Opportunities For Journalism Research Articles

Artificial Intelligence as an Opportunity for Journalism: Insights from the Brazilian and Portuguese Media

Artificial Intelligence as an Opportunity for Journalism: Insights from the Brazilian and Portuguese Media

DIGITAL TRENDS IN THE MODERN MEDIA SPACE: SOCIOCULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Digital technologies are changing the modern media landscape, which requires a regular and systematic study of best innovative practices, specific empirical cases, as well as the understanding and scientific justification of these transformations, which is an actual problem field of research on social communications. This defined the aim of the study – to analyze digital trends in the modern media space, and to consider the sociocultural and technological aspects of the problem of using digital technologies in journalism. To implement the tasks we applied elements of the method of systematic literature review and analysis of the practices of using digital technologies by leading global agencies and editions. The results of the study showed that the development of the modern media space is largely determined by digital trends. New technologies open up new opportunities for journalism, developing quantitative and qualitative aspects of media activity and causing the emergence of new trends, such as journalism of things, glance journalism, immersive journalism, automated journalism, wearable journalism, etc. Currently, digital technologies are considered as a tool that helps in the work of a journalist, creating a socio-technical environment for increasing the efficiency and economic viability of journalistic practice, optimizing and automating routine processes, ensuring the relevance of materials, generating, moderating and creating personalized content, supporting and expanding dynamic forms of civic participation. The intensive development of digital technologies requires a thorough critical study of their use, analysis of prospects and risks, potential impact on the media space.

Challenges and Opportunities for Journalism in the Bulgarian COVID-19 Communication Ecology

ABSTRACTThe coronavirus pandemic brought immense challenges to journalists worldwide, including new threats to media freedom, journalism safety and practice. The impact of the pandemic on journalism is yet to be fully understood and examined but this paper contributes to the field by focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on the media in countries with democratic deficits, such as Bulgaria. Studies on former Eastern bloc countries have become few and far between recently so this research aims to fill this gap by examining how the coronavirus pandemic and associated restrictions have impacted journalism practice in Bulgaria and how journalists, and independent media organisations responded and adapted to the pressures in 2020. Our findings from semi structured interviews with media practitioners show that it is the independent media that has borne the brunt of the crisis. In addition to existing challenges to press freedom, many Bulgarian journalists encountered new limits to their daily practice in reporting on a topic of significant public importance.

قول الحقيقة للسلطة: مبادئ أساسية لتطوير تعليم الصحافة دوليًا

أدّى تظافر مجموعة من العوامل إلى الوصول بالصحافة وتدريسها إلى حافة الانهيار. ومن بين هذه العوامل صعود اليمين المتطرف، وتقدم التكنولوجيا الرقمية، وتدهور البنى الاقتصادية لوسائل الاعلام. وتقدم هذه العوامل متحدة مع تزايد عولمة الصحافة والاعلام تحدياتٍ وفرصاً جديدة للصحافة والاعلام مهنيا وتربويا. يقدم هذا البحث 10 مبادئ أساسية لتوجيه عملية تدريس الصحافة والاتصال دوليًا وتعزيزها. ونقدم أيضّا مبدأً ختاميًا لتدريس الصحافة والاتصال يمكن اعتماده أساسًا لتعليم طلبة الكليات على نحو عام.

Estrategias comunicativas para informar y crear engagement en Instagram. El caso del periódico El País

La era digital brinda nuevas oportunidades al periodismo y lo obliga a reinventarse de forma constante para conectar con el público y dar cobertura al incesante tráfico informativo que circula por la red. En este contexto, las plataformas y redes sociales se han convertido en el mejor escaparate de los medios para interactuar con los usuarios en el proceso comunicativo actual, así como para establecer alianzas de compromiso y fidelidad hacia sus contenidos informativos. Este trabajo analizará el perfil de Instagram de El País, el periódico español de ámbito nacional que cuenta con más seguidores en esta red social, para conocer cuáles son las estrategias comunicativas que utiliza para informar y generar engagement entre sus seguidores. Para ello, se recurrirá al análisis de contenido con el fin de abordar sus publicaciones a lo largo de la segunda quincena del mes de septiembre en función del formato utilizado (imagen, vídeo o carrusel) y del tipo de contenido, tanto en las Stories como en el Feed o muro y en IGTV. La finalidad es conocer cómo la práctica del periodismo profesional de este periódico se traslada a la red social que más crece y qué herramientas utiliza para conectar con los usuarios digitales.

