Dancing with AI: The Impact of AI-Generated Images and Videos on Chinese Visual Journalism

While Nietzsche offers resources for thinking about the post-truth politics of Donald\nTrump, this is not because Nietzsche gives up on truth but because he is prescient in realizing\nwhat is at stake in our esteem for it. Nietzsche argues that the specifically unconditional value we\nattribute to truth raises the spectre of nihilism. Trump is a harbinger of this nihilism because he\nflaunts our shared social practices of valuing truth. While Nietzsche’s accounts of truth and\nobjectivity appear to make room for Trump, Nietzsche also praises epistemic virtues—honesty,\ncourage, curiosity, and responsibility—that Trump surely fails to express.

A Reflection on Joseph Smith's Restorationist Vision of Truth

While “ears-and-eyes” and “mouthpieces” are two normative roles of Chinese journalists, the latter has long been more emphasized in the mobilization model of disaster reporting. Based on in-depth interviews with Chinese journalists who witnessed city lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study examines how they performed the two roles to determine the extent to which their witnessing experiences could be transformed into media discourses. It argues that journalists’ bearing witness on disaster sites presupposed not only eyewitnessing but also earwitnessing in the form of survivor interviewing, fact checking, and truth investigation. While the “mouthpiece” orientation of news media may have obscured the potential of journalistic witnessing for timely exposing public suffering, there existed journalist-media negotiations on performing the two roles. Highlighting the role asymmetry between “ears-and-eyes” and “mouthpieces”, this study examines the veracity gap in Chinese journalists’ witnessing practice that derives from the tension between journalistic autonomy and structural restraints, which may contribute to the further theorization of journalistic witnessing.

This study examines Nigerian journalists’ perception of the affordances of recommendation algorithms in news production and distribution on Opera News Hub. The study uses a triangulation of methods involving content analysis, a semi-structured interview, and a focus group discussion (FGD) with content creators, who have been trained in traditional media practices in Lagos, Nigeria. The findings indicate news stories published on the Hub contravene the platform’s publishing guidelines. The Hub’s recommender system is underpinned by “metricisation” of gatekeeping, which affords soft news over hard news. Hence, content creators of hard news compromise their journalistic autonomy and take on a new professional identity in which they engage in a constant struggle to produce sensational content that will attract audience engagement on Opera News Hub. However, there are indications that Opera News Hub may enhance media sustainability and the welfare of journalists in Nigeria.

Whereas studies on churnalism have mainly focused on how public relations material and wire copy is recycled in newsrooms, this study switches perspective and concentrates on the wholesale side of news production. News agencies are a major news source especially with regard to foreign news, yet little is known about their news production practices. Against this background, this research project investigates how agency journalists produce news about the European Union (EU). Particular interest is given to the relationship between journalists and their sources. Applying a qualitative approach, 36 semi-structured interviews were conducted with agency correspondents and bureau chiefs in Brussels from 27 national and international media organisations, accompanied by think-aloud protocols. The interviews reveal that agency journalism in Brussels is centred on the EU institutions. Due to time pressure and poorly staffed newsrooms, correspondents rely heavily on material provided by the political institutions. Many concede that they lack time for in-depth and investigative research. Further, it becomes evident that the topics covered are initiated largely by the EU, revealing the latter’s extensive agenda-building capacity. Hence, the question arises whether agency correspondents are merely churning copy or whether they can uphold their journalistic autonomy vis-à-vis the EU’s vast public relations machinery.

This chapter addresses questions of social philosophy that arise once we see that meaningful work is central in human flourishing: in a just society, is meaningful work available for all people? Who should do the necessary work that undermines the well-being of the workers? And how can we expand opportunities for meaningful work for more people? The chapter is partly a meditation on the merits and limits of sharing routine work, which provides a partial solution to unhappy moral problems created by occupations of routine work. We have no complete solution to such problems, and we should acknowledge that work that allows us to thrive is a limited good. The limitedness of meaningful work is not a reason to reject the normative claim that meaningful work is central in human well-being, nor is it a reason against working to transform social organizations so as to increase opportunities for meaningful work.

