Journalistic Metamorphosis: Media Transformation In The Digital Age

Description

This book aims to reflect how journalism has changed in recent years through different perspectives concerning the impact of technology, the reconfiguration of the media ecosystem, the transformation of business models, production and profession, as well as the influence of digital storytelling, mobile devices and participation within the context of glocal information. Journalism innovation implies modifications in techniques, technologies, processes, languages, formats and devices intended to enhance the production and consumption of the journalistic information. This book becomes an interesting resource for researchers and professionals working in news media to identify the best practices and discover new types of information flows in a rapidly changing news media landscape. Editorial Project......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Contents......Page 10 Editors and Contributors......Page 12 1 A Fish Tank Full of Information......Page 15 1.1 News in the Age of IoT......Page 17 2 Technology-Driven News Production and Consumption......Page 18 2.1 Will IoT Help or Substitute Journalists?......Page 19 2.2 More Disruption, Newer Forms of Journalism......Page 20 2.3 Journalism Every Time, Everywhere and in Every Form......Page 23 3 The Advent of Ubiquitous Journalism......Page 26 References......Page 27 1 From the Algorithm to Analyze to the Algorithm to Write......Page 30 3 New Productive Routines......Page 32 4 Bots and Algorithms in the Newsrooms......Page 33 5 Investigations on AI and Journalism......Page 35 References......Page 38 1 Introduction......Page 42 2 The Digital Incentive......Page 43 3 Multimedia, Interactive and Immersive Scenario......Page 44 3.1 The Interactive Promise......Page 45 3.2 Immersion in Reality......Page 46 4 Transmedia, Mobile and Expanded Scenario......Page 47 4.2 Convergence and Transmediality......Page 48 5 Conclusion......Page 50 References......Page 51 1 Introduction......Page 54 2 Innovation in Media: The Need of a Particular Perspective in a Digital Environment......Page 55 3 Innovation in Journalism and Its Impact in the News Industry......Page 58 4 Research Methods and Google DNI Fund......Page 60 5.2 Innovation Mindset......Page 63 5.3 Innovation Focus/Innovation Target......Page 64 5.4 Proven Journalist Outcomes......Page 65 6 Conclusion......Page 66 References......Page 68 1 Introduction......Page 70 2 Newsletters’ Rise, Fall, and Rise......Page 72 3 Newsletters’ Resurgence Explained......Page 73 4.1 Newsletters and ‘Digital First’......Page 75 4.2 Newsletters in the Mediahuis Data......Page 77 5 Conclusions......Page 79 References......Page 80 1 Introduction: An Uncertain Scenario for Local Journalism......Page 82 2 Towards a Classification of New Formats in Social Media for Local Journalism......Page 84 3.2 Short Messages Published by Journalists......Page 85 3.4 News Coverage via WhatsApp or Telegram......Page 86 4 Interactivity......Page 87 4.3 Voice Notes Using WhatsApp......Page 88 5.1 Media Reports......Page 89 5.4 Facebook Instant Articles......Page 90 6.1 Infographics......Page 91 7.1 Live Broadcasts Through Social Media......Page 92 8.1 Transmedia Reporting......Page 93 9 Conclusions: New Formats and Big Data to Ensure the Future of Local Journalism......Page 94 References......Page 95 1 Introduction......Page 111 1.1 360 Video Journalism and Humanitarian Communication......Page 113 2 Methodology......Page 115 3.1 Formal Features......Page 116 3.2 Postproduction and Staging......Page 118 4 Conclusions......Page 119 References......Page 120 1 Introduction......Page 124 2 Methodology......Page 126 3 Mobile Ecosystem, Active Audiences......Page 127 4 Shared Newsroom Strategies......Page 129 5 Content Creation and Dissemination......Page 132 6 Multiplatform and Transmedia Strategies......Page 133 7 Conclusions......Page 136 References......Page 137 1 Introduction......Page 139 2 Pros and Cons of Social Media Usage by Professional Journalists......Page 141 3 The Integration of Social Media Guidelines into Newsrooms......Page 142 4.1 Personal and Professional Activity......Page 144 4.3 Audience Relationship Management......Page 145 4.5 Transparency......Page 146 5 Conclusions......Page 147 References......Page 148 1 Newscasts Are Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant......Page 152 2 Innovating in Television News Formats......Page 153 3 Research Objectives and Methodology......Page 154 4.1 The Crisis of Television News......Page 155 4.2 How to Reinvent the Traditional Newscast......Page 156 4.3 Proposals for Innovating in Television News......Page 157 5.1 Stay Tuned (NBC News, United States)......Page 159 5.3 ZIB100 (ORF, Austria)......Page 160 5.5 NowThisNews (United States)......Page 161 6 Conclusion: The Need to Experiment and Innovate......Page 162 References......Page 163 1 Contextualization......Page 165 2.1 Metamorphosis of the Television......Page 166 2.2 The New Screens......Page 167 2.4 Changes in the Sociological Conception of Television......Page 168 3 Metamorphosis of Participation......Page 169 4 Participation Windows in News Programmes......Page 171 5 Conclusions......Page 174 References......Page 175 1 Introduction......Page 178 2 Standardization and Commodification of Digital Content and Its Impact on the Intention of Pay Per Contents......Page 179 3 The Dominance of Digital Platforms: How to Monetize the Algorithm......Page 182 4 Journalism of Public Interest and Sustainability......Page 186 References......Page 188 1 Introduction......Page 192 2 The Demanding Citizen......Page 194 3 The News: From Product to Process......Page 196 4 How to Legitimate a New Information Pact......Page 198 References......Page 203 From Meta-Journalism and Post-Journalism to Total Journalism......Page 205 1 Introduction......Page 206 2 The First Great Turnover......Page 207 3 The Digital Revolution......Page 208 4 The Second Great Turnover......Page 209 5 Total Journalism......Page 210 6 In Conclusion......Page 211 References......Page 212