Abstract:

Being one of the most commonly used and discussed communication technologies, artificial intelligence has been defined as both a machine intelligence that can be applied to business, presented by humanoid and non-humanoid robots, to promote and advance operational efficiency and a communication technology that can be used to communicate highly complicated applications and technological development via a machine displaying human mental functions like problem-solving, learning, and reasoning. The purpose of this study is to investigate how frequently artificial intelligence is employed in Turkey master’s theses and Ph.D. dissertations, with a particular focus on how it is represented in the field of communication. The study is being developed in accordance with this goal by reviewing at postgraduate theses based on artificial intelligence that are permitted between 2019 and 2021 in the Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center. By using the content analysis method, quantitative data pertinent to the analyzed theses have been collected. The detailed and advanced search has conducted by being used artificial intelligence keyword. Of all examined theses regarding artificial intelligence in the Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center, the communication field’s theses rate is only four percent. Furthermore, it is observed that thesis rate by years and interest to artificial intelligence has increased. Among departments of Social Science, the most theses written fields are communication, business, and economy. On the other hand, computer engineering is by far the most thesis written field including social, physical and health sciences. It is observed that in communication fields while Radio Cinema and Television and subsequently Public Relations fields are the most artificial intelligence based thesis, Journalism, Communication Design and Management and New Media fields are not found artificial intelligence based thesis.

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