The Journal of Social Sciences and Media Studies (JOSSAMS) recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted tools may support certain aspects of research and manuscript preparation. However, the use of AI tools must comply with principles of transparency, accountability, and research integrity.

Authors may use AI-assisted tools for purposes of language improvement, grammar checking, and formatting assistance. However:

1. Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and ethical compliance of their manuscripts.
2. AI tools cannot be listed as authors or contributors.
3. Authors must disclose the use of generative AI tools that have contributed.
4. AI content must be carefully reviewed and verified by authors before submission.
5. Authors remain responsible for ensuring that AI-assisted content does not introduce plagiarism, inaccurate information, fabricated references, or ethical violations.

Editors on the Editorial Team and Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and should not upload unpublished manuscripts or confidential review materials into external AI tools without appropriate safeguards and authorization.

Statement of Disclosure of AI Use

Author(s) are required to submit the following Statement of Disclosure of AI Use as a separate file and duly signed by the corresponding author on his/her and coauthors’ behalf along with their manuscript at the time of submission. This declaration is mandatory for all submissions, irrespective of whether AI tools have been used in the preparation of the manuscript.

“The author(s) hereby declare that [Name of AI Tool] was used solely as a language support tool to assist with language editing, improving readability and clarity, refining sentence structure, and suggesting alternative wording where appropriate. All AI-assisted suggestions were critically reviewed, revised where necessary, and verified by the author(s) before incorporation into the manuscript.

The conceptualization of the research, formulation of research objectives, development of the theoretical and methodological frameworks, research design, data collection and analysis, interpretation of findings, and substantive scholarly contributions were undertaken by the author(s). The use of AI tools did not replace the author(s) intellectual contribution, independent scholarly judgment, or responsibility for the research.

The author(s) hereby undertake full responsibility for the originality, accuracy, validity, integrity, and ethical compliance of the submitted manuscript and confirm that the final content reflects their own scholarly work.”