This is a free one day symposium that will address the integration of generative AI within global news production on the basis of presupposed efficiencies and the growing attention that is being directed towards understanding its social, economic and environmental consequences within journalism and democratic communication.
To date, the general discussion on the integration between AI and journalism is focused on two activities in the everyday world of journalistic practices. The first of these activities is related to AI Content Licensing, where news corporations are partnering with AI companies. And, the second of these activities is Digital Transformation where corporations are investing in digital paywalls, podcasts, and audio as an alternative mode of consumption in physical decline of print circulation.
Attendees can expect to take part in a workshop and learn about how generative AI is being managed within a rapid media output society, exploring what the on-going and future potential cost is to employment structures, career trajectories and the ecological impact on climate change.
Speakers / presenters
Stuart Price is Professor of Media and Political Discourse at De Montfort University and the author and editor of a number of books on media, communication, journalism and power. His two most recent edited books include Journalism, Power and Investigation (2019) and a co-authored collection with Ben Harbisher - Media, Power and the Covid 19 Pandemic (2022). He also contributed to the documentary Herencias '36, on memories of Spanish Civil War. His current work includes studies on Managerialism and a project on the libertarian left.
Dr Adriana Mutu is head of Quality and Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at ESIC Business & Marketing School, Barcelona. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research focuses on comparative media policy, platform governance, and online safety, with a particular interest in digital consumer protection and exposure to online harms. She has provided expertise to the Council of Europe and the European Commission and served as an Independent Expert for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She is a founding member and Coordinator of MEDEA (International Communications Institute, Italy chapter), a high-level expert group on media and platform regulation.
Mr András Nyírő is an AI researcher and media professional based in Hungary. He leads the A38 AI Lab and is a member of the AI and Human Research Group at Pázmány Péter Catholic University. His work focuses on the practical integration of artificial intelligence into journalism, media production and organisational workflows, with particular attention to editorial autonomy, human oversight and responsible adoption. He has extensive experience in digital media development and works with academic, cultural and technology partners in Hungary and internationally.
Pearl Lei Pan is a PhD student in media research at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). Her research examines generative AI, communication, media literacy, authorship, and institutional governance. She has five years of professional experience in media and six years in international high schools in China, alongside experience at Sydney Opera House and with refugee communities in Thailand. These cross-cultural experiences inform her research on communicative authority, critical judgement, multilingual participation, and responsible AI.
Dr Takao Terui is a Lecturer in Global Cultural Industries at the University of Glasgow. Before joining Glasgow, Takao served as an Assistant Professor in Cultural and Creative Industries at the Academy of Film and Creative Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He also works as a research expert at Doshisha University and the Arts Council Saitama (Japan). His work has been published in leading journals, including Media, Culture and Society, International Journal of Cultural Policy, and Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society.
Dr Selcen Ozturkcan is a docent of business administration at Linnaeus University, Sweden; a network professor at Sabanci Business School, Turkey; and a visiting sabbatical scholar at the University of Botswana through the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) teaching sabbatical fellowship. She researches responsible AI, platform power, and algorithmic marketing, publishing recently in Scientific Reports, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, AI and Society, Policy and Internet, and the International Journal of Market Research, where she theorized the AI booing and AI washing cycle of AI mistrust. She has given written evidence to two UK Parliament select committee AI inquiries and edits for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications and SAGE Open.
Dr. Abdulgaffar Olawale Arikewuyo is an accomplished media professional, and lecturer with diverse experience in journalism and higher education and an award-winning academic at the Birmingham City University International College, United Kigdom. His research interests are extensive, encompassing communication psychology, media, AI, interpersonal communication, and journalism. His studies have contributed valuable insights into the changing landscape of media technologies and their influence on both personal and political spheres.
Dr Kutoma Wakunuma is in the faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media at De Montfort University in Leicester. With more than 15 years, she has been developing research on the social, ethical and cultural implications of digital technologies across the world, with a particular emphasis on the development of AI between the global north and developing countries in the southern hemisphere. And was named in the 2025 top 1OO Brillian Woman in AI Ethics by Women in AI Ethics, a not-for-profit organisation that champions the representation and empowerment of women in AI.
Day Symposium Programme
9:30–10:00 am
Registration: Kirtley Building, room: K105
10:00–11:00 am
Keynote: Professor Stuart Price, De Montfort University
Journalism and Dystopian Narratives or We’re Forever Blowing Bubbles
(AI, Autocrats and the Managerial Class)
11:00–11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am-12:45 pm
Workshop: Responsible AI in Practice
Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu, Maria Montana, Beth Wood and Zoe Armour
12:45–1:45 pm
Lunch Break
13:15-13:25 pm
Talk on AI Art: Mars Robertson
‘Emotions Engineering’: Haters gonna say its AI!
1:45–2:45 pm
Panel 1: 15-minute presentations
Generative AI and the amplification of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. (online) Adriana Mutu
When AI Speaks with Authority: Student Authorship and Responsible AI in International Schools in China. Pearl Lei Pan (online)
Newsroom Illustration of AI Integration. Bastiaan Vroegop
2:45–3:00 pm
Break
3:00–4:00 pm
Panel 2: 15-minute presentations
Negotiating the Ethical Boundaries of AI in Media Industries: Platforms, Audiences, and Creative Workers in Japan. Takao Terui
Input Companies: How News Brands Frame Responsibility in AI Content Licensing
Selcen Ozturkcan (online)
Is AI Stirring Innovation or Chaos? Psychological Determinants of AI Fake News Exposure (AI-FNE) and Its Effects on Young Adults. Abdulgaffar Olawale Arikewuyo
4:00–4:20 pm
Summary Talk: Kutoma Wakunuma, Associate Professor Research and Teaching in Information Systems, De Montfort University
4:30 pm
Symposium Close