intelligence's impact on African journalism, bringing together insights from academics, technologists, and practicing journalists across the continent.
Featuring diverse case studies from South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Eswatini, the collection explores how African newsrooms are adopting generative AI. Contributors analyse the use of AI presenters, audience perceptions of AI-generated content, gamification strategies in newsrooms, and the barriers journalists face in accessing these technologies. Painting a picture of the complex political economy of AI-driven news production and consumption, the volume also addresses ethical concerns around AI appropriation, highlighting how existing legal frameworks struggle to regulate generative AI in journalism.
Positioned at the intersection of technology and African media studies, this book offers essential insights into the future of journalism across the continent.
Trust Matsilele is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Birmingham City University, UK, and a Research Fellow in the Communication Department at the University of South Africa.
Lungile A. Tshuma is a Researcher in the Centre for Communication and Culture, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Tshuma is also a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Contents
Chapter 1- Generative AI in Africa: Transforming News, Practices, and Ethics by Trust Matsilele and Lungile A. Tshuma SECTION ONE GENERATIVE AI USE CASES IN AFRICAN JOURNALISM Chapter 2- Generative AI-powered Newsreaders in Zimbabwe: Prospects and Challenges by Mphathisi Ndlovu, Zenzele Ndebele and Imelda Duduzile Ndlovu Chapter 3- Generative AI's Impact on News Production in South African and Zimbabwean Newsrooms by Mandla J. Radebe and Mbongeni J. Msimanga Chapter 4- The Promises and Perils of Technology: Embracing Generative AI in Emerging Economy in African Newsrooms by Vusumuzi Maphosa SECTION TWO GENERATIVE AI AND AFRICAN JOURNALISM: OWNERSHIP, ACCESS, AND PUBLIC TRUST Chapter 5- Who Owns the News? The Political Economy of AI Journalism in Africa by Job Mwaura Chapter 6- Generative AI and Journalism in Nigeria: Economic, Linguistic, and Infrastructural Realities in Peri-Urban Radio Stations in Nigeria by Itunu Bodunrin and Akinola Charles Adenitan Chapter 7- 'With a little help from machines, it can never be trusted': Readers' Perceptions of AI Generated News by Trevor Hlungwani Chapter 8- Re-imagining the future of African journalism with generative artificial intelligence: a case of gamification in South African newspapers by Wishes Mututwa SECTION THREE GENERATIVE AI IN JOURNALISM: DESIGN, ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS Chapter 9- Ethical issues surrounding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in news production by Blessing Makwambeni and Rudo Patricia Makwambeni Chapter 10- Generative Artificial Intelligence, Journalism Practices and the Law in Zimbabwe by Pedzisai Ruhanya, Linda Mujuru, and Cynthia Nyahora Chapter 11- Generative AI in Investigative Journalism: A Human-Computer Interaction Perspective in Southern Africa by Millie Phiri and Sakhile Dube
