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  • SPECIAL ISSUE: NEW AUDIENCES AND HOW AUDIENCES ENGAGE WITH JOURNALISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY AGE

    2024-03-07

    Special issue:

    New audiences and how audiences engage with journalism in the contemporary age

    Guest Editors:

    Xosé Ramón Rodríguez Polo
    joseramon.rodriguez.polo@urjc.es
    ORCID: 0000-0002-5637-1236

    José Ramón Santillán Buelna
    joseramon.santillan@urjc.es
    ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-9564

    Deadline for submission of articles: 9 September 2024

    Publication date: December 2024

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  • MONOGRAPH: MEDIA INDICATORS, CITIZENSHIP AND GOVERNANCE. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND GREENING THE MEDIA SYSTEM

    2023-10-02

    Title of the monograph:

    Media indicators, citizenship and governance. Opportunities for public policy and greening the media system

    Thematic editors:

    Silvia Olmedo Salar
    silviaolmedo@uma.es
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3009

    Carmen del Rocío Monedero Morales
    roi@uma.es
    http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3222-029X

    Manuel Chaparro Escudero
    mch@uma.es
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-4009
    Universidad de Málaga (España)

    Article submission deadline: March 25, 2024

    Publication date: June 2024

     

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  • CALL FOR PAPERS. JOURNALISTS BEYOND JOURNALISM: NEW FIGURES FOR FUTURE AND PRESENT CHALLENGES

    2023-02-14

    THEMATIC EDITORS

    Josep Lluís Micó PhD
    Alba Sabaté Gauxachs PhD
    Universitat Ramon Llull

     

    About this monograph

    Communication and technology are changing at a frantic pace. Their unavoidable interdependence provokes a continuous reinvention of media. Organisations are constantly challenged to implement these changes while trying to preserve the fundamental social function of journalism.
    Different crises and the ongoing trend of digitalisation pose new difficulties and opportunities. As new business models emerged, room for innovative tools and platforms that broaden the horizon also grows. Artificial intelligence, automated content, metaverses, influencers, branded content, and podcasts have become trends that are met with both applause and scepticism. The Reuters Institute’s most recent report on the future of journalism (2023) confirms this is the case. The report also predicts a period of heightened uncertainty marked by dilemmas regarding sustainability and disinformation.
    This seemingly constant crisis also favours a wide range of professional possibilities. Traditional roles have been expanded and we now find journalists working “beyond journalism.” This volume looks at the professional positions that are currently being filled by journalists: what kind of organisations they work for, what are the roles they are playing, which formats are they working with, what sectors require their skills and knowledge, and what are the opportunities the new generations will have.
    This monograph aims at answering these questions, exploring the fate of a profession heading facing a rather imminent future, while addressing the main topics of the XXIX International Conference of the Spanish Society for the Study of Journalism (Sociedad Española de Periodística), which will take place in Barcelona on June 29th and 30th 2023.

     

    References

    Hallin, D. C., Mellado, C., & Mancini, P. (2021). The Concept of Hybridity in Journalism Studies. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(1), 219–237. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211039704

    López-García, X. (2022). Redefinición de metacompetencias, competencias y habilidades de los periodistas digitales. Anuario ThinkEPI, 16. https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2022.e16a03

    Lünenborg, M., & Medeiros, D. (2022). Under pressure: Journalism as an affective institution. In Churcher, M., Calkins, S., Böttger, J. & Slaby, J. (eds). Affect, Power, and Institutions (pp. 80-102). London: Routledge.

    Montagut, A. (2021). Reset. Cómo concluir la revolución digital del periodismo. Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg.

    Newman, N. (2023). Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2023. Oxford: Reuters
    Institute for the Study of Journalism.

    Reyes-de-Cózar, S., Pérez-Escolar, M. & Navazo-Ostúa, P. (2022). Digital Competencies for New Journalistic Work in Media Outlets: A Systematic Review. Media and Communication, 10(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i1.4439

    Serdouk, A. and Bessam, A.C. (2022). Bots in Newsrooms: What Future for Human Journalists? Media Watch, 14(1), 100-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/09760911221130816

     

    Subtopics

    In order to answer these questions from different approaches, a call for manuscripts is made on areas linked or aligned with the focus of the Conference. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

    • New professional profiles and roles for journalists.
    • Training for journalists: new platforms and formats.
    • Journalists 4.0: from digital journalism to the metaverse.
    • Artificial intelligence and journalism: the automation of content.
    • Journalists and the challenge of disinformation.
    • Personal branding and journalists: from informers to influencers.
    • Brand journalists: from press offices to branded content.

     

    Thematic editors

    Josep Lluís Micó Sanz is a journalist, Professor of Journalism and Dean of the Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations (Ramon Llull University). Previously, he has been director of the Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and the Blanquerna-Grupo Godó Master's Degree in Advanced Journalism and Reporting, among other degrees. He has led national and international research projects and has participated in innovation initiatives with technological platforms such as Google and Facebook. In the classroom, he teaches and practices the same genres and formats that he later applies in media or groups such as 'La Vanguardia', Prensa Ibérica or RTVE: new new journalism, visualisation of massive data, branded journalism... He has won several prizes for articles and essays and has appeared on several lists of digital influencers.

    Alba Sabaté Gauxachs is a journalist, coordinator of the Degree in Global Communication Management and lecturer in the Degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication at the Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations (Ramon Llull University), where she also serves as deputy director of the Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture. Current member of the Global Board of Directors at the World Association for Christian Communication and Fellow 2020 of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), she has participated in national and international research projects. Assistant Editor of the Tripodos academic journal, she has previously coordinated the Blanquerna Master’s Degree in International Journalism and has coordinated digital communication projects for organisations such as the Mobile Word Capital Foundation or the Catalonia’s Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

     

    Calendar

    - Deadline to submit manuscripts: September 4th 2023
    - Publication: December 2023

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  • MONOGRAPHIC: ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATISED JOURNALISM IN THE HYBRID SYSTEM OF NEWS MEDIA

    2022-07-29

    Guest editors

    Koldobika Meso Ayerdi
    Ainara Larrondo Ureta
    Simón Peña Fernández
    Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU).


