Can GenAI Move from Individual Use to Collaborative Work? Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities of Coordinating GenAI into Collaborative Newswork

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Autori principali: Xiao, Qing, Hu, Qing, Xiao, Jingjia, Cao, Hancheng, Shen, Hong
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author Xiao, Qing
Hu, Qing
Xiao, Jingjia
Cao, Hancheng
Shen, Hong
author_facet Xiao, Qing
Hu, Qing
Xiao, Jingjia
Cao, Hancheng
Shen, Hong
contents Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping work, but adoption remains largely individual and experimental rather than coordinated into collaborative work. Whether GenAI can move from individual use to collaborative work is a critical question for future organizations. Journalism offers a compelling site to examine this shift: individual journalists have already been disrupted by GenAI tools; yet newswork is inherently collaborative relying on shared norms and coordinated workflows. We conducted 27 interviews with newsroom managers, editors and front-line journalists in China. We found that journalists frequently used GenAI to support daily tasks, but value alignment was safeguarded mainly through individual discretion. At the organizational level, GenAI use remained disconnected from team workflows, hindered by structural barriers and cultural reluctance to share practices. These findings underscore the gap between individual and collaborative work, pointing to the need to account for organizational structures, cultural norms, and workflow when coordinating GenAI for collaborative work.
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spellingShingle Can GenAI Move from Individual Use to Collaborative Work? Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities of Coordinating GenAI into Collaborative Newswork
Xiao, Qing
Hu, Qing
Xiao, Jingjia
Cao, Hancheng
Shen, Hong
Human-Computer Interaction
Computers and Society
Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping work, but adoption remains largely individual and experimental rather than coordinated into collaborative work. Whether GenAI can move from individual use to collaborative work is a critical question for future organizations. Journalism offers a compelling site to examine this shift: individual journalists have already been disrupted by GenAI tools; yet newswork is inherently collaborative relying on shared norms and coordinated workflows. We conducted 27 interviews with newsroom managers, editors and front-line journalists in China. We found that journalists frequently used GenAI to support daily tasks, but value alignment was safeguarded mainly through individual discretion. At the organizational level, GenAI use remained disconnected from team workflows, hindered by structural barriers and cultural reluctance to share practices. These findings underscore the gap between individual and collaborative work, pointing to the need to account for organizational structures, cultural norms, and workflow when coordinating GenAI for collaborative work.
title Can GenAI Move from Individual Use to Collaborative Work? Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities of Coordinating GenAI into Collaborative Newswork
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10950