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- Title
Analyzing drivers of attitudes toward machine video news: A Xinhua Zhiyun case study.
- Authors
Duan, Peng
- Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for reliable information and news sources. In 2020, Xinhua News Agency launched "Zhiyun," an epidemic reporting robot that can generate COVID-19 news reports based on visual data. This development raises key issues regarding the effectiveness of machine-generated news compared to traditional sources, especially news related to major public health events such as the pandemic. Using the Cognitive-Affective-Conative Model and ANCOVA method, this paper conducts experimental research to obtain data and studies the impact of machine-made news on the audience's attitude towards COVID-19 news. The analysis used a 2 × 2 factorial online experimental method to test the impact of two variables: "theme" and "news format." The research results indicate that the theme and news format significantly affect the audience's attitude towards epidemic news, and machine-generated video news received a more positive response than news written by human journalists. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that machine-generated news has great potential to provide accessible and reliable information during major public health events such as COVID-19. This study has significant implications for the news industry, indicating the possibility of increasing the use of machine news production in the future.
- Subjects
ATTITUDES toward illness; COVID-19 pandemic; NEWS agencies; ATTRIBUTION of news; INFORMATION resources
- Publication
Global Media & China, 2024, Vol 9, Issue 3, p384
- ISSN
2059-4364
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/20594364241262681