scholarly journals “Magic through many minor measures”: How introducing a flowline production mode in six steps enables journalist team autonomy in local news organizations

AI & Society ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aina Landsverk Hagen ◽  
Ingrid M. Tolstad ◽  
Arne Lindseth Bygdås
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Local Newspaper ◽  
Continuous Basis ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Everyday Work ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Lasting Change

AbstractWhile facing cuts, downsizing and revenue losses, media organizations experience paradoxical demands in being organized for print or linear production with daily deadlines and simultaneously striving to be ‘digital first’ and produce and publish stories online on a continuous basis throughout the day. In this paper, we describe efforts applied when introducing the metaphor flowline in a medium-sized newspaper organization in Norway with the aim of aligning their production and publishing processes to readers’ consumption of online news. Both the production volume of journalistic content, reader consumption and the newsroom workers’ experience of mastering their everyday work life increased dramatically in a very short time. The involvement of a temporary autonomous team in the planning and designing of a test pilot aiming to make flowline “as practice”, was integral to the digital transformation success, allowing for participative action across newsroom boundaries. Based on the empirical findings from the local newspaper organization and drawing on theories on liminality (Turner 1982, 1986) and metaphorical work (Schön 1993), this article presents a set of six interrelated steps incorporating a structure for autonomous teams and their role in enabling lasting change in organizations facing digital transformation.

Narrative transparency and credibility: First–person process statements in video news

2021 ◽  
pp. 135485652110278
Author(s):  
Mary Angela Bock ◽  
Allison Lazard
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
First Person ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Distinct Variable ◽  
Audience Effects ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Reporting Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Journalism critics have argued that transparency about the reporting process is an ethical imperative. Convergence offers news organizations opportunities for changed writing styles that may foster more transparency, especially as they embrace video storytelling. This project used two experiments to investigate the impact of transparent language on the way online news consumers perceive the credibility of video news reports. The study operationalized transparency in narrative as the use of first-person statements and references to the newsgathering process. Subjects noticed transparency statements but this had no significant effect on their assessment of the credibility of a story or reporter. The results suggest that transparency is a distinct variable with a complicated relationship to other audience effects.

The Fast and the Slow

2020 ◽  
pp. 102-124
Author(s):  
Angèle Christin
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Online News ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
News Production ◽  
Compensation Systems ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Key Aspects

This chapter explores the consequences of distinct understandings of metrics on the daily life of news organizations. It looks into two key aspects of metrics: editorial production and compensation systems, and analyzes the editorial routines associated with online news production. The chapter assesses how TheNotebook and LaPlace websites handled the tension between “fast” and “slow” news and highlights contradictory views on the bureaucratic and disciplinary dynamics that structured the daily life of the two websites. It also reveals the differences in the distinct strategies of TheNotebook and LaPlace for handling the tension between click-based and editorial modes of evaluation. By showing how digital metrics become integrated in broader organizational dynamics, the chapter reveals the dialectical relationship between algorithms and their contexts.

The culture of free: Construct explication and democratic ramifications for readers’ willingness to pay for public affairs news

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146488492091343
Author(s):  
Manuel Goyanes ◽  
Marton Demeter ◽  
Laura de Grado
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Labor Conditions ◽  
Free Competition ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Digital News ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Economic Constraints ◽  
Depth Interviews

The homogenization and commoditization of news have risen since the emergence of the Internet, but have sharply increased in recent years due to economic constraints on news organizations and journalists’ labor conditions. This article explores readers’ perceptions and attitudes toward the economic and informative value of online news in particular, and toward the Internet as a means of news dissemination in general. Drawing upon 50 in-depth interviews with respondents from Spain aged 18–65 years, we conceptualize the lack of readers’ inclinations to pay for digital news as a culture of free and explore its main dimensions. Specifically, the culture of free is a strong orientation to considering news as a public good that must be free of charge, rooted in customs/habits of free consumption on the Internet over decades, fueled by free competition, subtended by advertising, and a lack of interest in the news more generally. Despite the fact that the digital versions might be theoretically considered as inferior, we argue that both products (print vs online) are equally valuable (economically and informatively) and the only divergence lies in their format and thus in their price.

