What does artificial intelligence (AI) mean for journalism, media use and media literacy? This time, comedian Frank Richter goes on the trail of fake news. He interviews passers-by in Oerlikon, a robot in love and researcher Dr. Silke Fürst from the University of Zurich. Silke Fürst provides insights into an ongoing DIZH project on ‘AI literacy in Swiss journalism’. Together with her team, she is investigating how the digital resilience of journalism and audiences can be strengthened. Do the opportunities or dangers of AI outweigh the risks for the media and public opinion-forming?
The video is part of a DIZH outreach project by ZHAW and the University of Zurich. Support the researchers by completing the short survey below the video.
The “SciComm meets Comedy” project funded in the outreach call is testing a video format in which a comedian sheds light on digitalization topics in a humorous way. The aim of the project is to investigate the role of humor in science communication. It will analyze how humorous elements can promote the understanding of complex topics and arouse the interest of viewers. The research team will evaluate the reactions and feedback to the videos to find out how well humor works as a tool for communicating scientific content.
All videos in the Re:Digital series
- Video 1:When computers make decisions for you | Re:Digital 01
- Video 2: How machines are changing our lives | Re:Digital 02
- Video 3: Fake or not? AI in journalism | Re:Digital 03