Speaking Truth to Power: Core Principles for Advancing International Journalism Education

A confluence of forces has brought journalism and journalism education to a precipice. The rise of fascism, the advance of digital technology, and the erosion of the economic foundation of news media are disrupting journalism and mass communication (JMC) around the world. Combined with the increasingly globalized nature of journalism and media, these forces are posing extraordinary challenges to and opportunities for journalism and media education. This essay outlines 10 core principles to guide and reinvigorate international JMC education. We offer a concluding principle for JMC education as a foundation for the general education of college students.

The Digital Spotlight: Applying a Connective Action Framework of Political Protest to Global Watchdog Reporting

Digital technologies have transformed advertising markets causing disruption to the funding of traditional media. Yet, paradoxically, the digital age also provides new opportunities for journalism, enabling innovations in investigative reporting on a global scale. However, the transition of investigative journalism from a single newsroom to a multi-newsroom model—involving large-scale transnational collaboration, use of social media networks to extend audience reach and impact, and data journalism to analyze mass data leaks—is understudied. This paper adapts a conceptual framework usually applied to large-scale political protest movements to large-scale collaborative investigative journalism. It aims to show how Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg’s “logic of connective action” can be adapted to understand different forms of networked action such as global collaborative watchdog reporting. Bennett and Segerberg identify three distinct types of large-scale protest formations and this paper contends that these can be approximated to fit different types of large-scale transnational collaborative investigative journalism. Using a case study methodology and interviews with investigative journalists, the article develops a framework to differentiate between types of large-scale investigative collaborations. The framework helps to understand differences between the collaborative investigative reporting efforts of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency (NSA) leaks. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this article seeks to advance theoretical understandings of global watchdog reporting in the digital age.

Addressing Faculty Publishing Concerns with Open Access Journal Quality Indicators

BACKGROUND The scholarly publishing paradigm is evolving to embrace innovative open access publication models. While this environment fosters the creation of high-quality, peer-reviewed open access publications, it also provides opportunities for journals or publishers to engage in unprofessional or unethical practices. LITERATURE REVIEW Faculty take into account a number of factors in deciding where to publish, including whether or not a journal engages in ethical publishing practices. Librarians and scholars have attempted to address this issue in a number of ways, such as generating lists of ethical/unethical publishers and general guides. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT In response to growing faculty concern in this area, the Grand Valley State University Libraries developed and evaluated a set of Open Access Journal Quality Indicators that support faculty in their effort to identify the characteristics of ethical and unethical open access publications. NEXT STEPS Liaison librarians have already begun using the Indicators as a catalyst in sparking conversation around open access publishing and scholarship. Going forward, the Libraries will continue to evaluate and gather feedback on the Indicators, taking into account emerging trends and practices.

Beyond the Cold War: Soviet and American Media Images.

Changing Images of the Soviet Union and the United States - Yassen N Zassoursky Images of America - Ellen Mickiewicz The Image of Russians in American Media and the `New Epoch' - George Gerbner Soviet-American Television - Svetlana G Kolesnik The Crucial Years Images of the Soviet Union in the United States - Everette E Dennis Some Impressions and an Agenda for Research Images of Self and Others in American Television Coverage of the Reagan-Gorbachev Summits - Daniel C Hallin The Image of the United States in the Soviet Mass Media - Larissa Fedotova The Results of Sociological Surveys Images of the Soviet Union in American Newspapers - Won Ho Chang A Content Analysis of Three Newspapers Mass Media - Elena Androunas Stereotypes and Structure Enemy Turned Partner - Andrei G Richter A Content Analysis of Newsweek and Novoye Vremya Enemy, Friend or Competitor? A Content Analysis of the - Marius Aleksas Lukosiunas Christian Science Monitor and Izvestia The Image of the Soviet Union in Chinese Mass Media - Xu Yaokui The Image of the United States in Present-Day China - Liu Liqun The End of the Cold War and the Opportunities for Journalism - Donna Eberwine, Robert Karl Manoff and R Michael Schiffer The End of the Cold War - Yassen N Zassoursky Views from Leading Soviet International Commentators