Tradition is not a safe haven in late modernity, in general and in the press in particular. There is a need for justification and updated legitimation of journalistic practice. In the age of digital journalism, accountability and transparency have been radicalized, and as journalism faces new challenges and undergoes severe reorientations, questions of accountability and transparency are essential. The basic idea that journalism must hold those in power accountable has been well established, but it is similarly imperative that journalism itself is held accountable by an informed citizenry. The thriving industry of digital transparency and accountability instruments bear witness to how serious the situation appears for agents in the journalistic field.

Eide, Martin. 2017. “Digital Transparency and Accountability” in Franklin, Bob and Scott Eldridge || (eds) The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies: 253-262. Routledge.

2017Maja VedåOctober 9, 20202017

Drone Vision: Towards a Critique of the Rhetoric of Precision

Øyvind Vågnes investigates photos taken from an unfamiliar angle: From bird's eye view, or the drone's lens view. The article argues that Houtryve’s photographs enable a strategy of “uninventing precision”.

Vågenes, Øyvind. 2017. “Drone Vision: Towards a Critique of the Rhetoric of Precision” Krisis: Tiljdschrift voor actuele filosofie 1: 8-17

DronesGuest UserDecember 31, 20172017, drones, rhetoric

Nordic Review 38 (Special Issue 2) 2017

Astrid Gynnild, Maria Nilsson, Anne Hege Simonsen and Hanna Weselius have edited this issue, and contributed with studies about "Photojournalism and Editorial Processes: Global Similarities, Local Differences".

Gynnild, Astrid., Maria Nilsson, Anne Hege Simonsen and Hanna Weselius. 2017. “Introduction: Photojournalism and Editorial Processes. Global Similarities, Local Differences” in Nordicom Review 38, Special Issue 2: 1-5. DOI: 10.1515/nor-2017-0410.

2017Siri FlatlandsmoNovember 28, 20172017, Nordicom Review, Special Issue, photojournalism, editorial processes

Realistic face manipulation by morphing with average faces

One could create realistic, anonymized faces as an aesthetic alternative to the coarse techniques of blurring or pixelation normally used today. In this proceeding, the authors describe how we can use algorithms for face manipulation from computer vision to anonymize faces in journalism.

Midtun, Joar, Bjørnar Tessem, Simen Skaret Karlsen and Lars Nyre. 2017. “Realistic Face Manipulation by Morphing With Average Faces” NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning. Available at: https://ojs.bibsys.no/index.php/NIK/article/view/426

2017ViSmediaNovember 26, 2017bjørnar tessem, joar midthun, lars nyre, 2017

Keeping Reporters Safe: The Ethics of Drone Journalism in a Humanitarian Crisis

Chapter by Turo Uskali and Epp Lauk. Drones have been used for news reporting since 2011. This chapter analyzes several cases of drone journalism in crisis reporting and refers to ethical guidelines for good drone reporting in humanitarian crisis reporting.

Uskali, Turo and Epp Lauk. 2017. “Keeping Reporters Safe: The Ethics of Drone Journalism in Humantarian Crisis”. In Andersen, Robin and Purnaka L. de Silvia (eds) The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action. Abingdon, Routledge Handbooks Online. DOI: 10.4324/9781315538129.ch39

Drones, 2017Guest UserSeptember 1, 2017journalism, drone journalism, drones, conflict, crisis reporting, ethics, 2017

Innovating Virtual Reality Experiences For Journalism: The Design Thinking Approach

Conference paper by Heli Väätäjä, Otto Kauhanen, Turo Uskali, Esa Sirkkunen, Chelsea Kelling, Markku Turunen, Vesa Lindqvist. It presents a history of VR and explores VR storytelling for journalism.

Väätäjä, Heli., Otto Kauhanen, Turo Uskali, Esa Sirkkunen, Chelsea Kelling, Markku Turunen and Vesa Lindqvist. 2017. “Innovating Virtual Reality Experiences For Journalism”. The Design Thinking Approach

Virtual Reality/360 video, 2017Siri FlatlandsmoSeptember 1, 20172017

Assisting Immersive Virtual Reality Development With User Experience Design Approach

Conference paper by Otto Kauhanen, Heli Väätäjä, Markku Turunen, Tuuli Keskinen, Esa Sirkkunen, Turo Uskali, Vesa Lindqvist, Chelsea Kelling, Jussi Karhu. The paper explores how to a biography as a VR experience.

