Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in the field of journalism, reshaping various aspects of news production, content delivery, and audience engagement. This study uses the theory of disruptive innovation to examine the impact of AI in journalism education. We conducted 14 in-depth interviews with Accrediting Council…

Describes the use of video display terminals in the journalism lab of a Florida university. Discusses the different purposes for which broadcast and print journalism students use such equipment. (HTH)

Four commercially available instructional software programs for high school journalism students are examined in this paper, which also contains suggestions on their use. The four programs reviewed in the paper provide (1) practice in finding the best interview sources in a newsgathering simulation (Super Scoop); (2) review and reinforcement of…

Explores ways computers and traditional teaching may work together in journalism education. (HOD)

Describes a workshop recommended for the beginning of each term to orient journalism students to the use of computers for news writing. (HTH)

Describes the progress and problems encountered by an eastern university's department of journalism and mass communication as it adapted to computer assisted instruction. (HTH)

Describes the successful integration of Apple microcomputers into the journalism curriculum at an Alaskan university. (HTH)

Reports results of a study indicating that increasing computer time from one and a half hours to three hours per week did not improve the quality of students' newswriting, and suggesting that departments with small capital budgets need not necessarily invest huge amounts in computer terminals for every student. (HTH)

Explains how a computer and a large-screen television can help journalism instructors teach editing and writing skills. (FL)

Compares "computer based learning" in Europe with "computer assisted instruction" in the United States, noting that, in spite of the connotations of the names, the teacher is the primary beneficiary of software in Europe while the student is the primary beneficiary of software in the U.S. (HTH)

Describes the use of two computer simulations in a journalism class to help teach information-gathering techniques and information evaluation. (HTH)

Argues that multimedia computing can allow journalism educators to change dramatically their teaching methods. Identifies "repurposing," the use of existing media resources for new teaching purposes. Observes that many journalism educators are learning programing languages needed to create computer software. Cites multimedia technology…

Using flippers, or pieces of paper attached to the edges of a sheet of a main script, can help to communicate computer interactions to a student. (HOD)

Suggests the potential of the PLATO system in advertising education. (RL)

Defining programed instruction as a self-contained learning package allowing students to work at their own rate without teacher assistance, this directory contains descriptions of approximately 80 such programs of interest to journalism instructors. Each description contains the title, author, and form of the program; the level for which it is…