[Commlist] IJoC Publishes a Special Section on Rethinking Artificial Intelligence: Algorithmic Bias and Ethical Issues

International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on
Rethinking Artificial Intelligence: Algorithmic Bias and Ethical Issues

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and applications have rapidly
penetrated all aspects of social, political, civic, and cultural life.
Despite the exponential growth in and development of AI, algorithmic bias
toward gender, age, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and ideology prevails across
digital media platforms, ranging from search engines through news sites to
social media platforms and generative AI such as ChatGPT. This omnipresence
of algorithmic bias results in social issues, such as systematic and
repeated unfairness, discrimination, and inequality, privileging certain
groups over others, and reinforcing social and cultural biases.
 While scholarship in this domain is burgeoning, the causes, 
components, and
consequences of algorithmic bias and ethical issues remain underexplored.
Guest-edited by Seungahn Nah and Jungseock Joo, this Special Section on
Rethinking Artificial Intelligence: Algorithmic Bias and Ethical Issues
addresses longstanding problems regarding algorithmic bias and ethical
issues, affecting individuals, groups, communities, and countries across
socioeconomic and ideological spectrums. In doing so, the Special Section
emphasizes an inextricably interwoven relationship among data and media
bias, model bias, and social bias. That is, data and media bias leads to
unbalanced training resulting in model bias. Model bias, in turn, reinforces
data and media bias and produces discriminatory impact on individuals and
society. Human and societal bias then produces skewed representation and
participation in data and media bias. This "vicious circle" reinforces bias
in the development, use, and application of AI systems.  The Special 
Section encompasses a wide range of studies that revisit
algorithmic bias in relations to gender, race, data, news, and
decision-making. It empirically examines related topics such as algorithmic
auditing, algorithmic framing, algorithmic aversion, and algoactivism. The
Special Section further stimulates intellectual dialogues for scholars,
policymakers, and practitioners to reconsider algorithmic bias in the age of
AI.
    We invite you to read these articles that published in the 
International
Journal of Communication on January 1, 2024. Please log into ijoc.org to
read the papers of interest. We look forward to your feedback!
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Mapping Scholarship on Algorithmic Bias: Conceptualization, Empirical
Results, and Ethical Concerns Seungahn Nah, Jun Luo, Jungseock Joo

How Gender and Type of Algorithmic Group Discrimination Influence Ratings of
Algorithmic Decision Making Sonja Utz

The Realientation of the Commons: Wikidata and the Ethics of "Free" Data
Zachary J. McDowell, Matthew A. Vetter

Rage Against the Artificial Intelligence? Understanding Contextuality of
Algorithm Aversion and Appreciation
Tessa Oomen, João Gonçalves, Anouk Mols
Making Algorithms Public: Reimagining Auditing From Matters of Fact to
Matters of Concern
R. Stuart Geiger, Udayan Tandon, Anoolia Gakhokidze, Lian Song, Lilly Irani

How Process Experts Enable and Constrain Fairness in AI-Driven Hiring 
Ignacio Fernandez Cruz

Questioning Artificial Intelligence: How Racial Identity Shapes the
Perceptions of Algorithmic Bias
Soojong Kim, Joomi Lee, Poong Oh

Algorithmic Bias or Algorithmic Reconstruction? A Comparative Analysis
Between AI News and Human News
Seungahn Nah, Jun Luo, Seungbae Kim, Mo Chen, Renee Mitson, Jungseock Joo
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Silvio Waisbord, Editor Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections
Mark Mangoba-Agustin, Webmaster
Seungahn Nah and Jungseock Joo, Guest Editors
 Please note that according to the latest Google Scholar statistics, IJoC
ranks 7th among all Humanities journals and 8th among all Communications
journals in the world — demonstrating the viability of open access
scholarly publication at the highest level.

Annenberg Press
(annpress /at/ usc.edu)
International Journal of Communication
USC Annenberg Press
Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism
University of Southern California
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/
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