Viability of Alternative Online News Media Organizations in Developing and Transformation Countries

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
News Media ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Online News ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Economies In Transition ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Journalistic Quality

Media development cooperation is based on the assumption that free and independent media are a precondition for good governance and thus the effective functioning of democratic societies. In order to holistically approach the area of media development a concept that combines media sustainability and journalistic quality is needed – this call laid the foundation for the concept of media viability. This publication is one of the firsts that reveals general characteristics that shape, enhance and restrict media viability of online news organizations in developing countries and economies in transition. Further, the comparative approach serves to highlight the challenges and chances alternative online news media face with regard to media viability in the developing world and thus is a first step in the search for clues on how to best promote media viability. This analysis focuses on five countries within different world regions: Ecuador, Uganda, Cambodia, Ukraine and Tunisia.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PENERAPAN FLEXIBLE WORKING ARRANGEMENT, WORKLIFE BALANCE TERHADAP DIGITAL TRANSFORMASI SERTA IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP PRODUKTIVITAS KERJA

Perspektif ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-224
Author(s):  
Sholihat
Keyword(s):  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Work Life ◽  
P Value ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work System ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh flexible working arrangement, worklife balance terhadap digital transformasi serta implikasinya terhadap produktivitas kerja. Saat ini dan mungkin perusahaan terpaksa karena pandemi covid-19 untuk menerapkan sistem kerja yang fleksibel. System kerja yang fleksibel sudah banyak diterapkan di perusahaan asing/multinasional sebelum terjadinya pandemi covid-19 dengan sistem kerja yang fleksibel perusahaan juga mengharapkan worklife balance karyawannya tetap terjaga dan peningkatan kemampuan pada digitalisasi/teknologi. Dengan pendekatan kuantitatif penelitian ini dilakukan berbasis explanatory research. Sampel yang diambil sebanyak 200 responden dari berbagai jenis perusahaan dengan menggunakan pendekatan analisis SEM berbasis aplikasi AMOS versi 23.0. Berdasarkan hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa flexible working arrangement, worklife balance berpengaruh signifikan terhadap digital transformasi serta berimplikasi signifikan terhadap produktivitas kerja dilihat dari hasil uji Goodness of Fit (GoF), Reliabilitas dengan Uji Construct Reliability (CR) yaitu menguji keandalan dan konsistensi data, dimana kriteria Construct Reliability (CR) nya adalah > 0,7 dan nilai Variant Extracted nya (AVE) > 0,5, serta hasil uji Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) untuk CR ≥ 1,96 dan p-value ≤ 0.05. Abstract This study aims to determine the effect of flexible working arrangements, work-life balance on digital transformation and their implications for work productivity. Currently and perhaps companies are forced due to the covid-19 pandemic to implement a flexible work system. A flexible work system has been widely applied in foreign/multinational companies prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a flexible work system, the company also expects the work-life balance of its employees to be maintained and their ability to increase in digitalization/technology. With a quantitative approach this research was conducted based on explanatory research. Samples were taken as many as 200 respondents from various types of companies using SEM analysis approach based on AMOS application version 23.0. Based on the analysis results show that flexible working arrangement, worklife balance have a significant effect on digital transformation and have significant implications for work productivity seen from the results of the Goodness of Fit (GoF) test, Reliability with the Construct Reliability (CR) test, namely testing the reliability and consistency of the data, where the criteria The Construct Reliability (CR) is > 0.7 and the Variant Extracted value (AVE) is > 0.5, and the results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) test for CR 1.96 and p-value 0.05.

scholarly journals INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTERVENTION: NEWS ORGANIZATIONS’ CONTRADICTORY RELATIONSHIP WITH ONLINE COMMENTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rantasila ◽  
Heli Väätäjä ◽  
Joel Kiskola ◽  
Thomas Olsson ◽  
Aleksi Syrjämäki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Contextual Knowledge ◽  
Persistent Problem ◽  
The Core ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Online Comments ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Alternative Approaches

