Embrace the AI, but keep the journalist: Public attitudes toward AI involved fact-checking in China

Xiaotong Chen, Tianru Guan, School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University, Data Journalism Research Center, Wuhan University

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on May 22, 2026

Abstract

Journalism, Ahead of Print.
While artificial intelligence poses significant challenges to journalistic authority, professional boundaries, and core functions, limited research has examined its impact on critical practices such as fact-checking, especially from the perspective of ...