Contemporary Digital Journalism: Issues and Challenges
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 859
Special Issue Editors
Interests: digital journalism; political communication; quality and narrative journalism; ethics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital journalism has experienced a magnificent growth in the last three decades and an exponential evolution, as evidenced by a comparison between digital native media and legacy media. The 30th anniversary of the first online media, which takes place in 2024, marks a milestone to assess the current issues and challenges faced by contemporary journalism. This Special Issue seeks to collect research concerning the definition and characterization of the field to the last AI developments assisting journalists and the ethics involved. The different transformations of digital journalism highlight the relevance of the technological dimension, from the production and distribution of content to the continuous updating of professional skills. These issues should not be divorced from the main functions of journalism, for e.g., the expanded selection of content, the renewal of funding and business models, as well as new relationships with empowered and hyper-selective audiences. In this sense, this Special Issue encourages research on high-quality digital journalistic content—investigative journalism, narrative journalism, multimedia reporting, collaborative journalism—and the challenging conditions of production. We seek to receive innovative approaches relying on a wide range of social science-based methodologies. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Definition of contemporary digital journalism;
- Challenges in digital journalism production and content distribution;
- Innovation in connecting with diverse audiences and communities;
- Funding digital journalism;
- Application of AI and ethical issues;
- Quality digital journalistic storytelling and modalities;
- Profiles, skills and training of digital journalists.
Dr. Dolors Palau-Sampio
Prof. Dr. Pilar Sánchez-García
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital journalism
- professional skills
- AI
- ethics
- innovation
- funding & business models
- quality journalism
- audiences
