Final Quiz on Journalism and Media Ethics

People express distrust in AI due to concerns about reduced human control and questionable trustworthiness in AI's output, making it a key barrier to wider adoption.

AI-driven communication shifts the focus from people communicating directly to exchanging messages, with AI automating message sending.

Cloud computing provides accessible, on-demand computing resources over the internet, stored in a central cloud repository.

AI allows remote employees to access company data without being physically present in the office.

AI is perceived as a different kind of communication partner compared to humans due to the novel way it interacts.

Journalism provides essential social connections and knowledge, helping citizens understand their society and behavior. It's crucial for verifying information and distinguishing between news, advocacy, and propaganda.

The internet, blogs, and social media have empowered citizens to create and distribute 'journalism' alongside traditional news outlets.

The decline of advertising revenue for news organizations creates a challenge for traditional journalism's sustainability, which puts independent journalism at risk.

Monitoring elections, especially in transitional countries, helps verify the fairness and integrity of elections, and promotes democratic transitions.

The presence of international monitors during elections is associated with an improvement in election quality, particularly in transitional countries.

While election monitoring was more impactful in transitional countries in the past, its effectiveness has lessened somewhat since the mid-1990s.

Election monitoring is still important in countries with less democratic freedoms, but its impact might be weaker.

Despite the rise of citizen journalism, the need for professional/independent journalists is more critical than ever in the modern age, given the rise of political misinformation.

AI is used in media platforms to personalize user experiences, tailor content recommendations, and improve interaction speed.

AI acts as a communication partner, learning from human interactions and adjusting its responses accordingly.

AI adapts media platforms to individual user preferences, making content more relevant and useful.

AI analyzes user behavior to suggest relevant content, like music or movies.

AI-driven media systems are designed to improve user experience and increase user satisfaction in a commercial context.

AI refines its ability to match content with audience preferences through user input.

AI is transforming communication by making media platforms more personalized, efficient, and tailored to individual needs.

AI and humans work together as communication partners in the new media environment, with AI learning and adapting through interaction.

Monitoring elections, especially in multiparty systems, positively correlates with improved election quality, deterring cheating, and potentially leading to better elections in challenging situations like post-coup or conflict.

Effective election monitoring relies heavily on the trustworthiness of the monitoring organizations. Reliable monitors lead to better electoral processes.

Monitoring elections has positive implications for post-coup, post-conflict, and first multiparty elections, aiding in achieving better election quality.

Journalists have a critical role in providing unbiased information to the public, which contributes to informed decision-making, challenging potential abuses of power by the government.

A theory emphasizing the press's freedom to provide information for informed public choices. Critically, this theory posits individuals as capable of rational decision-making with access to information.

A sub-theory of the libertarian press theory acknowledging that journalists have a duty to uphold high ethical standards to ensure accurate reporting and informed choices within democracy.

Journalism effectively mitigates information control by governments, focusing on transparency and freedom of expression. This can prevent censorship and withholding information in the public interest.

The press plays a crucial role in a democratic society by exposing government abuses and holding institutions accountable. A diverse press ensures informed public opinions, supporting self-governance.

Social media differs from traditional media (print and broadcast) in its lack of standardized verification processes for content. Social media often emphasizes individual and social networking over state governance or state-society relations. Individuals can monetize their content; content creators have diverse motivations and actions. Conversely, traditional media usually has strict editorial verification protocols, trained staff, and some degree of independence from state control.

Individuals who produce and share content on social media platforms. They may support or oppose the state and its government and can monetize their content. They often lack the editorial independence and accountability standards of traditional media.

Depending on a regime's type, the state may utilize social media to disseminate information, shape public opinion, or control it. Conversely, people using social media might oppose the state or government.

Social media lacks the editorial independence and accountability of traditional media, especially for individual content creators. It can be used by criminal groups to advance their interests. It can also be misused for false information and disinformation.

False or misleading information that spreads quickly through social media. This rise in fake news is usually tied to the lack of editorial independence and verification in social media platforms.

The concept of press freedom within the context of social media is challenged by the lack of self-regulation and accountability, particularly for public interest matters. The traditional ideal of press freedom, which emphasizes a role in checking government power, is called into question by the unreliability of social media.

Social media content regulation is commonly handled by private companies rather than by state intervention, unless a state intervenes. Issues arise when private entities' interests conflict with public interest and accountability.

Social media use is often driven by individual or corporate interests rather than public service or shared good. An understanding of these diverse purposes is important to evaluate the credibility of content and news disseminated through the platform.

AI tools create a new way for people to interact with technology, changing how they perceive the exchange of messages.

Social media data offers opportunities to discover and create new types of knowledge, known as intelligent knowledge.

Cable systems show the highest adoption rate of AI, followed by cable networks and broadcast networks.

AI provides benefits such as content recommendations, workflow automation, and commercial optimization for media organizations.

A large percentage of European AI users believe AI significantly impacts the commercial industry and improves decision-making and productivity.

AI excels at data classification, metadata extraction, speech-to-text conversion, and text marking, making it cost-effective for users.

Unlike humans, AI lacks the capacity and training for verification, presenting challenges to trustworthiness and accountability.

AI lacks the human capacity for ethical and moral considerations, which are crucial in decision-making.