Description
This paper argues that discourse on journalistic innovation too easily buys into the idea of innovation as a panacea for the issues journalism is struggling with. The focus on innovation is overly forward looking, and “flattens context so that certain formulations appear novel and desirable” (Creech & Nadler, 2018: 187; cf. Carlson & Lewis, 2019). Moreover, the emphasis on the opportunities of new technologies in relation to promising commercial business models have portrayed the current challenges journalism faces as “merely technical and elid[ing] persistent epistemological and philosophical conflict between journalism and the technology industries.” (Creech & Nadler, 2018: 187; Posetti, 2017). Through a longitudinal analysis of the discussion about the innovative nature of new storytelling forms, specifically focused on the relation between new technologies and changing professional practices, this paper aims to tease out how innovation is strategically used by journalistic actors and organizations so that they can standtand out from the crowd by emphasizing change over continuity (Carlson & Usher, 2016).| Periode | 20-okt.-2022 |
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| Evenementstitel | ECREA |
| Evenementstype | Conference |
| Mate van erkenning | International |