Tech trends: Wired’s treatment of emerging technologies (2021-2023)

IF 2.7 2区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Guillermo Echauri
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Abstract

This article analyzes Wired’s treatment of three emerging technologies: NFTs, the metaverse, and generative AI, as reflected in the content of their website during the period 2021–2023. Through thematic analysis, the research has found that Wired’s treatment of these three technologies participates in the emergence of hype trends while also departs from the techno-deterministic perspective historically attributed to the magazine by scholarship. Therefore, the study establishes that Wired’s treatment of the characteristics and implications of NFTs, the metaverse, and generative AI involves this journalistic outlet in shaping journalistic, digital, and technological trends that reinforce a sense of constant updating in technological innovation. In addition, it has been found that Wired provides a heterogeneous, comprehensive, and moderate treatment by recognizing the potential of these technologies to impact various aspects of human existence while subjecting them to criticism.
技术趋势:连线》对新兴技术的解读(2021-2023 年)
本文分析了《连线》对三种新兴技术的处理:2021-2023年期间,《连线》网站内容所反映的NFT、元宇宙和生成式人工智能。通过主题分析,研究发现《连线》对这三种技术的处理参与了炒作趋势的出现,同时也偏离了学术界历来赋予该杂志的技术决定论视角。因此,本研究认为,《连线》对 NFT、元宇宙和生成式人工智能的特点和影响的处理,使这一新闻媒体参与了新闻、数字和技术趋势的形成,强化了技术创新不断更新的意识。此外,我们还发现,《连线》在对这些技术进行批评的同时,也认识到了它们影响人类生存各个方面的潜力,从而提供了一种多元、全面和适度的处理方式。
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Journalism
Journalism COMMUNICATION-
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7.90
自引率
10.30%
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123
期刊介绍: Journalism is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles from the growing community of academic researchers and critical practitioners with an interest in journalism. The journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.
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