ABSTRACT

The study analyses the epistemologies of online breaking news, focusing on the distinctive epistemic practices and challenges in the production of continuous news updates and online live broadcast. The analytical framework identifies three central aspects of news epistemology: the articulation of knowledge claims; how journalists know what they claim to know; and the justification of knowledge claims. The study draws on data from ethnographic research at a Swedish online first. Participant observations and interviews were carried out during spring and summer 2018. The study shows differences in the epistemic claims of news updates and live broadcast, how commitments to facts are carefully balanced in the enactment of discursive resources, and how justification is related to the calculation of epistemic efforts. The implications of different temporalities in news production are analyzed. The study identifies three forms of epistemic dissonance that ultimately jeopardize the authority of news media as a provider of valuable public information.

摘要

这项研究分析了在线突发新闻的认识论，着眼于独特的认识论实践和连续新闻更新和在线现场广播制作中的挑战。分析框架确定了新闻认识论的三个主要方面：对知识主张的表达；对知识主张的表达。记者如何知道他们声称知道的事情；以及知识主张的合理性。该研究首先借鉴了瑞典在线的民族志研究数据。参与者的观察和访谈在2018年春季和夏季进行。研究显示新闻更新和现场广播的认识论主张存在差异，在制定话语资源时如何谨慎地平衡事实承诺，以及合理性与计算有何关系的认知努力。分析了新闻生产中不同时间的含义。这项研究确定了三种形式的认知失调，它们最终损害了新闻媒体作为有价值的公共信息提供者的权威。