When Good News Goes Unreported: AI and the Global Geography of Media Positivity

• In Event: Theorizing Media Coverage and Media Effects

Brief Overview

This study probes a paradox: journalists capture millions of images of cooperation, recovery, and progress, yet few become stories. Using AP/AFP photos and AI vision+text models, I map where positive events are photographed but underreported.

Author

• Jacqueline Giacoman, University of California, Merced