Authors:
Foued Ben Said, Sangeeta Tripathi

Addresses:
1MOCFINE Research Laboratory, Manouba University, Manouba, Tunisia. 2Department of Mass Communication, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman. foued.bensaid@esct.uma.tn1, sangeeta.sal@cas.edu.om2

Abstract:

Emerging digital technology and the ongoing transformation of the media landscape have drawn the attention of journalism scholars to study the epistemology of digital journalism. Several studies focus on theoretical contributions and dimensions of journalism epistemology, news production, narrative structure, practices of social media journalism, temporality layered text, journalistic role, authorial stance, knowledge claims and their distinct norms. As digital journalism and news production has become heterogeneous in content, positioning, and dissemination, professional journalists are losing epistemic authority over the news. The study investigates how digital news production in Global South Nations, such as live blogging, mobile journalism, automated journalism, and data journalism, affects epistemic practices and how scholars have addressed these shifts. The study employs a bibliometric approach and selects 916 documents using a systematic search query from the Web of Science Database. The analysis of the network of keywords co-occurrence indicates that South Global scholars mainly focus on participatory journalism, data journalism, blogging journalism, and automated journalism. They cover various areas, such as exploring the potential of data journalism, analyzing the impact of emerging media on journalism production and distribution, and studying the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and machine learning to produce news content. The study aims to identify gaps and guide future research in this field.

Keywords: Journalism; Epistemology; News Production; Data Journalism; Participatory Journalism; Mobile Journalism; Live Blogging; Automated Journalism; Social Media Platforms; Epistemic Practices; Misinformation.

Received on: 29/09/2022, Revised on: 15/11/2022, Accepted on: 21/02/2023, Published on: 25/03/2023

FMDB Transactions on Sustainable Technoprise Letters, 2023 Vol. 1 No. 1, Pages: 47-60

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