Digital Journalism

The transition in news production and consumption to digital from print and television has had wide-ranging implications for journalism. The relevance of the profession has been called into question. So, too, have habits of readership and consumption changed. Audiences have different relationships with news stories than in the past, and the texts and news formats have changed accordingly. Mobile and digital access has emphasized the visual aspects of reports. This book will examine some of the changes taking place in the journalistic sphere as a result of advances in technology.

The profession of journalism has to reevaluated for relevance following the florescence technologies enabling digital journalism, “A New Definition of Journalism Functions in the Framework of Hybrid Media Systems: German and Russian Academic Perspectives” argues. “Technological Convergence and the New Journalist” delves into the modifications that newsrooms must make to meet the demands of the digital news age.“Convergence vs. Diversity” discusses just how closely linked TV news viewing and Internet searches are in the current media environment. Media companies capitalize on this hybrid approach to news consumption with “convergence”. Media convergence has become standard; where once there were newspapers, now there are news conglomerates, which have linked divisions for social media, Internet news stories, video, and print media, in an attempt to monopolize audiences. “Convergent Mobile News Media” adds the emerging importance of mobile platforms to the news industry.

The multi-modalities of convergent media have technical ramifications, notably increased ease of access for consumers. In “Automatic Story Segmentation for TV News Video Using Multiple Modalities”, television news pieces are split into segments for easier search and retrieval. New technology has also enabled easier access to archival footage. “Creating an Online Television Archive, 1987-2013” discusses how C-SPAN has made all of its video content available for free to the public. HTML5 has enabled new ways for audiences to consume news via interactive technologies, such as infographics. “Multimedia Infographics as Journalistic Narratives and the Possibilities of Html5” details how this digital technology is shaping journalistic narratives, and thus shaping the news.

Visual components of news have become increasingly important; photography and videography have assumed a much larger role in the dissemination of information than previously. Digital and mobile platforms enable quick and easy access...