Evolution of a Robust AI System: A Case Study of AAAI’s AI-Alert

Since mid-2018, we have used a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to automatically generate the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence’s AI-Alert, a weekly email sent to all Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence members and thousands of other subscribers. This alert contains ten news stories from around the web that focus on some aspect of AI, such as new AI inventions, AI’s use in various industries, and AI’s impacts in our daily lives. This alert was curated by-hand for a decade before we developed AI technology for automation, which we call “NewsFinder.” Recently, we redesigned this automation and ran a six-month experiment on user engagement to ensure the new approach was successful. This article documents our design considerations and requirements, our implementation (which involves web crawling, document classification, and a genetic algorithm for story selection), and our reflections after a year and a half since deploying this technology.

Marketing Public Relations Radio Ardan dalam Mempertahankan Minat Pendengar

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana Radio Ardan dalam melakukan kegiatan Marketing Public Relations berupa Pull Strategy, Push Strategy, Pass Startegy dalam mempertahankan minat pendengar. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi kasus, untuk mengetahui aspek “how” dan “why” pada Marketing Public Relations yang dilakukan Radio Ardan dalam mempertahankan minat pendengar. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara mendalam dan observasi partisipatori pasif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Marketing Public Relations yang dilakukan oleh Radio Ardan dalam mempertahankan minat pendengar dimulai dengan Pull Strategy dimana pada strategi tahapannya terdiri dari menggunakan media sosial, umbul-umbul, pemilihan cerita, dan penyajian cerita, selanjutnya pada Push Strategy dengan tahapan menjalin kerjasama, nightmare school, mengadakan kuis, dan merilis buku, dan terakhir adalah Pass Strategy, dimana hasil dari pada tahap ini dimulai dengan ritual, ekspedisi life, menjalin kerjasama dengan jurnalisa, dan sponsorship. The purpose of this study was to find out how Radio Ardan in conducting Public Relations Marketing activities in the form of Pull Strategy, Push Strategy, Startegy Pass in maintaining the interest of listeners. The method used in this study is a case study, to find out the aspects of "how" and "why" in Marketing Public Relations conducted by Radio Ardan in maintaining the interest of listeners. Data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews and passive participatory observation. The results showed that Marketing Public Relations carried out by Radio Ardan in maintaining listeners' interest began with Pull Strategy where the stage strategy consisted of using social media, banners, story selection, and story presentation, then on Push Strategy with the stages of collaborating, nightmare school, holding quizzes, and releasing books, and finally the Pass Strategy, where the results at this stage begin with rituals, life expeditions, collaborating with journalism, and sponsorship. Keywords : Marketing Public Relations; Listener Interest; Radio

Membangun Pesan Sosial Dalam Film Pendek “Cerdas Melanggar” dengan Cara Bercerita pada Channel Youtube Cameo Project

This research will discuss about how to tell a short film called “Cerdas Melanggar”. This short film will use the Narrative Paradigm theory in which there are five basic narrative concepts such as humans are the creator of storytelling, sound judgement, sound judgement is determined by human character, rationally and story selection. This is because Youtube has a medium to create interesting content and as a place networking and storytelling as well. The researcher used Narrative Paradigm Fisher’s theory to see how the story could be trusted and enjoyed by the audience. To see how the story is told, narrative data analysis is used from Tzvetan Todorov which divides the story into three plots (beginning, middle and end) and also Miles and Huberman/s inductive data analysis which is done interactively. This study uses qualitative research methods to look at a deep phenomenon and the constructivist paradigm which is a view in which the truth of a social reality is relative. The data in this study collected using interview and documentation of the short film of Cameo Project Youtube Channel. So, the result of this research stated that the story of “Cerdas Melanggar” contains coherence and truth (fidelity).

