{"title":"Media labs as catalysts of journalistic innovation: Advantages and disadvantages according to experts","authors":"Susana Herrera-Damas, Christian-Camilo Satizábal-Idárraga","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00129_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00129_1","url":null,"abstract":"At the current crossroads of the media and journalism, innovation is emerging not only as a ‘nice thing to have’ but also as an urgent and peremptory need. In this context, innovation labs are seen as a structured and somewhat privileged space. However, a review of the academic and professional literature on the subject also reveals voices that are critical of these spaces. Given this situation, we ask ourselves what their advantages and disadvantages are. To answer this question, between 2021 and 2022 we conducted semi-structured interviews with eighteen experts in the field for two reasons: (1) because they themselves are linked to a lab and (2) because they are highly qualified experts in journalistic innovation in its various forms and academic experts as well. The results confirm that these laboratories offer considerable advantages, along with disadvantages, which can potentially cause operational problems. This confirms not only the instrumental nature of these spaces but also the fact that they are not truly necessary nor is their presence enough.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"48 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139613528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Communications in Russia: Public Relations and Advertising, Katerina Tsetsura and Dean Kruckeberg (eds) (2021)","authors":"A. Klyueva","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00124_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00124_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Strategic Communications in Russia: Public Relations and Advertising, Katerina Tsetsura and Dean Kruckeberg (eds) (2021)\u0000 New York: Routledge, 268 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-36754-337-2, p/bk, $52.95","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"4 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138591309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Twitter adoption and perceived utility among Israeli news professionals: A mixed-methods study","authors":"Vered Elishar, Y. Ariel","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00122_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00122_1","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined Israeli news professionals’ adoption and usage of Twitter as a journalistic tool. A mixed-methods approach was used, including a survey and open-ended questions, to gather data from 63 news staff members, including senior news presenters, correspondents and commentators. The results showed that Israeli news staff primarily use Twitter in a professional context and view it as a positive and essential work tool. Most respondents believed Twitter played a significant role in determining the media’s agenda and influencing the atmosphere among news staff. A one-way analysis of variance found that Twitter usage time was related to the perceived importance of the platform as a work tool and its influence on the journalistic field. The study also identified several reasons for adopting Twitter: curiosity, internal encouragement and pressure, access to quick updates and a wider range of sources, the opportunity to present a unique voice and the desire to reach new audiences.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"4 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139262001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Schiffrin, André Corrêa d’Almeida, Lindsay Green-Barber, Adelina Yankova, Dylan W. Groves
{"title":"Understanding journalism impact: A multi-dimensional taxonomy for professional, organizational and societal change","authors":"A. Schiffrin, André Corrêa d’Almeida, Lindsay Green-Barber, Adelina Yankova, Dylan W. Groves","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00121_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00121_1","url":null,"abstract":"How should we measure the impact of investigative journalism? Media scholars and practitioners have turned their attention towards understanding the causal effect of media reports on a range of social, political and economic outcomes. Their interest has been spurred by the increased availability of data, by the emergence of new tools for rigorously assessing causal effects and by pressure from donors interested in understanding the returns on their investments in media and journalism programmes. Drawing on literature from multiple disciplines, we propose a multi-faceted metric which future researchers, journalists and news agencies will be able to use when analysing media impact.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128439327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Framing expertise: Greek media representations of experts during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Alexandros Minotakis, Michalis Tastsoglou","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00120_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00120_1","url":null,"abstract":"During the 2020 lockdown, news outlets played an important role on the public perceptions on public health crisis. Through framing, news outlets shape a given reality, present possible interpretations, exclude certain persons and organizations while providing visibility to others. In that sense, media influence public perceptions of expertise. In the case of COVID-19, experts’ views were crucial in raising public awareness as well as promoting appropriate and effective ways with addressing the crisis. Present research considers as an expert any person or organization who was deemed capable by news outlets to consult the audience on how to protect themselves from COVID-19. This study focuses on major news outlets in the Greek media system and their framing of expertise from 1 February 2020 to 30 April 2020. This period begins with the emergence of COVID-19 as the dominant issue in news stories. The sample consists of 2389 news items from six websites and six television (TV) stations. The research aims to understand whether news outlets frame (or not) certain organizations and persons as experts. By employing quantitative content analysis, general tendencies in framing are analysed. The results infer that public officials were framed as the main category of experts. Greek news outlets in most cases avoided framing World Health Organization (WHO) representatives as experts, especially after the first death by COVID-19 in Greece (12 March 2020). In general, the reference period was proven to be a crucial factor as expertise frames were differentiated before and after the first death in Greece and the implementation of lockdown measures. Moreover, research also confirmed that during health crises journalists prefer the thematic frame.