Ammina Kothari
Biographic Data
| ID | 3791263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ammina Kothari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ammina |
| FAMILY NAME | Kothari |
| SIGNATURE | KOTHARI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4901-6121 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do Communication Managers Trust AI Fact-Checking? An Examination of Ethical Decision-Making, Credibility, and Fact-Checking Behavior
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how people consume information online, raising ethical concerns about misinformation, accountability, and trust. As AI-generated content proliferates, communication leaders are increasingly tasked to verify content, making fact-checking an ethical and professional responsibility. This study examines how ethical decision-making and perceived credibility shape communication managers’ (N = 335) use of AI-…
Beyond the Calling
Gathering Stories
Digital storytelling prioritizes real-time connections, story creation, contextual adaptability, multi-media expression, and accessibility. This article discusses the unrecognized affordances and value of digital storytelling practices for teens living in precarious (neo)colonial lifeworlds. We review the workshop methods developed as designers and leaders of “Gathering Stories: A Digital Storytelling Workshop for Young Women” in July 2021 to enl…
Artificial Intelligence and Journalism
Globally, newsrooms are adopting various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the newsgathering, production and distribution process. Western countries and China, in particular, are leading the innovation of AI in newsrooms—testing technologies that include machine learning, automated content creation and moderation and speech-to-text programs. The adoption of AI in newsrooms, and research of its impact, has predominantly focused on W…
Malaysia and the Rohingya
A framing analysis of Malaysian newspaper, The Star was conducted to identify narrative themes used to frame a period of escalating violence in Myanmar (2012 through 2016) that prompted the Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Our analysis found that the newspaper represented refugees as violent, criminal and illegal outsiders, while the host nation and its officials were cast as benevolent actors offering humanitarian aid. Rohingya people’s arrival i…
Challenges for journalism education in the era of automation
The emergence of automated journalism and concerns about the rise of ‘fake news’ are the latest catalysts for journalism educators to revisit how reporting and writing skills are taught. In this study, we investigate if and how journalism educators are revising their curriculum to address changes brought about by automation, with particular emphasis on its potential to help with news verification. Our results suggest that curricular changes are b…
Hack the Camp’
This article examines an entrepreneurial public diplomacy initiative led by U.S. Embassy in Athens in the form of a hackathon to address the refugee crisis in Greece. Drawing from the public diplomacy framework and principles of intercultural communication, the analysis focused on communication strategies used to bring together a diverse range of stakeholders to work on solutions for the refugees in Athens. Results show that when stakeholders com…
NGOs and Health Reporting in Tanzania
This study examines the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in shaping health reporting in Tanzania. Drawing on in-depth interviews with representatives from NGOs cited in HIV/AIDS-related stories published in the Tanzanian newspapers, the Daily News and The Guardian, the analysis focuses on financial incentives and resources committed by NGOs to foster collaborative relationships with journalists. Findings reveal that media training op…
Signifying Aids
HIV is still one of the biggest public health challenges in Tanzania. The media play an important role in keeping the public updated about this issue. Aids’ invasive traits and infectious viruses have been systematically metaphorised to communicate complex information in simple terms over the past three decades. Even though metaphors are present in our everyday speech, when applied to illness and science, the consequences can have a ripple effect…
HIV/Aids Information on East African Websites
According to the UNAIDS Global Report of 2010, Sub-Saharan Africa has about 22.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS. In a textual analysis of government-sponsored and private websites originating in East Africa, we analyze how the Internet and social media tools are used to disseminate information about HIV/AIDS and promote social change among targeted audiences. Our analysis found that content available on selected government and private websit…
The Ethics of Keeping HIV/Aids Newsworthy in Tanzania
This study focuses on the negotiation of ethical challenges when reporting HIV/AIDS in Tanzania by investigating how two newspapers, the Daily News and the Guardian, operate in an environment with marked limitations on resources. Interviews with journalists reveal how economic concerns and reluctance to invest money in reporting a disease, now perceived as “old news,” has opened up space for official news sources to gain privileged access to diss…
The Framing of the Darfur Conflict in the New York Times
This multi-method study examines how the New York Times reported the Darfur conflict in the Sudan, which has led to an estimated 300,000 deaths and over 2.3 million people displaced by the fighting. Drawing on normative media theories and prior studies of Africa's representation, the role of sources in the frame-building process was analyzed, together with the impact of news-making processes on journalists' reporting about Darfur. The textual ana…
The Framing of the Darfur Conflict in the New York Times
This multi-method study examines how the New York Times reported the Darfur conflict in the Sudan, which has led to an estimated 300,000 deaths and over 2.3 million people displaced by the fighting. Drawing on normative media theories and prior studies of Africa's representation, the role of sources in the frame-building process was analyzed, together with the impact of news-making processes on journalists' reporting about Darfur. The textual ana…
Malaysia and the Rohingya
A framing analysis of Malaysian newspaper, The Star was conducted to identify narrative themes used to frame a period of escalating violence in Myanmar (2012 through 2016) that prompted the Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Our analysis found that the newspaper represented refugees as violent, criminal and illegal outsiders, while the host nation and its officials were cast as benevolent actors offering humanitarian aid. Rohingya people’s arrival i…