    About this monographic

    The transformation of cybermedia and the arrival of new actors – including audiences themselves – has brought about the formation of a hybrid system in the digital sphere in which multiple actors have come together in a common space where they create and share news content.
    While the rise of social media platforms has changed the way the news media creates journalistic content and how they relate to their audience, the constant technological crisis of the digital news media has made algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) the new challenge which companies and professionals must face.
    Thus, the transposition to digital macro data of the interactions that take place in different spheres of human activity represents a multidimensional phenomenon that involves complex reflections, analysis and exploration. There appears to be a need to clarify this debate within a context in which there is a proliferation of academic contributions. The social, economic, cultural and technological advances promoted by big data or AI are relevant to journalism, it being a profession that is sensitive to social change, but also as an industry that generates service data and information that has an impact on public opinion.
    Journalism is proving to be fertile ground for furthering analysis of the subject of big data and AI from multiple perspectives, among which it is worth highlighting those relating to the epistemology, ethics and business development of the profession, but also to its research and teaching. An examination of its impact therefore demands holistic approaches that include procedural questions linked to the industrial production of the profession, but that also cover advanced concepts about its value, uses and impacts from enriching perspectives in terms of an interdisciplinary approach, within a context in which the news media and professionals are struggling to maintain control of essential aspects of journalistic activity whilst coping with increasingly technified innovation.


    References

    Ali, W. y Hassoun, M. (2019). Artificial Intelligence and Automated Journalism: Contemporary Challenges and New Opportunities. International journal of media, journalism and mass communications 5(1), 40-49.
    Lemelshtrich Latar, N. (2018). Robot Journalism. Can Human Journalism Survive? World Scientific Publishing. Singapur.
    Lewis, S. C. & Westlund, O. (2014). Big data and Journalism. Epistemology, expertise, económicas and ethics. Digital Journalism, 3(3). 447-466.
    Palomo, B., Heravi, B., Masip, P. (2022). Horizon 2030 in Journalism: A Predictable Future Starring AI?. In: Vázquez-Herrero, J., Silva-Rodríguez, A., Negreira-Rey, MC., Toural-Bran, C., López-García, X. (eds) Total Journalism. Studies in Big Data, vol 97. Springer, Cham.
    Túñez, J.M., Toural, C., Cacheiro, S (2018). Uso de bots y algoritmos para automatizar la redacción de noticias: percepción y actitudes de los periodistas en España. El Profesional de la Información 27(4), 750–758.
    Wu, S., Tandoc, E. C. y Salmon, C. T. (2019). When Journalism and Automation Intersect: Assessing the Influence of the Technological Field on Contemporary Newsrooms. Journalism Practice, v. 13(10), 1238–1254.


    Subthemes

    With the aim of encouraging a thorough, varied and interdisciplinary analysis of the described media reality, this CFP is a call to researchers in this field to present their work relating to different areas, paying special attention to the subthemes indicated below:

    • Applications of AI in journalistic genres and formats
    • The impact of AI in the processes and routines of newsrooms and professionals
    • Journalistic training for robotic communicative environments
    • Specific uses of robotics applied to language
    • New tools for audiovisual and sound production
    • The impact of algorithms on communication and audiences
    • Ethical and deontological implications of AI in the field of social media
    • AI and the transformation of business models within communication


    Guest editors

    Koldobika Meso Ayerdi is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Department of Journalism at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). With a PhD in Journalism Doctor and an El Correo Masters Degree (multimedia journalism) from the UPV/EHU, he teaches on Degree and Postgrad courses.
    He has published over a hundred works in the form of chapters, books and articles in quality academic journals. He has given over a hundred presentations and communications in both national and international congresses. His research work has been developed within the framework of his continued participation in more than ten research projects financed through competitive public tenders. He is currently Head Researcher on the project ‘News, networks and users in the hybrid news media systemʼ, together with Dr. Simón Peña Fernández. He has also directed Educational Innovation Projects and has participated in others as a researcher within the framework of activities of the Specialised Group in Educational Innovation KZBerri, which received a mention of teaching distinction IKD from the Educational Assessment Service of the UPV/EHU. He has four recognised six-year research periods.

    Ainara Larrondo Ureta is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Journalism at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). With a PhD in Journalism and a Masters in Modern History from the UPV/EHU, she teaches on trilingual Degree and Postgrad courses related with digital communication. Since 2004 she has published at least 70 articles in academic journals and has given a hundred presentations in both national and international congresses within the framework of her continued participation in research projects. Since 2015 she has been Head Researcher of 'Gureiker' (Consolidated Group of the Basque University System), and ‘KZBerri’, a structured teaching group recognised by the UPV/EHU. Postgrad researcher at Glasgow University. Vicedean of Infrastructures in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication at the UPV/EHU (2015/2021). She has three recognised six-year research periods.

    Simón Peña Fernández is Full Professor in the Department of Journalism of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Since 2004 he has published 60 articles in academic journals and has given a hundred presentations and communications in both national and international congresses. All these publications have been associated with the continued participation in around thirty research projects financed through competitive public tenders, among them, eight European projects (Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+) and three projects from the National Plan. His main lines of investigation are online media, innovation and social media.


    Calendar

    - Deadline for submitting articles: March 17, 2023.
    - Publication date: June 2023.

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