Caught in the AI Current: J-School Educators’ Disruption,Adaptation and Future Readiness in the Global South

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This study explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming journalism schools (J-schools) in the Global South, focusing on Bangladesh, offering both opportunities and challenges. Guided by the framework of disruptive innovation, it employs qualitative methods and data triangulation through interviews with 12 educators and focus group discussions with 9 undergraduate media students. Findings reveal a divide among educators and a gap between teachers and students regarding AI guidelines. The study recommends embedding AI through convergence into existing courses, adapting participatory and hybrid learning approaches, developing a contextualized and collaborative Global South model, and embracing an ethical grounding as a living framework for responsible and meaningful AI integration.

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artificial intelligence Global South model J-schools adapting learning ethical grounding

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Caught in the AI Current: J-School Educators’ Disruption,Adaptation and Future Readiness in the Global South—Insights from Bangladesh

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