Online news comments are intended to cultivate an interdependent relationship between news organizations and their audiences. However, uncivil online comments have become a persistent problem that requires constant intervention through moderation. In this paper, to better understand these interventions, we analyze interviews of eleven managers of online comments of large Finnish news organizations. By exploring the views of journalistic managers of moderation, this study contributes new insights to the discussion about online content moderation, as previous research has focused more on social media platforms and moderators. Our results suggest that the managers have a complex relationship with comments. They would like to see more engaging comments but were also frustrated with the continuous need to moderate the comments. The managers also expressed concern that uncivil comments keep more constructive commenters from participating, thus harming the audience relationship. Organizations tend to outsource moderation to third parties or automated moderation, as moderation is often seen as time-consuming and outside of the core work of journalists. However, the managers were not satisfied with outsourced or automated moderation, mainly because of a lack in contextual knowledge, as also noted in previous research. Reflecting previous literature, our results suggest that some aspects of uncivil commenting may require alternative approaches to moderation altogether. For example, some managers suggested replacing comments with other means of interaction. To address the inherent contradictions in online news comment moderation, we advocate a view that focuses on cultivating and rewarding civil comments instead of deleting and punishing for uncivil comments.

Celebrity Suicide

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Amy S. Hedman-Robertson ◽  
Starr K. Sage
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Online News ◽  
Suicide Method ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Cable Networks ◽  
News Websites ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Online Videos ◽  
Celebrity Suicide

Abstract. Background: Increased suicides following media coverage of celebrities' suicide deaths have been documented in several countries. Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide were published to provide guidance for media professionals when covering suicide. Research indicates guidelines have been poorly followed. Aim: We aimed to determine whether the recommendations were similarly observed when studying two online news organizations' coverage of a celebrity's suicide. Method: In the 3 days following a high-profile celebrity's death, two US cable networks' news websites were studied to compare how the death was reported. Online articles were reviewed using a coding rubric organized by six themes and 21 coding categories. Results: Between the two organizations, 34 articles were published. Regarding the recommendations, neither source followed all of the recommendations, as measured in this study. Source A fared better in providing help-seeking information. Limitations: Only two news organizations were studied for a 3-day period. Online videos, print articles, and social media were excluded. Conclusion: The suicide of a celebrity received repetitive media coverage with little emphasis on prevention or help-seeking. The recommendations were not consistently followed by the two news websites included in this review.

Methodology for cognition of digital society

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
N. N. Meshcheryakova
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Large Volume ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Short Time

Digital sociology is a computational social science that uses modern information systems and technologies, has already formed. But the conflict with traditional sociology and its research methods has not yet been resolved. This conflict can be overcome if we remember that there is a common goal – the knowledge of the phenomena and processes of social life, which is primary in relation to the methods to be agreed upon. Digital transformation of sociology is essential, since 1) traditional sociological methods do not solve the problem of providing voluminous, reliable empirical data qualitatively and in a short time; 2) the transition from contact research methods to unobtrusive ones is in demand. The adaptation of four modern information technologies-cloud computing, big data, the Internet of things and artificial intelligence – for the purposes of sociology provides a qualitative transition in the methodology of knowledge of the digital society. Cloud computing provide researchers with tools, big data – research materials, Internet of things technology aimed at collecting indicators (receiving signals) in large volume, in real time, as direct, not indirect evidence of human behavior. The development of “artificial intelligence” technology expands the possibility of receiving processed signals of the quality of the social system without building a preliminary hypothesis, in a short time and on a large volume of processed data. Digital transformation of sociology does not mean abandoning the use of traditional methods of sociological analysis, but it involves expanding the competence of a sociologist, which requires a revision of University curricula. At the same time, combining the functions of an expert on the subject (sociologist) and data analyst in one specialist is assessed as unpromising, it is proposed to combine their professional competencies in working on unified research projects.

Games and Quizzes in Online Journalism

2016 ◽  
pp. 329-355
Author(s):  
Bartosz W. Wojdynski
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
The State ◽  
Online Journalism ◽  
News Content ◽  
Interactive Games ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Viral Nature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive

The competition for online news page views increasingly involves strategies designed to promote the “viral” nature of content, and to capitalize on the content's spread by ensuring that the content does not quickly lose timeliness or relevance. As a result of the pressure for these stories, news experiences which can be revisited by consumers are at a premium. In this ecosystem, interactive games and quizzes which can be played to receive different feedback or reach a different ending offer promise for news organizations to receive ongoing and widespread reward for their efforts. This chapter provides an overview of the state of gamification in journalism, challenges and opportunities for the growth of games in online news, and discusses evidence for the impact of increasingly gamified news content on how users process and perceive news information.

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