Offstone JUNE 2023 EDITION

27 PERANAN AGAMA DALAM PENGHASILAN PRODUK MEDIA DALAM DUNIA KEPINTARAN BUATAN Oleh: Dr. Siti Suriani Othman suriani@usim.edu.my Penulis adalah pensyarah kanan, program Komunikasi, Fakulti Kepimpinan dan Pengurusan, USIM. Beliau memegang ijazah doktor falsafah dalam bidang kewartawanan dari Nottingham Trent University, UK. Beliau mengkaji kewartawanan bercetak dan dalam talian dalam konteks Malaysia serta menulis 13 buku solo dalam bidang kewartawanan dan bidang penulisan kreatif selain buku-buku suntingan dan artikel dalam jurnal. ABSTRACT In this discussion, I argue that religion is one of the most important elements that differentiate human being and robot. It is also the main guidance for reporters to guide them in producing news stories besides guide from journalism ethics. With the advancement of technology, AI robots can now produce news stories as fast as two minutes after an event ends. This signals the necessity for human robots to cooperate so we can guarantee quantity and quality of media products produced. It is here that I argue again that religion is an important element to ensure journalistic product can be produced with the highest quality when reporters hold tightly to teachings of the religion. Pengenalan Mungkin ada yang merasakan agak ketinggalan apabila persoalan peranan agama dalam media dibawakan dalam perbincangan apabila semua orang hangat membincangkan tajuk- tajuk yang lebih semasa seperti revolusi industri 4.0, pemanasan global dan kepintaran