Abstract
Because it involves constant change, the new technological times bring challenges: in addition to the pandemic crisis that affects everyone, among the tensions is a disruptive scenario in which platforming, algorithms, and datafication have emerged, which are related to the abuse of corporations, to which is added the crisis of journalism, challenges that require digital reinvention. Other communication problems can be indicated in a map of the communicative relations that are established and in which issues such as misinformation, sensationalism, consumerism, and pessimism can be located, to which solution alternatives are proposed. At the same time that there is crisis, promising possibilities arise such as mobile journalism, data journalism, longform journalism, experimental journalism, and promising possibilities such as adaptive journalism, sustainable journalism, experiential journalism, in addition to experiments such as artistic journalism, among others that stand alongside the consolidated practices of high-tech journalism involving platforms, human-algorithm hybrid journalism, robotic and AI journalism, of which empirical examples stand out. It arrives at the issue of hyper mediations and, moving forward, reflects on the possibilities offered by public space, regulation, and an international contract for the Internet. The methodological approach is essayistic and based on bibliographic review, and uses, as sources of evidence of the empirical cases referred to, journalistic documentation online, available on the Web. Thus, seeking to face such tensions, the purpose of this paper is to focus on possibilities of reinventing journalism through promising practices that highlight digital technologies, examining journalistic robots, use of artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other journalistic practices. As a result, several promising possibilities for the reinvention of journalism can be highlighted: (i) journalistically innovating on the Web so that it becomes a public space that allows citizen communication; (ii) consolidating the international movement to sign an Internet principles contract that includes digital journalism; (iii) contributing to improving the experience of both the communicators and the enjoyment of the interlocutors, among other imaginative possibilities and consolidated practices. Seeking a tension between these positions, we consider focusing on promising experimental practices that emphasize digital technologies, examining journalist robots, algorithms, and other journalistic experimental practices. It follows that the challenge of reinvention is to develop communicators' critical digital skills and the ability to sensitize interlocutors to feel from the other's perspective. Digital journalism can make use of different possibilities to face the challenges in new times.
Highlights
In view of the above, to address this movement of articulation of technique and society, we examine its current state and some experimental and avant-garde imaginative possibilities aimed at the reinvention of journalism, which is implied in the process of interface between journalism and algorithms and other trends here summarized that, in a way, oppose the challenges initially indicated in a map of the communicative relations that are established and in which issues such as misinformation, sensationalism, consumerism and pessimism can be located
Reflecting on these issues and others mentioned, we suggest that they can be balanced with practical experiments that can contribute to the reinvention of journalism
There are contradictory perceptions about the web: there are those who view the Internet unfavorably because it makes it possible to give a voice to subjects, they consider unqualified to give an opinion and, on the other hand, others are dazzled by the utopia of having a virtual possibility that it can unite peoples on every face of the earth. These are challenges and possibilities that are placed alongside tensions such as misinformation, related to false news, and the abusive performance of corporations through platforms and algorithms; to which is opposed the search to guarantee the public space with a view to citizenship through a web principles contract and other regulatory actions
Summary
The research requires a panoramic analysis of the problems of communication that can indicate problematic issues, which can be indicated in a "map of communicative relations", proposed by Uhry [1], of the relations that are established and in which disinformation, sensationalism, consumerism and pessimism can be located, for which solution alternatives are proposed: (I) regulation of communications is a necessity in the face of disinformation, distortions and the problems of the lack of public control; (II) a comprehensive vision of communication is what is proposed for all those involved in the communicational processes who can realize that disinformation is not the best path; (III) critical reception and interlocution seem to be Communication and Linguistics Studies 2021; 7(3): 49-56 the most adequate postures before the media, allowing critical reflection about the pessimistic bias and the purposes of the actions, especially when they foment violence; (IV) Internet as a new public space and can even convey on the Web an optimistic view instead of the hegemonic pessimism in the media; (V) counter-hegemonic forms of communication are demonstrations of social creativity and valorization of the community, a movement against the hegemonic posture of encouraging consumerism; (VI) citizen-consumer can be considered the engaged citizen, aware of the influence of the media in relation to his consumption and who seeks interlocution (VII) corporate citizen can be considered an ideal of those who believe that integrated and critical communication can go beyond sensationalism and economic goals, including social and environmental responsibility; (VIII) spirituality is a new value that can be the basis of communication relations that can become more comprehensive in the sense of giving spiritual meaning to relationships to go beyond materialism, consumerism and negativism, to awaken the essence of ourselves and our relationships. The research questions involve issues such as: (a) Can the challenges that new technological times bring be met with experimental and innovative journalistic practices? (b) Can these journalistic possibilities contribute to the reinvention of journalism in new technological times? (c) How to build a future for digital journalism?
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