Immersive Journalism

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ISBN: 9781666938609

Virtual Reality and the Future of the News Industry

Tomás Dodds, Samuel Akpe, Jan Lauren Boyles , Kaixin Cheng

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Lexington Books
17 April 2024

Media studies; Social forecasting, future studies; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Digital lifestyle; Virtual reality

Series: Studies in New Media

This volume explores the rise of immersive technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and 360 videos in the newsroom and how they affect newsmaking for journalists, news sources, and audiences. As these technologies offer journalists new and exciting opportunities to connect more deeply, emotionally, and presently with their audience, they also introduce unique ethical and practical questions concerning the collection and use of biometric, sensory, and metadata. Contributors analyze this shift from passive consumption to active engagement in order to investigate the positive and negative impacts that immersive technologies can have on journalistic norms, professional ethics, audience engagement, and data protection. Ultimately, this volume highlights both the potential for these technologies to redefine the relationship between news producers and consumers and the potential challenges their integration may pose. Scholars of journalism, communication, science & technology studies, and digital media will find this book particularly useful.

Contributions by: Samuel Akpe, Jan Lauren Boyles, Kaixin Cheng, Tomás Dodds
Edited by: Tomás Dodds
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 531g
ISBN: 9781666938609
ISBN 10: 1666938602
Series: Studies in New Media
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 17 April 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tomás Dodds is assistant professor of journalism and new media at Leiden University and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Reviews for Immersive Journalism: Virtual Reality and the Future of the News Industry

Immersive Journalism is a must-read for the serious scholar, student or practitioner of virtual reality and the rapidly transforming 21st century news industry. The book's twelve chapters provide a comprehensive, research-based examination of the key issues and opportunities that immersive technologies present to contemporary journalism. Notably, the contributors bring a wide variety of perspectives from across the globe and interrogate immersive journalism with an array of theoretical foundations and conceptual frameworks. This important new book provides a substantial contribution to the scholarship on virtual reality and the shifting nature, processes and impact of news media around the world. This volume defines immersive journalism as a broad and open concept. Overcoming the hype of virtual reality, the book offers a clear-eyed description of the field's challenges as well as its potential for reshaping news production. Diverse in methods, the collection features empirical chapters and theoretical discussions, approaching immersive journalism from the point of view of journalistic practices, platform affordances, and ethical considerations, always with an eye on audiences. Tomás Dodds has successfully gathered multiple perspectives that take a step forward in the research on immersive journalism.