This paper examines Chinese regional television news packages to establish what congruence there might be between the declared beliefs of the reporters about their work, and the reports they produce each day. Chinese television reporters from Hangzhou were interviewed and their news product examined across a month long sample. Interviews conducted with Chinese journalists revealed that they see themselves as scrutinising government, representing the people to the government and vice versa. Examination of their news product, however, suggests that they are mere transmitters of the political line of the government and of the cultural prejudices of their masters. In being so contradictory they reflect an ambivalence in Chinese society as a whole, where market individualism coexists with political authoritarianism. Chinese journalists believe they have social responsibilities which, to an outside observer, they cannot fulfil while making news. Examining their product in the light of their declarations illustrates the considerable gulf that separates their aspirations from their practices.

Today journalistic production takes place within “editorial offices” or “newsrooms”. But such newsrooms did not exist when newspapers first emerged. This paper describes, based primarily on the evidence of building structure and architectural floor plans, when and why special newsrooms were created in Germany and how they developed. At first these rooms were small, and journalists often resided there too. From the late nineteenth century editorial offices became differentiated and, in the German case typically became separate rooms reflecting newspapers' different editorial subjects and sections, thereby fostering their journalistic autonomy. Only recently can changes towards alternative structures and open-plan offices be observed. Meanwhile the production of internet news returns to an organization that does not require a newsroom. This paper argues that newsroom structure has influenced journalism in Germany, which did not change its production routines much after World War II when the American journalism style was declared to be the standard.

The Transmission of Political Critique after 9/11: “A New Form of Desperation”?

China plays an increasing role in the wars and conflicts around the world with its expanding political and economic interests overseas and its diplomatic role in international affairs. More and more Chinese journalists go to the frontlines overseas to cover distant conflicts for domestic audiences. Based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 16 Chinese correspondents who have covered conflicts outside China, this study examines Chinese journalists' perceptions and reflections on objectivity in the war zones. The author adopts a term of Chinese-style pragmatic objectivity to mean that objectivity is a convenient approach for Chinese journalists to do war journalism in the field. At the level of objectivity-as-a-value, objectivity is defined as a pragmatic value and a practical ritual for Chinese journalists to do news within the scope they can reach, to protect themselves from criticisms, and to justify their version of the truth. It promotes allegiance and patriotism. At the level of objectivity-as-a-practice, objectivity in war coverage is compromised by China's foreign policies, military constraints, the press's political orientations and editorial polices, and journalists' personal experiences and values. Chinese journalists use Chinese-style objectivity to negotiate their roles in the power struggle with the state, foreign militaries, the newsroom, and journalists.

This article focuses on journalistic activities in the context of the first wave of Covid-19, in 2020, when ahigh presence of post-truth and fake news was identified in news production, which is justified in addressing these two conceptual objects. The objective was to understand how problems in the production process, suchas job insecurity during the pandemic, allowed information gaps, which were filled by misinformation andinfodemics. For this, a quantitative method was used, with the application of an online survey to 365 participantsfrom Ibero-America during 2020, on production processes, work routines, and information generatedduring the quarantine of journalists, and consumption of information during confinement to journalists andonline news receivers. As a result, most journalists have changed their work routine, such as digital datachecking and preference for scientific sources. About half of news receivers valued press work positively,even though news consumption has generated negative prospects. As conclusions, there is a need to reviewcertain productive practices in the journalistic field, during exceptional situations such as the pandemic.

