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AI integration in news production at independent digital news media in Türkiye

Source article: Incursion of Artificial Intelligence into News Production: Will AI Revive Journalism?

This study examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into news production processes and analyzes its implications for journalism within independent digital news media in Türkiye. The research is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 29 participants, including 24 journalists and 5 experts. From a political economy perspective, the findings reveal that precarity and loss of professional control are the most significant concerns among journalists. Nevertheless, participants perceive AI te…

By the Truvace desk2 min read1 sourcePeer-reviewedTRV-2026-2167· cite & verify
Incursion of Artificial Intelligence into News Production: Will AI Revive Journalism?
Samantha Hayes 2012 by US Embassy. Public domain
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In brief

Researchers interviewed 29 people, 24 journalists and 5 experts, about how AI is entering news production at independent digital outlets in Türkiye. They analyzed the answers through a political economy lens.

The findings suggest AI's effect depends on economic and ethical choices, not the technology alone. The study warns that without addressing them, AI will be used to serve capitalist market needs. Because the evidence is perceptions from interviews, it shows attitudes rather than measured newsroom outcomes.

Main points

  1. The study used semi-structured in-depth interviews with 24 journalists and 5 experts.
  2. Precarity and loss of professional control were the most significant journalist concerns.
  3. Participants saw AI as both a threat and a chance to free journalism from its profit orientation.
  4. Limited financial and technical resources keep AI integration to basic functions.
  5. Human oversight, ethical principles and structural policies supporting independent media are named as crucial conditions.

The gain

Journalists in independent Turkish digital media see automating routine news, visuals and voiceovers as freeing time for long-form and investigative reporting.

The problem

Interviewed journalists most fear precarity and loss of professional control, and AI's power over news distribution and content filtering is largely overlooked.

The rundown

The research focuses on independent digital news media in Türkiye and asks how AI integration affects journalism. Its political economy perspective frames AI adoption as tied to market and labor structures.

Participants expect automation of routine news, visual content and voiceovers to shift journalists toward qualitative, long-form and investigative work. They also describe AI as a possible way out of profit-driven journalism.

The authors identify a blind spot in the media ecosystem: AI's controlling role in distribution and content filtering is largely overlooked. They also note that resource limits confine AI use to basic functions, and they conclude that oversight, ethics and supportive policy are needed.

What this doesn’t fix

Findings rest on interviews with 29 participants in independent digital media in Türkiye, and limited resources restrict AI use to basic functions, so reported expectations may not reflect fuller AI integration.

Sources

  1. Peer-reviewedOPUS Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi2025-09-28

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