Abstract

Design is a discipline that gives form to alternative futures. Through a process of material exploration, it explores novel configurations of technology, people and values, and in doing so, seeks to understand the implications of new designs. It is this practice of making and creating that is valuable to journalism as it grapples with how to respond to communication technologies that are increasingly subtle, physical and sensuous. In this article we examine the theory of materiality as it has been discussed in communication and design literature, proposing a conceptual approach for a design-led view of materiality in journalism studies. This view sees materiality from a form-giving perspective in which technologies and journalistic principles are materials to shape in order to explore potentials and possibilities. This article extends the concept of journalism design by examining how journalistic values can be incorporated into the design of public interest technologies. In doing so, it frames journalism as a process of designing things that respond to public concerns. The article also contributes to scholarship that sees tinkering, iteration and participation as a way to understand how news could be structurally different.

摘要

设计是一门为另类未来赋予形式的学科。通过材料探索的过程，它探索了技术、人和价值观的新颖配置，并在此过程中寻求理解新设计的含义。正是这种制作和创造的实践对新闻业很有价值，因为它努力应对如何应对越来越微妙、物理和感性的通信技术。在这篇文章中，我们研究了在传播和设计文献中讨论过的物质性理论，为新闻研究中以设计为主导的物质性观点提出了一种概念方法。这种观点从赋予形式的角度看待物质性，其中技术和新闻原则是塑造的材料，以探索潜力和可能性。通过研究如何将新闻价值融入公共利益技术的设计来研究新闻设计。在这样做的过程中，它将新闻业框定为设计事物以回应公众关注的过程。这篇文章还有助于将修补、迭代和参与视为理解新闻结构如何不同的一种方式的学术研究。