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Journalistic "Innovation" Is Hard to Hate, but Actual Change Is Just Hard
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Abstract
Who is opposed to "innovation"? For most newsroom publishers, managers, editors, and reporters, the word connotes progress; it implies a strategy for achieving success - and dodging failure. But innovation inescapably entails change: Doing and thinking about things differently means giving up the ol... view more
Who is opposed to "innovation"? For most newsroom publishers, managers, editors, and reporters, the word connotes progress; it implies a strategy for achieving success - and dodging failure. But innovation inescapably entails change: Doing and thinking about things differently means giving up the old as well as embracing the new. This commentary recaps journalists’ response over 30 years of digital news. It suggests that calls for change meet with initial resistance, typically on normative grounds; only over time do practitioners normalise the innovation, incorporating it into their perceptions and routines.... view less
Keywords
innovation; journalism; normalization; media ethics; digital media; news
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Free Keywords
change; digital news; journalism ethics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Media and Communication, 12 (2024)
Issue topic
Unpacking Innovation: Media and the Locus of Change
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed