Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Open only to Major
Corequisites: None
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting virtually every part of modern society. This course examines one area of AI’s impact: the media. Recent advances in AI – especially what is known as Generative AI (GAI), or AI that can create movies, music, news stories, video games, and more – present particularly profound implications for journalism and media. In this course, students will develop their AI literacy, including a critical understanding of AI and how it can be utilized ethically in the context of journalism, media, and society.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Critically analyze the use of generative AI (across all modalities)
- Critically assess content for indicators of AI generation to avoid deception
- Demonstrate effective use of generative AI tools to produce high quality, ethically created media work.