Emerging Practices in the Age of Automated Digital Journalism: Models, Languages, and Storytelling

163 Pages·2022·2.89 MB·

by  Berta García-Orosa, Sara Pérez-Seijo, Ángel Vizoso

Emerging Practices in the Age of
Automated Digital Journalism
Emerging Practices in the Age of Automated Digital Journalism provides
detailed insight into the current state of journalism and its future challenges.
The book brings together a global team of authors to review and analyse
emerging practices in the automated digital scenario through which jour-
nalism is being reshaped, such as novel languages, storytelling forms, and
business models. Providing a much-needed review of the field to apprehend
the knowledge and experience acquired, the collection also offers an up-to-
date overview of digital journalism today, outlining those trends pointing
to the future of journalism practice and media in the online sphere.
Through a multidisciplinary and international approach, chapters delve
into the main technological changes that digital journalism has recently
faced, closely related to digital native media, novel storytelling forms, social
media, innovation, television broadcasting, new media management struc-
tures and procedures, content automation, fact-checking, web analytics,
and social audiences.
Offering new insights into this fast-developing area, this volume will be
an engaging and vital resource for media professionals and researchers in
journalism and communication studies, as well as those interested in con-
temporary journalism practice and communication technology.
Berta García-Orosa is Full Professor at the University of Santiago de Com-
postela (Spain). She has studied communication and politics for more than
20 years, collaborated in more than 50 research projects, and published
over 100 articles and chapters.
Sara Pérez-Seijo is Researcher at Novos Medios, holds a PhD in Commu-
nication and Contemporary Information from Universidade de Santiago de
Compostela, Spain, and is Visiting Scholar at Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal.
Ángel Vizoso is Researcher at Novos Medios, holds a PhD in Communica-
tion from Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and is Visiting
Scholar at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
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Emerging Practices in the
Age of Automated Digital
Journalism
Models, Languages, and Storytelling
Edited by
Berta García-Orosa,
Sara Pérez-Seijo and Ángel Vizoso
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Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables ix
List of contributors xi
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction 1
BERTA GARCÍA-OROSA, SARA PÉREZ-SEIJO, AND
ÁNGEL VIZOSO
1 Digital journalism: from reinvention to constant innovation 8
XOSÉ LÓPEZ-GARCÍA AND BERTA GARCÍA-OROSA
2 Digital native fact-checkers around the world: notes on their
development, main features and verification models 19
ÁNGEL VIZOSO AND CARLOS TOURAL-BRAN
3 Journalism and analytics: the tension between journalistic
criteria and data 29
SANTIAGO JUSTEL-VÁZQUEZ, VALENTINA LAFERRARA,
EMILIANA DE BLASIO, AND JOSEP LLUÍS MICÓ-SANZ
4 The role of mobile media in journalism education 43
ALBA SILVA-RODRÍGUEZ AND KJETIL VAAGE ØIE
5 Young audience wanted! Journalism looks to the future 56
JORGE VÁZQUEZ-HERRERO, MARÍA-CRUZ NEGREIRA-REY,
AND GABRIELA ZAGO
vi Contents
6 Immersed in the news. How VR and 360-degree video have
triggered a shift in journalistic storytelling 67
SARA PÉREZ-SEIJO, MARÍA JOSÉ BENÍTEZ DE GRACIA, AND
ANTÓNIO BAÍA REIS
7 Social audience and media 78
ANA-ISABEL RODRÍGUEZ-VÁZQUEZ, JOSÉ SIXTO-GARCÍA,
AND KRUZKAYA ORDÓÑEZ
8 Journalism’s cruise control: how can public service media
outlets benefit from AI and automation? 93
MARTA RODRÍGUEZ-CASTRO AND CLARA GONZÁLEZ-TOSAT
9 Recommender systems in major media platforms: design
tendencies and purposes 105
MARTÍN VAZ-ÁLVAREZ AND JUANJO LAINEZ-RECHE
10 Minorities in journalism. The Mexican femicide in digital
native media 115
SANTIAGO GALLUR SANTORUN AND JENERLIS ARIAS ARIAS
11 Integration of digital technology in TV production: trends
and practices at Aljazeera Arabic Channel 125
MOHSEN ALAFRANJI
Index 141
Figures
11.1 General trends at AJA and AJE based on findings of the
analysis 129
11.2 Levels of utilizing technology in Aljazeera based on
findings of the analysis 131
11.3 Model of media integration in Aljazeera based on the analysis 134

Tables
4.1 European universities subject of analysis 47
4.2 20 signatures related to mobile journalism in the teaching
of journalism at European universities 51
9.1 Spotify’s Algorithmic Research Labs 111
9.2 Types of recommendation algorithms used by major
media companies. Own elaboration 111
10.1 Thematic categories identified from the sample 119
10.2 News-values from highest to lowest non-compliance with
the traditional newsworthiness criteria 120
10.3 Newsworthiness criteria analysed not considered as
relevant factors for selecting the news 121
11.1 Types of technology used in TV programs 130