Artificial Intelligence and Law in the Communication Professions [Hardcover]

Cayce Myers is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Communication at Virginia Tech, USA, where he teaches Public Relations and Communication Law. He is also the author of Public Relations History: Theory, Practice and Profession (Routledge, 2020).

Introduction? 1. What is AI and How is it Reshaping Our Society in the 2020s?? 2. AI and the Law: Human vs. Machine Decision Making? 3. AI and Disinformation: Combatting Fake News? 4. AI and Intellectual Property: Human or Machine Creation?? 5.? AI and Discrimination: A New Civil Rights Frontier? 6. AI and Liability: Determining Legal Responsibility? 7. AI and Privacy? 8. AI, Ethics, and Industry Regulation: Can Big Tech Manage Itself?? 9. The Future of Regulation of AI in the 2020s

This book analyzes the current attempts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the communication field.

Examining existing and proposed laws, policies, and regulations of AI in the U.S. and the European Union, this book analyzes how the technological development of AI will be governed in the next decade and how this will impact the communication industry. Chapters explore the influence of laws on key communication issues including free speech, disinformation, intellectual property, privacy, and discrimination, as well as the AI industrys approach to self-regulation. It shows how communication professionals such as public relations practitioners, advertisers, and journalists will be affected by generative AI content production and how communication will ultimately be shaped by the regulations and laws placed on AI.

Providing readers with a working knowledge of the contemporary legal issues surrounding AI and communication, this book will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of Media and Communication Law, Public Relations, Advertising, and Journalism.