ABSTRACT

Acts of terrorist violence become repeatedly the focus of amplified attention in Western media. These acts spur hybrid media events where both news media and media users create and share information and interpretations of the event. Large news organizations play an integral role in attracting, steering and regulating attention in hybrid media events of terrorist violence. This article develops a theoretical conceptualization of the news organization as an attention apparatus. We argue that the apparatus consists of two dimensions: First, three conditions constrain the workings of the attention apparatus: perceived audience expectations, professional conditions of journalism and societal responsibilities of journalism. Secondly, there are three temporal affordances through which attention is managed: immediacy, liveness and interruption. We come to these conclusions through empirical research on newsroom practices in terrorism news production at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). Our data consist of thematic interviews (N = 33) with Yle journalists, producers and content managers as well as newsroom observations (14 days) conducted at Yle News and Current Affairs departments. The data is interpreted through a grounded theory approach. The article highlights how the temporal affordances enable reporting in hybrid media events but also clash with established conditions of news reporting.

摘要

恐怖暴力行为一再成为西方媒体放大关注的焦点。这些行为刺激了混合媒体事件，新闻媒体和媒体用户都创建和共享事件的信息和解释。大型新闻机构在恐怖暴力混合媒体事件中吸引、引导和调节注意力方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。本文发展了新闻机构作为一种注意力工具的理论概念。我们认为该装置由两个维度组成：首先，三个条件限制了注意力装置的运作：感知的观众期望、新闻的专业条件和新闻的社会责任。其次，通过三个时间可供性来管理注意力：即时性、活跃性和中断。我们通过对芬兰广播公司 (Yle) 恐怖主义新闻制作中新闻编辑室实践的实证研究得出这些结论。我们的数据包括对 Yle 记者、制片人和内容经理的专题采访（N = 33）以及在 Yle 新闻和时事部门进行的新闻编辑室观察（14 天）。数据通过扎根理论方法进行解释。这篇文章强调了时间可供性如何使混合媒体事件的报道成为可能，但也与新闻报道的既定条件发生冲突。制片人和内容经理以及在 Yle 新闻和时事部门进行的新闻编辑室观察（14 天）。数据通过扎根理论方法进行解释。这篇文章强调了时间可供性如何使混合媒体事件的报道成为可能，但也与新闻报道的既定条件发生冲突。制片人和内容经理以及在 Yle 新闻和时事部门进行的新闻编辑室观察（14 天）。数据通过扎根理论方法进行解释。这篇文章强调了时间可供性如何使混合媒体事件的报道成为可能，但也与新闻报道的既定条件发生冲突。