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131271570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professional social media: Are trainee journalists ready to embrace social media for work or is it just a personal tool of communication?","authors":"Emer Connolly","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00119_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00119_1","url":null,"abstract":"The media landscape in Ireland has changed substantially. Traditionally, print publications were one of the main sources of news. However, this trend has shifted dramatically as patterns of news consumption have altered: digital delivery is now the norm and social media have become a key part of media content. Consumers want instant access to news 24/7. It is essential that trainee journalists are adequately equipped with the key skills required to take up posts and thrive in this industry where the multi-skilled approach is key. I taught an online journalism module to three groups of undergraduate students in an Irish university and examined their perceptions of the use of social media for work. This research found that just one in three students was willing to use social media for work, while the remaining two-thirds were either undecided or reluctant to do so. I also examined what form of social media they preferred to use and found that Facebook and Twitter were the preferred options. Overall, the majority of students were happy to blog or podcast, particularly if they were given the opportunity to concentrate on subjects of their choice.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128149124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixed messages in a VUCA world: How the New Zealand government altered its SARS-CoV-2 crisis communication messages","authors":"Deepti Bhargava, Angelique Nairn","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00113_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00113_1","url":null,"abstract":"The SARS-COV-2 pandemic typifies a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) situation. For a time, Aotearoa New Zealand’s government was lauded for its quick and effective elimination response and clear communication strategy, which saw the citizens of the country enjoy months free from the trappings of SARS-COV-2. This changed with the arrival of Delta, a new variant of concern. It is against this context that we sought to analyse the two main speeches delivered by the prime minister of that time – Jacinda Ardern. The first, delivered on 17 August 2021, maintained the messaging of the previous years – let us eliminate the virus. However, the second speech, delivered on 4 October 2021, shifted to an emphasis on vaccination and living with the virus. Not unsurprisingly, the change in messaging prompted some factions of the public to express frustration and hostility towards Ardern and her government because of perceived inconsistencies and ambiguities in the messaging. Our findings highlight that while crisis communication in a VUCA environment needs to maintain consistency to garner trust, it also needs to be adaptive to respond to uncertainties. However, in being adaptive and engaging with the public to adjust their expectations, leaders can often be faced with resistance and even be perceived as failures. This adds further responsibility to the leader to address the adaptive challenges as effectively as possible. Our findings are a cautionary tale for scholarship and education in crisis communication to avoid emphasis on fixed solutions.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129929974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership in a VUCA context: Some foundational considerations","authors":"Suze Wilson","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00112_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00112_1","url":null,"abstract":"While a diverse range of literature offers ideas of potential value for leadership in the context of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), a model of leadership designed specifically to address such a context is lacking. Informed by a pre-existing framework for building context-sensitive models of leadership, this article explores the characteristics of VUCA conditions and draws out some foundational considerations this implies for leadership. The analysis suggests a range of leader behaviours, attributes and values that seem particularly salient to leading in a VUCA context, as well as discussing the overarching purpose of VUCA leadership. In sum, the article offers an analysis that identifies some foundational considerations of relevance to how leadership can be ethically and effectively enacted in a VUCA context.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123189908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why we need complexity: A conversation with AI","authors":"Gudrun Frommherz, H. Sissons","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00118_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00118_1","url":null,"abstract":"Complexity theory provides a framework for understanding intricate systems and their interactions. Its use in media and communication is relatively recent and has been used for examining, for instance, the spread of online communication, the formation of public opinions and the development of misinformation. Building on the concept of VUCA, this article outlines the emerging field of ‘complexity communication’. In a light-hearted experiment, we turned to the lately introduced artificial intelligence (AI) agent, ChatGPT, to ask what it knew about complexity thinking in contemporary communication practice. We found that the AI accepted the global environment was characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, and these had transformed the field of communication, both for academics and professionals. It identified a range of complexity-based concepts relevant to communication but not specifically designed for communication situations. It struggled to find any extant practical strategies for complexity communication. This relative lack of bespoke concepts and applied knowledge on managing unpredictable situations indicates an urgent need for the development of complexity thinking in communication.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127997050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The VUCA-nature of modern protest communication","authors":"Serhii Fedoniuk","doi":"10.1386/ajms_00114_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00114_1","url":null,"abstract":"This study introduces several political revolutions from the past and the present for a deeper understanding of the nature of protest communication. Previously, the protests’ success was ensured by the use of printing, telegraph and media innovations, which allowed the protest organizers to evade government control. Today, such technologies provide information and allow participants to communicate proactively in social networks, self-organizing into structures that strengthen and spread protest communication. Social networks enable the realization of the communication potential of each participant based on the organizational model of mass collaboration. This model is not characterized by a system-structural organization, which confounds predictions of the processes of social interaction. Each subsequent event depends on the previous one, complicating the establishment of a trend. This organizational model creates difficulties for the authorities in controlling protests, as it is prone to the stochastic formation of centres of activity, which can be explained from the perspective of field theory, provided in this study. Therefore, from the point of view of the authorities, the situation with the development of the protest acquires the characteristics of VUCA, moving beyond possible control.","PeriodicalId":125587,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132879102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}