AI in Journalism Education: Curriculum Development and Implementation of Journalism in BRICS Universities

Liqi Yang, Ping Song, Shensi Wang and Jinghong Xu
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Liqi Yang: School of Journalism and Communication, Shanxi University, China
Ping Song: School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing Normal University, China
Shensi Wang: School of Law and Humanities, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
Jinghong Xu: School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing Normal University, China / International College, Krirk University, Thailand

Media and Communication, 2026, vol. 14

Abstract: This study employs content analysis and semi-structured in-depth interviews to examine how journalism education across BRICS countries has responded to the rise of AI and adjusted its core paradigms. In this study, BRICS refers to the expanded BRICS grouping, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. It combines latent Dirichlet allocation topic modeling of university journalism curricula with 15 interviews of China-based journalism educators. We selected 10 representative BRICS universities with journalism and communication programs as samples, after which we compiled training frameworks, syllabi, and teaching documents for all their AI-related courses, and used the LDA model to extract core topics and to conduct manual qualitative content analysis across five dimensions: course localization, technical tools, skill guidance, teaching content, and values. The interview results provided valuable supplementary insights.

Keywords: AI; AI curriculum construction; curriculum construction; journalism education; BRICS universities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.12516

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