Kauhanen, Otto., Heli Väätäjä, Markku Turunen, Tuuli Keskinen, Esa Sirkkunen, Turo Uskali, Vesa Lindqvist, Chelsea Kelling and Jussi Karhu. 2017. “Assisting immersive virtual reality development with user experience design approach” Academic Mindtrek: 127-136. DOI: 10.1145/3131085.3131126.

Using Baselines for Algorithm Audits

Study by Jennifer A. Stark and Nicholas Diakopoulos. They investigate bias in Google’s image selection for the main search results pages of presidential candidates’ main search results page. The paper indicates that bias may have been introduced by the Google image selection algorithm.

Stark, Jennifer A. and Nicholas Diakopoulos. 2017. “Using Baselines for Algorithm Audits”. European Conference on Data and Computional Journalism.

AI Anxiety

Deborah G. Johnson and Mario Verdicchio identify three factors that give people anxiety about artificial intelligence. The reasons, they argue, may not be what you think they are.

Johnson, Deborah G. and Mario Verdicchio. 2017. “AI Anxiety” Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23867

Algorithms and AIGuest UserJune 22, 20172017, artificial intelligence, AI

Enabling Accountability of Algorithmic Media: Transparency as a Constructive and Critical Lens

As the news media adopts algorithmic components into the production of news information, it raises the question of how to maintain an accountable media system. Nicholas Diakopoulos explores algorithmic transparancy.

Diakopoulos Nicholas. 2017. “Enabling Accountability of Algorithmic Media: Transparency as a Constructive and Critical Lens”. In: Cerquitelli,Tania, Daniele Quercia and Frank Pasquale (eds) Transparent Data Mining for Big and Small Data. Studies in Big Data, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54024-5_2

Algorithms and AIGuest UserMay 10, 20172017, Algorithms, algorithmic accountability, transparency

Virtual Reality Prototyping in Journalism: How to Best Collaborate With Agile Methods

In the Virjox projects, journalism scholars, human-computer interaction and computer scientists and media company developers innovate together to figure out how to create the best immersive journalism and other media products. Turo Uskali, Heli Väätäjä and Esa Sirkkunen offer insights into the project.

Uskali, Turo; Esa Sirkkunen and Heli Väätäjä. 2017. “Virtual Reality Prototyping in Journalism: How to Best Collaborate With Agile Methods” Nordicom Information 39 (1): 28-31.

Drones, 2017Guest UserMay 9, 20172017, journalism, drone journalism, Virjox, the virjox project

The Visual Power of News Agencies

The visual power of news agencies are expanding as staff photographers are losing their jobs. In this study, Astrid Gynnild discusses the challenged ethical standards and editorial dillemmas through the example of terrorism.

Gynnild, Astrid. 2017. “The Visual Power of News Agencies” Nordicom Review, 38 Special Edition 2: 25-39. DOI: 10.1515/nor-2017-0412

Can Engineering ethics be taught?

The question isn’t whether engineers make moral decisions (they do!), but whether and how ethical decision making can be taught. Skepticism about the possibility of teaching ethics takes multiple forms. This article is based on a chapter from Deborah’s book, Engineering Ethics: Contemporary Debates.

Johnson, Deborah G. 2017. “Can Engineering Ethics Be Taught?”. The Bridge 47 (1): 59-64.

2017Maja VedåMarch 3, 20172017

Reframing AI Discourse

Deborah G. Johnson and Mario Verdicchio. The way public understanding of AI is being shaped, often by fear, is a way that may ultimately impede its research. This knowledge leads to a confusion about the notion of ‘autonomy’.

Johnson, Deborah G. and Mario Verdicchio. 2017. “Reframing AI Discourse”. Minds & Machines 27: 575–590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-017-9417-6

Algorithms and AIGuest UserJanuary 9, 20172017, artificial intelligence, AI, autonomy, future, robots, sociotechnocal systems

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