Žiemos olimpinės žaidynės Lietuvos interneto dienraščiuose

The Winter Olympics Games is the most important sports event which is reported in Lithuanian media. There are no researches which would show how Lithuanian sports journalists publicate news about Winter Games. The first task is to find out the concept of media, tthe functions and tasks of media, genres and titles of media texts. The second task is to discuss the Winter Olympics and sports media functions. The third task is to elucidate the models of agenda setting and framing theories. The fourth is to perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of content research. In order to implement the first, second and third tasks, an analytical descriptive method is used. In order to implement the fourth, the methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the content are used. The results of the research examining the relationship between agencies and authorial publications in the online news dailies Delfi.lt and Lrytas.lt published the most agency news. Sports journalists used the most used the interview genre – 116 times. It turned out that sports journalists mostly published news about Lithuanians competing in the Olympics, rather that foreign athletes. It became clear that sports journalists, when writing publications about Lithuanian athletes used expressive headlines at the Winter Olympics. Analyzing the tone of the presentation of expressive headlines, it became clear that mostly used the negative tone in their authorial publications about Lithuanian athletes.Straipsnis skirtas išanalizuoti, kaip didžiausi Lietuvos interneto naujienų dienraščiai pateikė pranešimus apie 2010 m. Sočio, 2014 m. Vankuverio ir 2018 m. Pjongčango žiemos olimpines žaidynes. Nagrinėjamos sporto žurnalistikos skiltyse 2010-2018 m. pateiktos publikacijos žiemos olimpinių žaidynių tema. Tyrimo duomenys rinkti 2021-aisiais. Tyrime naudoti 784 tekstai žiemos olimpinių žaidynių tema (379 publikacijos paskelbtos interneto naujienų dienraščio Delfi.lt, 405 – naujienų portalo Lrytas.lt sporto skiltyse). Rezultatai parodė, kad Delfi.lt ir Lrytas.lt publikacijų apie 2010-2018 m. žiemos olimpines žaidynes šaltinis buvo agentūrų pranešimai ir daugiausia naudotas interviu žanras. Daugiausia publikuota tekstų apie Lietuvos, o ne užsienio sportininkus. Per visas trejas olimpines žaidynes Lrytas.lt publikavo daugiau autorinių publikacijų nei Delfi.lt. Tai galėjo lemti, kad Lrytas.lt visose trejose olimpinėse žaidynėse akreditavo dirbti savo žurnalistus. Sporto žurnalistai, rašydami publikacijas apie Lietuvos sportininkus naudojo ekspresyviąsias antraštes. Publikacijų antraštės apie šalies sportininkus nebuvo išsamios, neatskleidė jokios informacijos apie teksto turinį, jomis buvo manipuliuojama skaitytoju. Delfi.lt ir Lrytas.lt daugiausia naudojo neigiamą toną savo autorinėse publikacijose

2020 m. Seimo rinkimai interneto naujienų dienraščiuose: ar žiniasklaida linkusi labiau kritikuoti valdančiuosius

Voters tend to criticise and punish the ruling party for mistakes made during the term of office and therefore never vote for the same party twice in a row. However, there are no studies on whether the ruling party receives more criticism in the media during election periods. The article focuses on the portrayal of the opposing political parties – the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats – in online news dailies during the 2020 parliamentary elections. The study shows that the media publishes more negative news about the ruling party, but that the communication strategy chosen by the politicians themselves also contributes to this. A link can also be found between the presentation of parties in the media and the final results of the parliamentary elections.Rinkėjai yra linkę kritikuoti ir bausti valdančiąją partiją už padarytas per kadenciją klaidas, todėl niekada nebalsuoja už tą pačią partiją du kartus iš eilės. Tačiau nėra tyrimų, nustatančių ar valdantieji rinkimų laikotarpiu sulaukia daugiau kritikos ir žiniasklaidoje. Straipsnyje aptariamas viena kitai oponuojančių politinių partijų – Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjungos ir Tėvynės Sąjungos – Lietuvos krikščionių demokratų – pateikimas interneto naujienų dienraščiuose per 2020 m. Seimo rinkimus. Ištirta, kad žiniasklaida apie valdančiuosius skelbia daugiau negatyvių naujienų, bet prie to prisideda ir pačių politikų pasirinkta komunikavimo strategija. Taip pat galima rasti ryšį tarp partijų pateikimo visuomenės informavimo priemonėse ir galutinių Seimo rinkimų rezultatų

