Abstract

In this Perspective paper we propose a rethink on how we should approach digital and analog news. Although there are literatures that continue to focus on the many and varied characteristics of digital and analog news, we should not consider these as separate, opposing entities. In fact, the intertwining between the digital and the analog of news makes it difficult, if not impossible, to define separately what they are, even if this often is the practice in scholarly debate on news and journalism in new media. What we argue in this paper is that today, in opposition to binary definitions, it would be much more revealing, and also connected to actual media practices, to try to understand how much digital there is in the analog news and, vice versa, how much analog there is in digital news. This approach recognizes three dimensions in media platforms: digital, analog, and, between them, a cross-evolved, digitalized analog present in television, radio, and online newspapers. Recognizing these three dimensions enables us to explore more clearly the implications that the hybridization of digital and analog news has on the overall media system and on the state of news itself.

摘要

在此视角论文中，我们对如何处理数字和模拟新闻提出了重新思考。尽管有文献继续关注数字和模拟新闻的许多不同特征，但我们不应该将它们视为独立的对立实体。实际上，数字和新闻的类比之间的交织使得很难（即使不是不可能）分开定义它们是什么，即使这经常是新媒体对新闻和新闻的学术辩论中的惯例。我们在本文中所争论的是，今天，与二进制定义相反，试图理解模拟新闻中有多少数字，反之亦然，这将更具揭示性，并且与实际的媒体实践相关联。数字新闻中有很多模拟。这种方法可以识别媒体平台中的三个维度：数字，模拟，以及电视，广播和在线报纸中存在的相互进化的数字化模拟。认识到这三个方面，使我们能够更清楚地探索数字和模拟新闻混合对整个媒体系统和新闻本身状态的影响。