New Objects, New Boundaries
How the "Journalism of Things" Reconfigures Collaborative Arrangements, Audience Relations and Knowledge-Based Empowerment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22010949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Hamm (0000-0002-0414-9203, Weizenbaum Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1077-1096 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Digital Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21670811.2022.2096088 |
| OpenAlex | W4295763209 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 48 |
Journalism of Things (JoT) is a new paradigm in digital journalism where journalists co-create sensor technologies with citizens, scientists, and designers generating new kinds of data-based and community-driven insights to provide a novel perspective on matters of common concern. This study locates Journalism of Things in existing theory and elaborates on innovation practices with the analytical lenses of boundary work and objects of journalism. Three case studies on recent award-winning journalism projects in Germany include interviews, media content analyses, and observations. The findings suggest four typical phases in JoT projects: formation, data work, presentation, and ramification. Blurred boundaries of journalism towards science and activism become apparent when co-creative JoT teams apply scientific methods and technology design while mobilizing communities. The article discusses how things (or objects) of JoT have implications on the configuration for collaborative arrangements and audience relations. By creating and disseminating new local knowledge on matters of common concern, JoT is contributing to empowering both journalism and citizens
Citizen journalism · Empowerment · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · World Wide Web · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
Boundary Work
Participatory Journalism
Practically Engaged
Who’s in, Who’s out?
What is data ethics?
Building Theories from Case Study Research
Epilogue
Hacks, Hackers, and the Expansive Boundaries of Journalism
Trust in Numbers
Lack of trust in the news media, institutional weakness, and relational journalism as a potential way forward
Materializing activism
Reciprocal (and Reductionist?) Newswork
Reciprocal Journalism
We see more because we are not there’
Open innovation in digital journalism
Social epistemology as a new paradigm for journalism and media studies
The Tension Between Professional Control and Open Participation
Interactive Journalism
What Is Digital Journalism? Defining the Practice and Role of the Digital Journalist
Open source and journalism
Apostles of Certainty
The New Advertisers
Pioneer journalism
What is the matter with newsroom culture? A sociomaterial analysis of professional knowledge creation in the newsroom
Data-driven reporting
Objects of journalism and the news
Journalistic evidence
Foreign objects? Web content management systems, journalistic cultures and the ontology of software
Objects of journalism, revised
All forest, no trees? Data journalism and the construction of abstract categories
Datafication and empowerment
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |