RT Journal Article
T1 Journalistic Values and GenAI: A Transnational Study of Editorial Policies
A1 Rivas-de-Roca, Rubén
A1 Forja Pena, Tania
A1 Bringas Gómez, Artai
A1 García Orosa, Berta
K1 Journalism
K1 Media outlets
K1 Roles
K1 AI
K1 Discourse
K1 Ethics
AB The consolidation of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the journalistic sector, to the point that its ethical dimension is being altered. However, the mission and values of the media in the face of the current emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) have barely been explored. Bearing this in mind, it is important to understand not only how journalists perceive AI, but also to examine the role that the media assign to themselves and the audience’s participation in this context. This research explores the roles defined by a sample of leading media outlets (n = 21) in seven countries in Western Europe and North America: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. To this end, a discursive content analysis is applied to three newspapers (printed or digital) per country. The findings reflect differences between countries and media outlets, within a common trend of prioritizing responsibility as the primary editorial value, followed by truthfulness. We also found scant direct references to AI regulation, alongside the development of participatory interactivity within readership established by the media outlet. Furthermore, greater participation of audiences was observed in publicly funded publications, granting audiences a deliberative role.
PB MDPI
YR 2026
FD 2026-03-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46446
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46446
LA eng
NO Rivas-de-Roca, R., Forja-Pena, T., Bringas-Gómez, A., & García-Orosa, B. (2026). Journalistic Values and GenAI: A Transnational Study of Editorial Policies. Social Sciences, 15(3), 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15030198
NO This article is part of the R&D project Artificial Intelligence in Digital Media in Spain: Effects and Roles (PID2024-156034OB-C22), funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF/EU”.
NO The author Tania Forja-Pena holds a predoctoral contract from the Xunta de Galicia with reference ED481A-2023-043.
DS Minerva
RD 8 jun 2026