Talk:Media in the digital age – Breakout session 2015

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Focal point suggestion. 13 May

Session teaser

The session will continue the discussion on media in the digital age and the challenges they face putting a particular emphasis on the new types of journalism and human rights.

Session description

Nowadays due to the Internet and other services is a fluid boundary exists between professional and non-professional contributors as well as complementarity and sometimes convergence between their activities. In the new media situation there is not only technical convergence but also convergence in the journalistic profession, i.e. the establishment of fruitful collaboration between journalists, bloggers and the audience at large for the provision of timely and quality content. Open journalism enriches the channels of traditional journalism with cooperation and engagement with the public. Other new journalism forms encompass immersive journalism, bid data journalism, drone journalism. Themes to be discussed in the break-out session cover the following topics:

  • Is traditional journalism obsolete in the new digital environment?
  • What are the criteria certain journalistic activity to be classified as new journalism?
  • Should citizen journalists be protected from any state or other intervention?
  • What is Data Journalism and is it important?
  • What quality standards exist relating to citizen journalism (truth, accuracy and so on)?
  • What makes a good citizen journalist?
  • Should there be training for citizen journalists?
  • What are the ideal partnership activities between citizen and professional journalists?
  • What is the difference between a citizen and professional journalist?
  • How can Prosumer content be mediated or moderated?
  • When does editing become censorship in the digital environment?

Keywords

Media, journalism, new types of journalism, citizen journalism, immersive journalism, data journalism, drone journalism

Format

The session will be an interactive exchange between a panel and the audience. If there are possibilities some new forms of journalistic activities using new technological devices and approaches will be demonstrated.

Further reading

and Critiques Digital Journalism, Volume 3, Issue 3, 2015.]

  • (A limited number of papers are open-access; please contact Seth Lewis at sclewis@umn.edu <mailto:sclewis@umn.edu> to access the full set of papers)
    • Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, concepts, and critiques by Seth C. Lewis
    • Clarifying Journalism’s Quantitative Turn: A typology for evaluating data journalism, computational journalism, and computer-assisted reporting by Mark Coddington
    • Between the Unique and the Pattern: Historical tensions in our understanding of quantitative journalism by C. W. Anderson
    • Data-Driven Revelation? Epistemological tensions in investigative journalism in the age of “big data” by Sylvain Parasie
    • From Mr. and Mrs. Outlier To Central Tendencies: Computational journalism and crime reporting at the /Los Angeles Times/ by Mary Lynn Young & Alfred Hermida
    • Algorithmic Accountability: Journalistic investigation of computational power structures by Nicholas Diakopoulos
    • The Robotic Reporter: Automated journalism and the redefinition of labor, compositional forms, and journalistic authority by Matt Carlson
    • Waiting for Data Journalism: A qualitative assessment of the anecdotal take-up of data journalism in French-speaking Belgium by Juliette De Maeyer, Manon Libert, David Domingo, François Heinderyckx & Florence Le Cam
    • Big Data and Journalism: Epistemology, expertise, economics, and ethics by Seth C. Lewis & Oscar Westlund

People

  • Focal Point: Bissera Zankova)
  • Org team:
    • Juliana Toncheva, Head of International Relations, Projects and Programs, Bulgarian National Television
    • Emir Povlakic, CDMSI
    • Anelia Dimova, MTITC
    • Giacomo Mazzone, EBU
    • Albena Milanova,Director International Cooperation, Bulgarian National Radio
    • Milen Mitev, Senior Legal Adviser, Bulgarian National Radio
    • Desislava Preobrajenska, Bulgarian National Television consultant - legal affairs
    • Dobrina Cheshmedjieva, Bulgarian National Television Chief producer - "News"
    • Daniel Chipev Bulgarian National Television "News & Current affairs" Director
    • Evgenios Nastos, CDMSI
    • Yrjö Länsipuro, Finland
    • Iliana Franklin, Mediaframestudio, LTD, creative director, UK
    • Lizzie Jackson, Professor of Interactive Media and Head of Research, Ravensbourne,
    • Maho Takahata, Google maho@google.com
    • Marco Pancini, Google pancini@google.com
    • Dimitar Dimitrov, Wikimedia dimitar.dimitrov@wikimedia.de
    • Nevena Borisova, Association of European journalists, BG nev_borisova@abv.bg
    • Nikolay Kolev, BTv, nikolaykolev@gmail.com
  • Key participants|Panelists:
    • Proposals Yrio Länsipuro - confirmed
    • Thomas Hannen and Owain Rich - BBC journalists – no confirmation
    • Nonny de la Pena or a representative of PortoUniversity where congresses on cyberjournalism take place every year – no confirmation
    • Moderator: Nikolay Kolev, Bulgaria, BTv – no confirmation
    • Reporter:
      • Iliana Franklin
      • Nevena Borisova – no confirmation
    • Remote moderator:
      • no nomination yet

Conf. call schedule & minutes

In a media organization journalists represent the creative force that makes the media outlet viable. McQuail (2008) formulates a definition of journalism as the “publication of accounts of contemporary events, conditions or persons of possible significance or interest to the public, based on information believed to be reliable.” According to the author journalism and journalistic work are not necessarily done for a financial reward. Thus an array of journalistic activities pursued for non-profit causes or in non-institutionalized forms is not excluded. These views are elaborated further by Jakubowicz (2011) who provides additional considerations about the status and role of journalism in the new media environment. Crucial in this respect are his conclusions that “observing, reporting and publishing about public events” is not a monopoly of journalism but should be “open to everyone, without artificial or other barriers”. (Ibid: 185; referring also to McQuail, 2008) Such arguments are illuminative that in the new media environment flexible criteria should be applied when addressing the issue about journalism and journalists due to the existing variety of media and media like activities. In the online exchange names of panelists and moderators were considered. Yrijo Länsipuro was nominated to be a keynote speaker of this session and the proposal was accepted. Other suggested moderators and participants have not confirmed their participation yet. Members of the organizing committee are trying to get in touch with Thomas Hannen and Owain Rich - BBC and Nonny de la Pena via Twitter. Remote participation could also be considered as an option.

Discussion April 2015

The panel will concentrate on hybrid TV and make a bridge to PSM and regional PSM.

The break out session will debate the challenges of content, distinctive content, big data platforms, services and opportunities with respect to PSM and regional PSM. Thus we shall deepen the knowledge and understanding about PSM. Then we can make a wrap up of the two sessions. You can go again to http://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/organising-a-session/#jfmulticontent_c363-4 to read more about the Eurodig principles of sessions and feel free to apply them in an innovative and inspiring manner.

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