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When Algorithms Recommend What’s New(s): New Dynamics of Decision-Making and Autonomy in Newsgathering
Media and Communication ( IF 3.043 ) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 , DOI: 10.17645/mac.v9i4.4173
Hannes Cools , Baldwin Van Gorp , Michaël Opgenhaffen

Newsroom innovation labs have been created over the last ten years to develop algorithmic news recommenders (ANR) that suggest and summarise what news is. Although these ANRs are still in an early stage and have not yet been implemented in the entire newsroom, they have the potential to change how newsworkers fulfil their daily decisions (gatekeeping) and autonomy in setting the agenda (agenda-setting). First, this study focuses on the new dynamics of the ANR and how it potentially influences the newsworkers’ role of gatekeeping within the newsgathering process. Second, this study investigates how the dynamics of an ANR could influence the autonomy of the newsworkers’ role as media agenda setters. In order to advance our understanding of the changing dynamics of gatekeeping and agenda-setting in the newsroom, this study conducts expert interviews with 16 members of newsroom innovation labs of<em> The Washington Post</em>,<em> The Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>Der Spiegel</em>, the BBC, and the Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) radio station. The results show that when newsworkers interact with ANRs, they rely on suggestions and summaries to evaluate what is newsworthy, especially when there is a “news peak” (elections, a worldwide pandemic, etc.). With regard to the agenda-setting role, the newsworker still has full autonomy, but the ANR creates a “positive acceleration effect” on how certain topics are put on the agenda.

中文翻译:

当算法推荐新事物时:新闻采集中决策和自治的新动态

新闻编辑室创新实验室在过去十年中成立,旨在开发算法新闻推荐器 (ANR),以建议和总结新闻是什么。尽管这些 ANR 仍处于早期阶段,尚未在整个新闻编辑室实施,但它们有可能改变新闻工作者完成日常决策(把关)和自主设置议程(议程设置)的方式。首先,本研究侧重于 ANR 的新动态以及它如何潜在地影响新闻工作者在新闻采集过程中的把关角色。其次,本研究调查了 ANR 的动态如何影响新闻工作者作为媒体议程制定者角色的自主性。为了加深我们对新闻编辑室把关和议程设置动态变化的理解,本研究对<em>华盛顿邮报</em>、<em>华尔街日报</em>、<em>明镜周刊</em>、BBC 和Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) 广播电台。结果表明,当新闻工作者与 ANR 互动时,他们依靠建议和摘要来评估什么是具有新闻价值的,尤其是在“新闻高峰”(选举、全球大流行等)时。关于议程设置角色,新闻工作者仍然拥有完全的自主权,但 ANR 对某些主题如何被列入议程产生了“积极的加速效应”。和 Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) 广播电台。结果表明,当新闻工作者与 ANR 互动时,他们依靠建议和摘要来评估什么是具有新闻价值的,尤其是在出现“新闻高峰”(选举、全球大流行等)时。关于议程设置角色,新闻工作者仍然拥有完全的自主权,但 ANR 对某些主题如何被列入议程产生了“积极的加速效应”。和 Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) 广播电台。结果表明,当新闻工作者与 ANR 互动时,他们依靠建议和摘要来评估什么是具有新闻价值的,尤其是在出现“新闻高峰”(选举、全球大流行等)时。关于议程设置角色,新闻工作者仍然拥有完全的自主权,但 ANR 对某些主题如何被列入议程产生了“积极的加速效应”。
更新日期:2021-11-18
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