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The new human interest: emotion and journalism in the digital era Prof Charlie Beckett February 2016
Transcript of Emotions amsterdam 2016
The new human interest: emotion and journalism in the
digital era
Prof Charlie BeckettFebruary 2016
Always with you
Digital dependency
Pillow talk
Why do we share news content?
• To bring valuable and entertaining content to others
• To get get the word out about causes or issues they believe in
• To define ourselves to others: an emotional act
The daily cycle of newsroom sensitivity
Emotional eventInterestShock
Compassion
Editorial processObjectiveOrganisedFormulaic
Personal feelingsGuilt/prideReflection
Action
The new cycle of ‘sensitive’ content creation
Event
Professional process
Affectivenarrative
Emotional audience response
Emotion driven sharing
"We expect broadcasters as fellow human beings to neuter and cauterise their own emotion to what they see. Jon has seen a lot of suffering around the world in the last 40 years, and we should respect that emotion.”
John Ryley, Sky News
Homophily
“The better we get at modelling user preferences, the more accurately we construct recommendation engines that fully capture user attention. In a way, we are building personalized propaganda engines that feed users content which makes them feel good and throws away the uncomfortable bits.”
Gilad Lotan, Data Scientist, 2015
Rampant relativism
The new objectivity
Transparency ideals
Authenticity
Accuracy
Apology
Back to the lab
Back to the design software for journalists
• Minimalism• Interactivity• Call and response• Upworthy writing – cues -