3D Puppets Animation for Encouraging Character Education and Culture Preservation in Surakarta

The creation of this art is an effort to preserve traditional arts, especially wayang kulit (shadow puppets) and as a medium for character education for the younger generation as a solution to the phenomenon of increasingly intense globalization in the present, wherein the increasingly fragile condition of the nation's morality with the increasingly hedonism and individualistic culture of life in the younger generation in Surakarta. This art creation research method is descriptive qualitative located in the Surakarta and surrounding areas, data sources include the puppet show itself, literature, and competent informants and related art creation. Stages of analysis from various sources resulting from information from both the literature review and interviews were conducted using an interactive model, where each component of the analysis included the stages of data collection, data reduction, presentation and conclusion drawing. Next is the process of designing puppet show art with a collaboration of 3Dimensi animation through several stages, namely: Envisioning Phase, Planning Phase, Developing Phase, Stabilizing Phase, and Deploying Phase. Stages of wayang kulit story selection are adjusted to the segmentation of the younger generation of viewers and the current state of society in the community, the drafting of customized shadow puppet performances and collaborations with 3Dimensional Animation technology, and the selection and design of prototypes of wayang kulit figures as intermediary characters. puppet animation 3D dimensions.

A Genetic Algorithm for Finding a Small and Diverse Set of Recent News Stories on a Given Subject: How We Generate AAAI’s AI-Alert

This paper describes the genetic algorithm used to select news stories about artificial intelligence for AAAI’s weekly AIAlert, emailed to nearly 11,000 subscribers. Each week, about 1,500 news stories covering various aspects of artificial intelligence and machine learning are discovered by i2k Connect’s NewsFinder agent. Our challenge is to select just 10 stories from this collection that represent the important news about AI. Since stories and topics do not necessarily repeat in later weeks, we cannot use click tracking and supervised learning to predict which stories or topics are most preferred by readers. Instead, we must build a representative selection of stories a priori, using information about each story’s topics, content, publisher, date of publication, and other features. This paper describes a genetic algorithm that achieves this task. We demonstrate its effectiveness by comparing several engagement metrics from six months of “A/B testing” experiments that compare random story selection vs. a simple scoring algorithm vs. our new genetic algorithm.

Foreign Correspondents

The role of foreign correspondent has long been prominent in journalism but is undergoing considerable change. While many in this role are considered elite, and have a very high profile, others practice their reporting in anonymous and sometimes precarious conditions. Prominent types of foreign correspondent are the capital correspondent, bureau chief, and conflict correspondent. Conflict correspondents can, in turn, be categorized into three main types depending on how they perceive their role: the propagandist; the recorder of history; and the moralist. The role of foreign correspondent has been the subject of a great deal of research, including analyses of news content focused on the nature of bias and story selection and framing in international reporting, and observational and interview-based studies of practitioners of the role. Research has sought to shift the focus from elite correspondents for international media organizations to the myriad local media professionals who play an increasing role in shaping international news stories; to the move toward social media as a newsgathering and news-dissemination tool; to the safety of journalists—as their work becomes increasingly imperiled around the world; and to the vital but largely hidden role of news agencies in shaping international news.

Who Is Exposed to News? It Depends on How You Measure: Examining Self-Reported Versus Behavioral News Exposure Measures

Despite the importance of news exposure to political outcomes, news consumption is notoriously difficult to measure, and misreporting news exposure is common. In this study, we compare participants’ news behaviors measured on a news aggregator website with their self-reported story selection immediately after exposure. We find that both individual and contextual characteristics—especially the presence of political cues in news headlines—influence reporting of news story selection. As a result, the news audience profiles differ using self-reported versus behavioral measures, creating two different pictures of news exposure. More attention is needed to improve news measurement strategies to address misreporting and to improve the accuracy of news audience profiles.

Book Review: The Handbook for Storytellers

This is an updated and expanded edition of a popular, professional classic with a new co-author. A great storyteller, former school librarian, and now library school adjunct professor, Judy Freeman is a worthy successor to the groundbreaking Caroline Feller Bauer, who died in 2013. Described as a companion volume to The Handbook for Storytime Programs (forthcoming from ALA in 2015), this is a true handbook covering the entire process, from story selection to program promotion to taking care of one’s voice.

The Story Versus the Stream: Digital Media’s Influence on Newspaper Sports Journalism

This study examined contemporary daily sports journalism through the lenses of media sociology and new institutional theory. In-depth interviews with 25 sports journalists (reporters and editors) identified the institutionalized norms, values, practices, and routines of American sports journalism; demonstrated how that institutionalization affects story selection; and showed how the profession is changing due to digital and social media. The interviews show that although traditional sports journalism is highly institutionalized, digital sports journalism is far less so. Traditional sports journalism is still centered around a story, and digital sports journalism follows Robinson’s journalism-as-process model. The journalists interviewed are expected to perform acts of both traditional and digital journalism during the same workday, which leads to tension in how they do their jobs.