From “Cool Observer” to “Emotional Participant”

The Practice of Immersive Journalism

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ID12659104
AutoresNele Goutier (HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands, autor de correspondencia), Yael De Haan (0000-0002-4688-3166, HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands), Kiki De Bruin (0000-0001-6254-7827, HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands), Sophie Lecheler (0000-0001-7320-1012, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria), Sanne Kruikemeier (0000-0002-8053-8200, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Año2021
Volumen22
Número12
Páginas1648-1664
Fecha de publicación2021-09-10
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-670X • E-ISSN: 1469-9699
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1461670x.2021.1956364
OpenAlexW3215426984
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas36

Over the past years, innovative technologies (such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR)) have become more common within news organizations. These technologies allow users to immerse themselves in a virtual world. With these types of productions, the journalist tries to engage and involve the user by introducing emotional styles, often to create empathy. This does not only demand new technological skills, but also challenges the way journalist allow emotions in journalistic productions, and what role they take in relation to the story and the user. Through fifteen in-depth interviews with immersive producers and experts in renowned news organizations across the globe, this paper examines both the motivations of journalists who produce immersive stories, and how they seek to balance traditional journalistic norms and emotionality in them. The results show that journalists believe that emotions and facts can be compatible with journalistic production. Yet, they struggle with their role in relation to the user. Immersive journalism obliges journalists to carefully reconsider their relationship with their public. In sum, this study illuminates an ongoing professional debate on the role of emotionality, user agency, and journalistic control and autonomy

Agency (philosophy · Autonomy · Emotionality · Empathy · Globe · Journalism · Media studies · Participant observation · Political science · Public relations · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Virtual reality · Computer Science · Law · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts · Visual Culture and Art Theory

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