Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher, CEO of AIJRF and A Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Journalism and Media of Metaverse

Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher, CEO of AIJRF and Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Journalism
  • Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Intelligent-Integrated Media & Mass Communication and Artificial Intelligence Journalism.
  • Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher, CEO of AIJRF and Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Journalism and and Media of Metaverse, has 20 years of professional experience in both online and print media formats under his belt; his craft has taken him to numerous countries and regions as a mass communication practitioner. Since he is fluent in both Arabic and English, his bilingual skills have made him an asset to several high-profile communication organizations. He has been a news editor, journalist, and media trainer for the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service (BBC) in the UK, the United Nations (UN), the Financial Times Group, and Thomson Reuters.
  • – Trainer and designer for Artificial Intelligence technologies and solutions in the media content such as: “Automated Text /  AI videos / AI audio Podcast / New Tools  for detecting the fake content, elc.
  • Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher, UAE Government  Advisor, where he has worked as Managing Editor at the Executive Office of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE-vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai . Dr. Abdulzaher was also a Media Advisor at UAE General Secretariat of the Cabinet. Then a Senior Strategic Forecaster at the Prime Minister Office (PMO).
  • Member of the the Academic Committee for the Government Communication of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau.

Abdulzaher has body of work spans over 80 papers and reports (English and Arabic) in media studies, Artificial Intelligence Journalism and Intelligence-Integrated Public Relations (IIPR), and 12 books on media and AI in both Arabic and English languages.

2- Intelligence-Integrated Public Relations Model.

3- The Global Model of The Dynamic Human Skills (DHS).

  • Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher  Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Journalism, is the co-founder of Artificial Intelligence Journalism for Research and Forecasting (AIJRF) UAE-based think tank, and founder and board of directors member of Artificial Intelligence Journalism World Forum (AIJWF), the global platform and conference, that is designing the future of media, touching human lives 2050, and the future of sustainable cities.
  • Editor-in-chief of the Artificial Intelligence Journalism Journal (AIJJ).In his book Artificial Intelligence Journalism: The 4IR and Media Restructuring, published in both Arabic and English, Dr. Abdulzaher pioneered the concept of AI journalism [[i]] and defined its relationship to the Fourth and Fifth industrial revolutions, Dr. Abdulzaher developed Abdulzaher’s Artificial Intelligence Journalism Model of Communication, a theoretical framework which illustrates the new roles that AI technologies.
  • He is the co-founder of Artificial Intelligence Journalism for Research and Forecasting (AIJRF), a think tank established in the United Arab Emirates in November 2018. [[ii]] The AIJRF comprises professors and researchers specialising in media studies, AI, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the humanities. [[iii]]
  • He has also conceptualised and defined 7G Journalism, “a new era in developing, upgrading and restructuring of the media industry fully compatible with the techniques of the Fifth Industrial Revolution, whereby media institutions disappear in their traditional form and turn into millions of information centres cover everywhere around the world … 7G Journalism will rely on individual contributions and direct communications between people via human microchips, where there is no television and radio, news platforms, and nothing called smart applications.” [[iv] ] [[v]] [[vi]]
  • Abdulzaher developed Abdulzaher’s Artificial Intelligence Journalism Model of Communication, a theoretical framework which illustrates the new roles that AI technologies – including robots, blockchain, 3D printing and big data analysis technologies – play in the media communication process. [[vii]] Within this framework, all elements of the communication process perform a continuous, direct, circular and interactive role, whether in the presence of humans or otherwise. [[viii]]
  • Have created many new concepts in media and AI such as:- Artificial Intelligence Journalism. [[ix] ] صحافة الذكاء الاصطناعي.
  • 7G Journalism.صحافة الجيل السابع [[x] ]
  • Robotization of Marketing. [[xi] ]
  • Marketing Metaversers
  • Media of Metaverse  إعلام الميتافيرس
  • Blockchained-News. بلوكشيند الأخبار[[xii] ]
  • Covidization of Media Industry.إعلام ما بعد كوفيد [[xiii] ]
  • Intelligence-Integrated Public Relations. العلاقات العامة التفاعلية الأكثر ذكاء[[xiv] ]
  • Abdulzaher Artificial intelligence Journalism Model of Communication. نموذج عبد الظاهر للاتصال في صحافة الذكاء الاصطناعي [[xv] ]
  • Artificial Intelligence Journalism and Professional Code of Ethics. الدليل الأخلاقي في صحافة الذكاء الاصطناعي [[xvi] ]
  • Dynamic Human Skills (DHS). المهارات البشرية الدينامكية [[xvii] ]

List of Artificial Intelligence Journalism and Media of Metaverse Titles (2019-2022):

