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Over the last two years, a multinational research team has analyzed how mainstream Canadian news media covers artificial intelligence. (Shutterstock)

News coverage of artificial intelligence reflects business and government hype — not critical voices

Guillaume Dandurand, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS); Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University, and Jonathan Roberge, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

Computer scientists are overwhelmingly present in AI news coverage in Canada, while critical voices who could speak to the current and potential adverse effects of AI are lacking.
Professor Glenda Gray was the most visible female scientist in South African media coverage during the first six months of COVID. South African Medical Research Council

Male voices dominated South African COVID reporting: that has to change

Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University; Lars Guenther, Stellenbosch University, and Lili Rademan, Stellenbosch University

Journalists may unwittingly perpetuate the notion that men are the only experts worth listening to. This limits the visibility of women in science.

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