Hack the Camp’
This article examines an entrepreneurial public diplomacy initiative led by U.S. Embassy in Athens in the form of a hackathon to address the refugee crisis in Greece. Drawing from the public diplomacy framework and principles of intercultural communication, the analysis focused on communication strategies used to bring together a diverse range of stakeholders to work on solutions for the refugees in Athens. Results show that when stakeholders com…
The Ethics of Keeping HIV/Aids Newsworthy in Tanzania
This study focuses on the negotiation of ethical challenges when reporting HIV/AIDS in Tanzania by investigating how two newspapers, the Daily News and the Guardian, operate in an environment with marked limitations on resources. Interviews with journalists reveal how economic concerns and reluctance to invest money in reporting a disease, now perceived as “old news,” has opened up space for official news sources to gain privileged access to diss…
The Framing of the Darfur Conflict in the New York Times
This multi-method study examines how the New York Times reported the Darfur conflict in the Sudan, which has led to an estimated 300,000 deaths and over 2.3 million people displaced by the fighting. Drawing on normative media theories and prior studies of Africa's representation, the role of sources in the frame-building process was analyzed, together with the impact of news-making processes on journalists' reporting about Darfur. The textual ana…
The Ethics of Keeping HIV/Aids Newsworthy in Tanzania
This study focuses on the negotiation of ethical challenges when reporting HIV/AIDS in Tanzania by investigating how two newspapers, the Daily News and the Guardian, operate in an environment with marked limitations on resources. Interviews with journalists reveal how economic concerns and reluctance to invest money in reporting a disease, now perceived as “old news,” has opened up space for official news sources to gain privileged access to diss…
Signifying Aids
HIV is still one of the biggest public health challenges in Tanzania. The media play an important role in keeping the public updated about this issue. Aids’ invasive traits and infectious viruses have been systematically metaphorised to communicate complex information in simple terms over the past three decades. Even though metaphors are present in our everyday speech, when applied to illness and science, the consequences can have a ripple effect…
HIV/Aids Information on East African Websites
According to the UNAIDS Global Report of 2010, Sub-Saharan Africa has about 22.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS. In a textual analysis of government-sponsored and private websites originating in East Africa, we analyze how the Internet and social media tools are used to disseminate information about HIV/AIDS and promote social change among targeted audiences. Our analysis found that content available on selected government and private websit…
NGOs and Health Reporting in Tanzania
This study examines the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in shaping health reporting in Tanzania. Drawing on in-depth interviews with representatives from NGOs cited in HIV/AIDS-related stories published in the Tanzanian newspapers, the Daily News and The Guardian, the analysis focuses on financial incentives and resources committed by NGOs to foster collaborative relationships with journalists. Findings reveal that media training op…
Hack the Camp’
This article examines an entrepreneurial public diplomacy initiative led by U.S. Embassy in Athens in the form of a hackathon to address the refugee crisis in Greece. Drawing from the public diplomacy framework and principles of intercultural communication, the analysis focused on communication strategies used to bring together a diverse range of stakeholders to work on solutions for the refugees in Athens. Results show that when stakeholders com…
Challenges for journalism education in the era of automation
The emergence of automated journalism and concerns about the rise of ‘fake news’ are the latest catalysts for journalism educators to revisit how reporting and writing skills are taught. In this study, we investigate if and how journalism educators are revising their curriculum to address changes brought about by automation, with particular emphasis on its potential to help with news verification. Our results suggest that curricular changes are b…
Malaysia and the Rohingya
A framing analysis of Malaysian newspaper, The Star was conducted to identify narrative themes used to frame a period of escalating violence in Myanmar (2012 through 2016) that prompted the Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Our analysis found that the newspaper represented refugees as violent, criminal and illegal outsiders, while the host nation and its officials were cast as benevolent actors offering humanitarian aid. Rohingya people’s arrival i…
Artificial Intelligence and Journalism
Globally, newsrooms are adopting various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the newsgathering, production and distribution process. Western countries and China, in particular, are leading the innovation of AI in newsrooms—testing technologies that include machine learning, automated content creation and moderation and speech-to-text programs. The adoption of AI in newsrooms, and research of its impact, has predominantly focused on W…
Gathering Stories
Digital storytelling prioritizes real-time connections, story creation, contextual adaptability, multi-media expression, and accessibility. This article discusses the unrecognized affordances and value of digital storytelling practices for teens living in precarious (neo)colonial lifeworlds. We review the workshop methods developed as designers and leaders of “Gathering Stories: A Digital Storytelling Workshop for Young Women” in July 2021 to enl…
Do Communication Managers Trust AI Fact-Checking? An Examination of Ethical Decision-Making, Credibility, and Fact-Checking Behavior
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how people consume information online, raising ethical concerns about misinformation, accountability, and trust. As AI-generated content proliferates, communication leaders are increasingly tasked to verify content, making fact-checking an ethical and professional responsibility. This study examines how ethical decision-making and perceived credibility shape communication managers’ (N = 335) use of AI-…
Beyond the Calling
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Media Studies and Communication (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Journalism (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 works) · Content analysis (3 works)