“The morass is just getting ... deeper and deeper and deeper”: Synthetic media and news integrity
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SCM Studies in Communication and Media
Jahrgang 14 (2025), Heft 4
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Jahrgang 14 (2025), Heft 4
“The morass is just getting ... deeper and deeper and deeper”: Synthetic media and news integrity
- Autor:innen:
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- ISSN-Print
- 2192-4007
- ISSN-Online
- 2192-4007
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Seit dem Aufkommen generativer KI (genKI) im Jahr 2022 erlebt die Nachrichtenindustrie Wellen der Begeisterung wie auch Besorgnis. Wenn auch die Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten synthetischer Medien für Nachrichten real sind, erweisen sich diese als weniger aufregend als erwartet. Im Beitrag wird eine qualitative Studie in zwei Phasen vorgestellt, die untersucht, wie sich diese Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten in australischen Nachrichtenreaktionen entfalten. Dabei fokussieren wir uns auf: 1) Wie wenden Redaktionen genKI in der Produktion synthetischer Medien an? 2) Wie nehmen Redaktionen potenzielle Auswirkungen synthetischer Medien auf die Nachrichtenintegrität wahr? 3) Wie beeinflussen diese Auswirkungen die Anwendung von genKI, insbesondere für synthetische Medien? Erhebungen innerhalb der Industrie haben gezeigt, dass der Einsatz von genKI in australischen Nachrichtenredaktionen gering ist. In Phase 1 konnten wir feststellen, dass kaum genKI zur Produktion synthetischer Medien verwendet wurde, was auf Bedenken hinsichtlich technischer Begrenzungen wie auch Bewusstsein über die Gefährdung von Vertrauen und Nachrichtenintegrität hindeutet. Phase 2 deutet zwar auf das Aufkommen weniger risikoreicher Möglichkeiten hin, wenn auch die Anwendung in publikumsorientierten Inhalten weiterhin begrenzt blieb und Teilnehmende nach wie vor Besorgnisse hinsichtlich der Nachrichtenintegrität und des Vertrauens des Publikums äußerten. Zur Interpretation der Aussagen der Teilnehmenden wenden wir sowohl eine technologische Prozessperspektive als auch eine normative Perspektive an, die auf das Konzept der Nachrichtenintegrität fokussiert ist. Wir schließen daraus, dass die begrenzte Anwendung von genKI in australischen Redaktionen auf Bedenken hinsichtlich der Nachrichtenintegrität zurückzuführen ist. Diese Bedenken gehen über journalistische Standards hinaus und umfassen sowohl die sozio-politischen Funktionen des Journalismus als auch Sorgen über die anhaltende Plattformisierung der Medienökonomie und ein zunehmend degradiertes Informationsumfeld.
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