ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Commun.
Sec. Culture and Communication
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2025.1479813
From Assistance to Integrity: Exploring the Role of AI in Academic Communication Across Russian and Turkish Campuses
Provisionally accepted
- 1Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
- 2Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Pyatigorsk, Russia
- 3Independent researcher, Gaziantep, Türkiye
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This paper investigates how 33 Turkish and 38 Russian university students perceive and experience artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarly communication. Data was collected through open-ended questionnaires. This study investigates students' perspectives, experiences, and concerns regarding AI use in educational settings. Three main areas of inquiry are addressed: general views and experiences with AI technology, effects on academic communication and teamwork, and evaluation of AI-generated work in terms of academic integrity and plagiarism. Our findings reveal both shared and divergent perspectives among Turkish and Russian students regarding AI's role in their educational environment. Students from both countries recognize AI's significant potential to streamline academic tasks and enhance access to information. However, they also voice apprehensions over its influence on critical thinking abilities and academic honesty. Turkish students exhibited a predominantly favorable outlook toward the collaborative capabilities of AI, but Russian students placed greater emphasis on apprehensions over privacy and data security. The study highlights the complex interplay between the benefits and challenges of AI in educational environments. Students in both countries encounter ethical issues, namely plagiarism and the authenticity of AI-generated content. Our research highlights the importance of clearly defined institutional regulations and educational initiatives to offer guidelines for the use of AI in academia. This comparative study offers a fascinating analysis of the cultural factors influencing AI applications in higher education. It adds to the ongoing worldwide conversation about how technology impacts future educational plans.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, Academic communication, academic integrity, higher education, cultural studies
Received: 12 Aug 2024; Accepted: 28 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Sergeeva, Zheltukhina and Demir. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Servet Demir, Independent researcher, Gaziantep, Türkiye
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