Labservatory: a synergy between journalism studies and computer science for online news observation
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| Titel: | Labservatory: a synergy between journalism studies and computer science for online news observation |
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| Autoren: | Trimithiotis, Dimitris, Ioannou, Iacovos, Vassiliou, Vasos, Christou, Panicos, Chrysostomou, Stelios, Erotokritou, Erotokritos, Kaizer, Demetris |
| Quelle: | Online Information Review ; volume 49, issue 8, page 23-43 ; ISSN 1468-4527 1468-4535 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Emerald |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2024 |
| Beschreibung: | Purpose This article explores the synergy between journalism studies and computer science in the context of observing online news. By establishing web applications of online media observatories as research tools, researchers can employ various analytical approaches to gain valuable insights into online news discourse and production. Design/methodology/approach Drawing eight months of data (01.08.2022–30.04.2023) from the Labservatory’s web application, i.e. over 250,000 news items, the article demonstrates how some of this web application’s main functionalities may be useful in implementing (1) news flow analysis, (2) news topic distribution analysis and (3) media discourse analysis. Findings The capabilities provided by this web application, (1) to simultaneously analyse the daily news production of ten media outlets with varying features, (2) to rapidly collect a large volume of news items, (3) to identify the news categories as classified by the media themselves, (4) to present the results of the search in relevance order and (5) to automatically generate a search report, highlight the significance of this interdisciplinary collaboration for implementing comprehensive analyses of online news. Originality/value The article concludes by emphasising the importance of continuing this joint effort, as it opens new avenues for further research and provides a deeper grasp of the intricate relationship between journalism, technology and society in the digital era. The Labservatory also contributes to society since it may be used by the broader public for immediate access to more pluralistic information and thus for promoting both news media literacy and news media accountability. |
| Publikationsart: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Sprache: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1108/oir-10-2023-0531 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/OIR-10-2023-0531/full/xml |
| Verfügbarkeit: | https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-10-2023-0531 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OIR-10-2023-0531/full/xml https://www.emerald.com/oir/article-pdf/49/8/23/10073899/oir-10-2023-0531en.pdf |
| Dokumentencode: | edsbas.4D1307B5 |
| Datenbank: | BASE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Purpose This article explores the synergy between journalism studies and computer science in the context of observing online news. By establishing web applications of online media observatories as research tools, researchers can employ various analytical approaches to gain valuable insights into online news discourse and production. Design/methodology/approach Drawing eight months of data (01.08.2022–30.04.2023) from the Labservatory’s web application, i.e. over 250,000 news items, the article demonstrates how some of this web application’s main functionalities may be useful in implementing (1) news flow analysis, (2) news topic distribution analysis and (3) media discourse analysis. Findings The capabilities provided by this web application, (1) to simultaneously analyse the daily news production of ten media outlets with varying features, (2) to rapidly collect a large volume of news items, (3) to identify the news categories as classified by the media themselves, (4) to present the results of the search in relevance order and (5) to automatically generate a search report, highlight the significance of this interdisciplinary collaboration for implementing comprehensive analyses of online news. Originality/value The article concludes by emphasising the importance of continuing this joint effort, as it opens new avenues for further research and provides a deeper grasp of the intricate relationship between journalism, technology and society in the digital era. The Labservatory also contributes to society since it may be used by the broader public for immediate access to more pluralistic information and thus for promoting both news media literacy and news media accountability. |
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| DOI: | 10.1108/oir-10-2023-0531 |