Lietuvos žiniasklaidos dešimtmečio transformacijos bruožai

World events, the development of information technology and other factors have increased the flow of information and changed the nature of journalists’ work over the last 10 years. However, journalists, despite the transformation and increased opportunities to expand the range of news, can still cover only a certain part of the information. Media workers, due to limited space, time or human resources, select just part of the events that become news. Selected news published in the media influence how society perceives and interprets reality. In this article content analysis and in-depth interviews were used to investigate the transformations that Lithuanian media has undergone over the last 10 years, also the aim was to identify which news media has paid and are paying the most attention to, how and why the specificity of news has changed.Pasauliniai įvykiai, informacinių technologijų plėtra ir kiti veiksniai per pastaruosius 10 metų išaugino informacijos srautus bei pakeitė žurnalistų darbo specifiką. Tačiau žurnalistai, nepaisant permainų, išaugusių galimybių plėsti naujienų spektrą, vis dar gali aprėpti tik tam tikrą informacijos dalį. Žiniasklaidos darbuotojai dėl ribotos vietos, laiko ar žmogiškųjų išteklių atrenka dalį įvykių, kurie tampa naujienomis. Žiniasklaidoje skelbiamos atrinktos naujienos daro įtaką tam, kaip visuomenė suvokia ir interpretuoja tikrovę. Šiame straipsnyje, taikant turinio analizės ir giluminių interviu metodus, buvo tiriama, kokias trasformacijas per 10 metų patyrė Lietuvos žiniasklaidos priemonės, buvo siekta nustatyti, kokioms naujienoms žiniasklaida skyrė ir skiria daugiausia dėmesio, kaip ir kodėl keitėsi naujienų specifika

Tweeting television between innovation and normalization: How Lebanese television and audiences are making use of Twitter in political talk shows

Traditional media have progressively integrated newer media practices, with the constant emergence of new digital technologies, without abandoning their former ones. The adoption of Twitter by TV channels and by other social actors during political talk shows is a case in point. This article aims to assess whether the hybridization of TV talk shows and Twitter has innovated or normalized existing patterns of communication. In the former case, by enabling more interaction between different actors and space for audience deliberation, or in the latter case, by reproducing a traditional one-way communication and a centralized network of information that remains controlled and oriented by the elite (journalists and politicians). The incorporation of older and emergent media logic has an impact on the construction and distribution of political information as well as on the power relationships between journalists, politicians, and TV audiences. Besides allowing political talk shows to expand their flow of information, and to promote their news online, hybridized practices have not only altered the way citizens consume and engage with political information but also how they counter-frame traditional political media content by producing new ones. The research methodology consists of descriptive, content, and network analyses of tweets collected from three Lebanese local TV political talk show “Sarelwa2et” (MTV), “Btefro’ aa Watan” (Al Jadeed), and “Vision 2030” (LBCI) between February and March 2022. Results revealed that TV talk shows are making use of Twitter as a top-down transmitter of information and resorting poorly to its interactive potential. Some newer media practices of Twitter, such as @mention and replies are being applied but only to interact with politicians and journalists, failing to engage with a larger array of voices and thus, leading to an elite-centric discourse within the network. Also, tweets are mostly used to inform audiences and promote TV programs. In addition, network analyses of talk shows via hashtags demonstrated the central and not monopolized role of politicians and journalists as influencers, bridges, and quick spreaders of information. Finally, content analysis of dual screeners’ tweets (n=6000) indicated very little space in a Habermasian public sphere. The total of subjective opinions, irony, and attack/insult tweets are still higher than the total of the introduction of new issues and counter-frames tweets

Digital Transformation of Media Companies in Lebanon from Traditional to Multiplatform Production: An Assessment of Lebanese Journalists’ Adaptation to the New Digital Era