This paper will examine the concept of subjective truth, indicating what it can and can not sensibly mean. Although the paper is centrally concerned with this concept, it also will serve to establish a point of textual interpretation. Many critics of Kierkegaard have claimed he maintains a subjectivist position on truth claims, that somehow what is true or false is simply a matter of individual decision. H. J. Paton, for example, in The Modern Predicament interprets Kierkegaard in this way. 1 This interpretation is mistaken and we can see why it is mistaken if we compare what Kierkegaard says about truth and subjectivity with some interpretations of what subjective truth might mean. The concept of subjective truth has no established use and, thus, a discussion of it is an exploration of possibility rather than fact. Or more accurately, it is implied by attitudes which are very extensively found but that implication has not been systematically formulated by the owners of those attitudes. These attitudes collectively express the position of subjectivism and subjective truth is the view on truth implied by, although not confined to, that position. The importance of the concept of subjective truth lies as much in its intertwining in these attitudes as it does in its status as a theoretical possibility. Simply as a concept it seemingly could be at home in any area where truth is a relevant issue since it suggests a possibility of how truth could be found in any area where truth can be found. But it is more pressing as a problem related to actual beliefs and attitudes. Subjectivism is a position which has never lacked for adherents and it surely is not currently in a fallow period either. But seemingly few philosophers have been among these advocates; it is a view of the layman and not the professional. This situation complicates a discussion of the related concept of subjective truth. Since the concept's adherents have lacked the analytic and argumentative tools needed for its philosophical formulation, one who would discuss it philosophically is required to be, in a sense, both advocate and critic. He must both define the problem, formulate the position, explore its meanings, and then present the criticisms of his own work. This paper is such an attempt. Because the concept is found inchoate, I have given considerable space simply to the ordering of the various possible meanings of the concept. And to put order into the exploration I have adopted a division of the paper into four sections. First, I shall

This article investigates the concept of autonomy within the journalistic institution. A review of the literature reveals that journalist autonomy is restricted at the political, economic and organisational levels of news production, negotiated at the editorial level, and exercised at the level of practice. The article addresses the limits of professional autonomy, aiming for a wider contextualisation of the question to analyse the factors that restrict and enable journalistic autonomy. By investigating journalistic autonomy within the duality of structure, the analysis finds that autonomy is attained when journalists engage in the recursive reproduction of the institution. The level of autonomy enjoyed by journalists therefore remains a fluid concept that is continually adjusted to manage the daily task of reporting the news.

In the context of the media industry constant changes and the impact of digital technology on content consumption, cross-platform promotion of the last is becoming a key aspect of media production strategy. The purpose of this article is to study the general aspects of news production in contemporary conditions, taking into account the peculiarities of the media hybrid environment. This environment has a significant impact on all stages of news production. Therefore, there is a need to study the specificity of this process in order to identify potentially successful models of commercialization of media activities. The object of the study is modern news production process in the media hybrid environment, which was used by the Ukrainian resource 'New Voice' in 2023. The subject of the study is the mechanisms and dynamic changes in the news production process due to the specifics of the media hybrid environment. The analysis of the cross-media activities of the New Voice project was carried out in areas: analysis of the website content, the effectiveness of the promotional codes portal, the online platform Radio NV, podcasting service, NV magazine, as well as social media presence and alertness. Media activities under the project were studied taking into account the principles outlined in the editorial code. The article reveals the peculiarities and effectiveness of cross-platform content promotion in the hybrid media project "New Voice". The key methods and strategies that help the project succeed in media production are identified. According to the data collected and systematized as a result of the study, it is concluded that the media activities of the New Voice project are an example of successful news production in a media hybrid environment. The technologies and strategies used by New Voice can serve as a scenario/ selection of practical recommendations for launching a new media project or optimizing the mechanisms of an existing one.

In the face of the pervasive influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on journalism and media, the current research probes deeply into the public perceptions and attitudes towards the application of AI in Chinese journalism. We aim to answer several highly concerning questions by academics, the AI industry, and the journalism industry. An online survey was conducted to examine the public’s existing knowledge, emotions, concerns, preferences, and expectations of AI in Chinese journalism industry. It was found that the public was in general familiar with the application of AI technology in the field of journalism and media, among which the most acquainted aspect was describing some news products that apply the AI. The public's emotions towards the news broadcast by AI simulated anchors were mainly positive. Compared with the news content, the public believed that the form of news report benefited more from the application of AI. The public preferred the types differently in terms of a series of of media content and news production processes. Finally, most of the public believed that AI mode and traditional mode should complement each other in future news production. Practical suggestions were proposed to the AI industry, journalism, government, and the public.