Media  of Metaverse

In August, Dr. Abdulzaher has  published the first of its kind worldwide about Media of Metaverse, titled :
” Media of Metaverse, Media Industry and 5th Industrial Revolution Technologies and Web 4.0 & 5.0″. The book comes within a series of books in Artificial Intelligence Journalism and Media of Metaverse by Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher.
He completes his vision in the future of the Media and Entertainment industry in light of the technologies of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolutions, with the development of Web 4.0 and 5.0 .
He also presents  100 applications of artificial intelligence in creating media content and government services, such as:  AI apps in video, content automation tools, analyzing big data in the media industry, Robotization of Marketing technologies and the Media of Metaverse.
Media of Metaverse, Media Industry and 5th Industrial Revolution Technologies

Notable posts include:

  • President of the Global Artificial Intelligence Journalism Index‎ (GAIJI), which measures, track, and visualises how media companies use AI Journalism technologies in producing, publishing and promoting content. [[xviii]]
  • Advisory board member at the College of Media and Mass Communication, American University in the Emirates. [[xix]]
  • CEO of the Dubai-based Artificial Intelligence Journalism World Forum (AIJWF), a platform which seeks to explore the era of AI journalism and 7G journalism by presenting real experiences for international media in the use of AI technologies. [[xx]]
  • Editor-in-chief of the Artificial Intelligence Journalism Journal (AIJJ), a peer-reviewed, double-blind, open-access academic publication focusing broadly on AI journalism, and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies in the media. [[xxi]]
  • He has a Dubai Golden Visa in the category of “Creative Talents” as an “Author and Academic Lecturer”, for his pioneering publications and content  in the field of media and artificial intelligence in both Arabic and English. [[xxii] ]
  • From January 2017 to December 2018, Dr. Abdulzaher was a Managing Editor with the Arab Strategy Forum, a think tank and research institute covering issues including social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology and culture. [[xxiii]].
  • Abdulzaher was a winner of the CFA Institute’s 2016 Middle East Financial Journalism Award, which acknowledges journalistic contribution towards the advancement of knowledge about the GCC’s finance and investment sector. [[xxiv]] He was also recipient of an award from U.S. Arab Radio in 2016 for his role in training young journalists, expanding U.S. Arab Radio’s reach into the Middle East and connecting Middle Eastern journalists with North American audiences. [[xxv]]

[i] https://891.a9f.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AI-Journalism-2.pdf

[ii] https://aijournalism.net/about-us/

[iii] https://aijournalism.net/about-us/

[iv] https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2020/10/12/a-deeper-insight-into-7g-journalism

[v] https://aijournalism.net/7g-journalism-new-media-concept-adapting-to-5th-industrial-revolution/

[vi] https://www.masaadernews.com/en/article/24957/egyptian-journalist-and-researcher-coins-the-term-ai-journalism/

[vii] https://aijournalism.net/first-artificial-intelligence-journalism-model-of-communication/

[viii] https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2020/07/20/artificial-intelligence-journalism-model-of-communication-set-to-revolutionise-the-world

[ix]https://books.google.ae/books/about/Artificial_Intelligence_Journalism.html?id=qzCxDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

[x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4eu8bt2XjE

[xi] https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2019/06/10/ai-journalism-and-robotization-of-marketing-set-to-create-a-revolution

[xii] https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2019/10/21/artificial-intelligence-journalism-and-blockchained-news-will-help-cut-down-losses

[xiii] https://aijournalism.net/covidization-of-media-industry/

[xiv] https://aijournalism.net/globalization-4-0-the-future-of-media-in-the-age-of-7g-journalism/

[xv] https://www.amazon.com/Abdulzaher-Artificial-intelligence-Journalism-Communication/dp/B08DBVZZ5Z

[xvi] https://aijournalism.net/artificial-intelligence-journalism-and-code-of-ethics/

[xvii] https://www.facebook.com/ArtificialIntelligenceJournalism/posts/dynamic-human-skills-dhs-a-new-concept-created-by-dr-mohamed-abdulzaher-and-was-/3086636384915759/

[xviii] https://aijournalism.net/the-global-artificial-intelligence-journalism-index/

[xix] https://aue.ae/en/college-of-media-and-mass-communication-2/

[xx] https://aijournalism.net/aijrf-launches-artificial-intelligence-journalism-world-forum/

[xxi] https://aijournalism.net/artificial-intelligence-journalism-journal-aijj/

[xxii] https://aijournalism.net/dubai-grants-10-years-cultural-visa-to-aijrf-ceo-mohamed-abdulzaher/

[xxiii] http://www.arabstrategyforum.org/en/about-asf

[xxiv] https://www.zawya.com/uae/en/press-releases/story/CFA_Institute_Announces_Winners_of_2016_Middle_East_Financial_Journalism_Awards-ZAWYA20160914072603/

[xxv] https://thearabdailynews.com/2016/10/05/us-arab-radio-celebrates-11-years-achievements/