This research aims to assess Lebanese media organizations’ and journalists’ readiness and adaptation to the new digital era requirements. Journalism has always been affected by technology. Adopting new information and communications technology has obliged changes in journalistic practices and led to new business models and journalistic practices. For example, implementing Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCs) in media companies has led to radical changes in the departments of these organizations, and in particular in the newsrooms. The journalists in newsrooms are the human factor that is considered an essential element in this change. It touched on the depths of productivity and the mode of journalistic work. In the new era of media convergence, journalists are called upon to follow this trend (modern journalism) and become more versatile, where their work becomes streamlined and redesigned. The new and more flexible journalistic practices emerging in newspaper and television production, in combination with online journalism, have a profound effect on the role of journalists and their competencies requirements. Having multi competencies is explained by mastering the basic rules (writing, etc.) in the journalism profession and digital knowledge related to this profession (visualizing data, using the digital tools necessary for work, etc.). This study uses quantitative, descriptive, and deductive approaches supported by a structured survey questionnaire. The sample in this research constituted 96 respondent journalists selected conveniently. Data were analyzed descriptively and reported in charts for clarity. Results show that from an overall analysis, Lebanese media organizations and journalists are moderately prepared to deal with the digital era requirements. Most of the research variables scored between 40 to 50% in terms of preparedness and functionality during the digital transformation era. The research implications show that in Lebanon, as elsewhere in the media industry, the human factor’s digital culture plays an essential role in the advancement of the companies towards the digital environment. In the Lebanese organizations’ case, the economic and monetary crisis factors besides the human factor, have affected the technical implementation and the digital transformation of the media outlets. In this media landscape, the role of academic institutions (i.e., universities and research centers) must be proactive to define the new set of digital and journalistic skills required and needed to enhance the transformation towards the digital multitasking and cross-platform profiles needed to adopt the digital mindset effectively and efficiently

Shifting from Individualism to Genericism: Personalization as a Conspiracy Theory

With severe mistrust around classical approaches to consciousness, this paper claims that arguments around the notion of “personalization” of media or messages are grounded on a misinterpretation. Based on the two presuppositions of respective differentiation of human beings and the power to make choices based on reasoning, these approaches have been the reference for many well-known scientific studies, mainly in the fields of media studies, economics, political sciences, and psychology. Despite refuting their results via meta-analyses, such theories have so far sought to maintain their position by resorting to conspiracy theories, the promotion of which, ironically, leads to the syndrome of skepticism, which supports its origins in a vicious circle. While these approaches have been ubiquitous in so-called cognitive priming, projection of mass movements and political abuses of the concepts such as misinformation or disinformation, the mainstream workouts in the fields including but not limited to Perception Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning have significantly relied on both de-individualistic and irrational processes. This article aims to prove that the ontological claims about the centrality of individualism in the latest fields of all media and communication technological procedures are grounded in a conspiracy theory. Relying on the method of epistemological reasoning, this article attempts to prove that individualism and personalization in the field of the media industry are the principal tools of social control through the spread of skepticism, which takes advantage of the fictitious nature of the new media sphere for commercial and political purposes

Journalism: As Seen in the Eyes of Current Journalism and Digital Media Students

The world of journalism is complex, multifaceted, and intricate. No consensus exists on the definition of journalism or its characteristics, skill set, and career choices. Differing perceptions stem from journalism’s shifts to new forms, practices, and ways of thought. The digital revolution has drastically transformed the understanding and definition of journalism. Journalists, journalism educators, and even social critics have all offered varying notions on the field. However, the students, a key element, are often neglected in this equation. This paper explores how students view journalism. The current generation is arguably highly equipped with digital media through regular practice, consumption, and exposure to digitization. Journalists-to-be are considered to be the future shareholders and may be the directors of the profession. The study focused on how journalism and digital media students specifically classified journalism characteristics, the educational background they found necessary for journalists, as well as their work aspirations. As journalism is evolving and, in particular, digital journalism is a key factor in the study, the student sample was limited to those registered in the Journalism and Digital Media department at Al Maaref University. Al Maaref University has been categorized as one of the first universities in Lebanon to include the term “digital media” in their journalism degree in hopes of reflecting the fast-changing industry. This study used a quantitative approach based on a survey questionnaire administered online to all students enrolled in the above-mentioned department. Findings showed that the majority of students considered the top characteristics of a journalist to include traditional journalism skills before any digital journalism skills. Students also expressed areas of study at times consistent with those skills and other times consistent with their career choices. Moreover, a majority of current journalism students aspire to work in front of the camera