Locked Up : Local Newsrooms Managing a Digital Shift at the Centre of the Covid-19 Outbreak

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00135214" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00135214 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2023.2266483" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2023.2266483</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2266483" target="_blank" >10.1080/17512786.2023.2266483</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Locked Up : Local Newsrooms Managing a Digital Shift at the Centre of the Covid-19 Outbreak

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, newsrooms mediated information as quickly as possible for their information-starved audience. In Estonia, Covid-19 initially impacted two large islands, which led to their isolation from the mainland as a precaution. Therefore, local journalism became more crucial than ever, providing news with proximity to the audience members who needed guidance and information, and informing the rest of the nation about the consequences the virus was having on the people of the islands. Considering the pressure on the locals, the interest of the rest of Estonia, and the unfamiliar emergency situation, our study focuses on local newsrooms’ approaches to digital news at the centre of Estonia’s lockdown on the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. We conducted eight semi-structured interviews. The results indicate that local journalists had a limited understanding of the importance of their online presence during (and before) the lockdown, and, therefore, lacked the willingness to carry out the digital shift. The shift was also hindered by the journalists’ lack of skills and knowledge of digital platforms and their specificity. Overall, we call local journalists on the islands “digital beginners”.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Locked Up : Local Newsrooms Managing a Digital Shift at the Centre of the Covid-19 Outbreak

Popis výsledku anglicky

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, newsrooms mediated information as quickly as possible for their information-starved audience. In Estonia, Covid-19 initially impacted two large islands, which led to their isolation from the mainland as a precaution. Therefore, local journalism became more crucial than ever, providing news with proximity to the audience members who needed guidance and information, and informing the rest of the nation about the consequences the virus was having on the people of the islands. Considering the pressure on the locals, the interest of the rest of Estonia, and the unfamiliar emergency situation, our study focuses on local newsrooms’ approaches to digital news at the centre of Estonia’s lockdown on the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. We conducted eight semi-structured interviews. The results indicate that local journalists had a limited understanding of the importance of their online presence during (and before) the lockdown, and, therefore, lacked the willingness to carry out the digital shift. The shift was also hindered by the journalists’ lack of skills and knowledge of digital platforms and their specificity. Overall, we call local journalists on the islands “digital beginners”.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50800 - Media and communications

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF18_053%2F0016952" target="_blank" >EF18_053/0016952: Postdoc2MUNI</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journalism Practice

ISSN

1751-2786

e-ISSN

1751-2794

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

200-216

Kód UT WoS článku

001083550300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85173707884