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Diversity of Journalisms. Proceedings of ECREA/CICOM Conference, Pamplona, 4-5 July 2011
Presentation
Journalism is undergoing times of change. Since the impact of digital
technologies in media markets around the mid 1990’s, this profession has
experienced fast and often sudden transformations.
This process has brought an increasing complexity to journalism exercise. In
the middle of a pre-existing media scene of newspapers, radio, television and
agencies, a new digital medium arises, mainly represented by the Web and
mobile platforms. Media companies have also undergone a deep
reconfiguration, marked by the redefinition of their traditional business models.
Journalists, the main figures of the information activity, have witnessed how
their profession has evolved in a context of a brisk replacement of technologies
and a new and more interactive relation with the audiences. Finally, the news
content has also experienced its own particular process of transformation, with
the arrival of new multimedia languages.
Briefly, in just a few years, the media landscape has been entirely reconfigured.
And, even though the process is far from being completed, it is certainly
noticeable the emergence of a new journalism with new professional profiles,
where the distinctive feature is, mainly, diversity.
In view of this new scenario, it is quite urgent to reconsider the academic
research on journalism. In order to deal with the growing complexity of media,
new approaches and specific methodologies become necessary. Furthermore,
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