# A Review of Artificial Intelligence Research in Peer-Reviewed Communication Journals
## 4 Results
Regarding authorship, a few scholars draw attention: [PERSON] has published five articles, whereas [PERSON] and [PERSON] have published four articles each in peer-reviewed journals included in this study. In addition, [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], and [PERSON] have published three articles each (see Table 2). Regarding topical status, the peer-reviewed journal articles included in this study cover a variety of topics. There are articles specifically focused on the relationship between AI and public relations. For example, [PERSON] and [PERSON] [56] examined the growing relationship between AI and public relations. [PERSON] et al. [45], analyzed the potential of chatbots as a strategic tool for public relations to see whether chatbots can improve key public relations outcomes. [PERSON] et al. [55] discussed AI's concepts, benefits, applications, impacts, and roles in the public relations industry. Some articles covered the use of AI in advertising and how AI has impacted the advertising process [8, 57, 62, 63], whereas some articles focused on journalism practices [64, 65, 66]. \begin{table}
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**Author** & **The Number of Articles** \\ \hline [PERSON] & 5 \\ [PERSON] & 4 \\ [PERSON] & 4 \\ [PERSON] & 3 \\ [PERSON] & 3 \\ [PERSON] & 3 \\ [PERSON] & 3 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON], [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ [PERSON] & 2 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Authorship in AI research in the peer review communication journals 2006–2022. Some topics focused on the challenges of using AI. For example, [PERSON] and [PERSON] [67] explained the hurdles and obstacles to using computer vision news projects, a subset of AI, in Latin American news organizations. [PERSON] and [PERSON] [68] discussed the challenges local newspapers face as the digital economy transitions to AI. [PERSON] et al. [55] also talked about the new challenges and opportunities AI has brought to public relations functions. Topics have also covered the use of AI in different parts of the world. For example, [PERSON] and [PERSON] [69] focused on AI use in news production in Africa, whereas [PERSON] and [PERSON] [70] talked about the transformation of Chinese news media. [PERSON] et al. [71] discussed how AI impacts the Spanish media ecosystem, whereas [PERSON] and [PERSON] [72] addressed how young Danish adults engage in a communicative relationship with Facebook's news feed as algorithmic technology. Some articles [73; 74; 75] analyzed consumers' experiences, attitudes, and perceptions of AI, whereas some articles covered the perceptions of communication practitioners. For example, [PERSON] et al. [76] covered how media practitioners in different departments (journalists, data scientists, and product managers) perceive the impact of algorithmic news recommenders. [PERSON] and [PERSON] [77] examined media practitioners' perceptions of working in the Chinese media industry with the impact of AI on media employment. Regarding the theoretical status, among 137 articles, 55 (40%) of them applied a theoretical framework to their studies. The most frequently applied theoretical framework was the expectancy violation theory (N = 3), which is an \"interpersonal communication theory that makes the counterintuitive claim that violations of expectations are sometimes preferable to confirmations of expectations\" [78], (p. 1). The articles included in this study also applied approaches such as agenda-setting, framing, gatekeeping theory, social identity theory, diffusion of innovations, elaboration-likelihood model, sociotechnical theoretical framework, and use and gratification theory to their studies. For instance, since the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) become increasingly widespread in society, how public perceives this technology has become important for its development, adoption, and sustainability.