Immersive Journalism seminar
Ready for 芦the most powerful storytelling ever禄? Welcome to a kick-off seminar on virtual reality, augmented reality and 360 video.
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The first wave of immersive journalism is here, with journalists and researchers testing out new tools for extended visual news coverage. In this seminar, journalism scholars from the UK, the US, Finland and Norway will give short talks on their emerging studies in this expanding field. The main purpose of the seminar is to start critical discussions about the benefits and challenges as well as potential pitfalls of using immersive technologies in journalism. The seminar springs out of the ViSmedia project at the Department of Information Science and Media 大象传媒, UiB.
Presentations by:听Esa Sirkkunen, Sarah Jones, Astrid Gynnild, Turo Uskali, Siri Flatlandsmo, Lars Nyre and Deborah G. Johnson.听听
顿补迟别:听Wednesday, September 19听罢颈尘别:听15.00-17.00听尝辞肠补迟颈辞苍:听Media City Bergen, Media Lab (Tower 3, 9th floor)
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PROGRAM
15.00 鈥� 15.15
Opening session听Coffee and snacks听
15.15 鈥� 15.30
Towards Immersive Journalism: The biggest challenges so far听Turo Uskali, Head of Journalism, Department of Language and Communication, University of Juv盲skyl盲, Finland
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15.30 鈥� 15.45
Exploring the first wave of 360 video journalism听Esa Sirkkunen, Researcher, University of Tampere, Research Centre Comet, Finland
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15.45 鈥� 16.00
Ethics in virtual reality journalism: A case study听Siri Flatlandsmo, journalist, Avisa-Hordaland, Norway
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16.00 鈥� 16.10
Pause听Coffe and snacks
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16.10 鈥� 16.25
New Journalism 2.0: changing how stories are told to embrace new technologies听Sarah Jones, Head of the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
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16.25 鈥� 16.40
Exploring the expressive register of VR journalism with innovation pedagogy听Lars Nyre, Professor, Department of Information Science and Media 大象传媒, UiB
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16.40 鈥� 16.55
Visual Surveillance Implications of Immersive Journalism听Deborah G. Johnson, Professor, University of 听Virginia, USA, and adjunct professor, UiBAstrid Gynnild, Professor, Department of Information Science and Media 大象传媒, UiB
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16.55 鈥� 17.00
Wrap up