Journalism in Digital Native Media: Beyond Technological Determinism
Abstract: This article reflects on the conceptualisation and practise of journalism in European digital native media. The way news is produced and consumed in the digital era knocks down the boundaries that once divided professionals, citizens, and activists. At the same time, significant changes highlighted in recent studies call for a new theoretical and practical approach that goes beyond the dominant perspective of technological determinism. In relation with previous research, we have selected innovative digital media platforms (De Correspondent, Heidi.news, Eldiario.es, IlPost, Mediapart, and Observador), and we have analysed the types of journalism they set out to produce, as gleaned from their public-facing communications and interviews with the platforms’ founders and editors, comparing their stated goals with the journalism they produce and, lastly, we commented on changes in journalism. Digital native media explore renewed fields for journalism. The present analysis allows identify
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Media and Communication ; 8 (2020) 2 ; 5-15
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Nachrichtenmedien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
- (who)
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2020
- Creator
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García-Orosa, Berta
López-García, Xosé
Vázquez-Herrero, Jorge
- DOI
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10.17645/mac.v8i2.2702
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021101213050253101902
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- 15.08.2025, 7:24 AM CEST
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Associated
- García-Orosa, Berta
- López-García, Xosé
- Vázquez-Herrero, Jorge
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2020