In the fifth and final episode of our podcast series, podcast host Pat O’Mahony hears Jolt researcher Sara Creta talking about the use of digital media by communities living in exile to advance transitional justice (an approach to systematic or massive violations of human rights). […]
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On the spotlight: Lucia Mesquita
Lucia Mesquita tries to convince Pat O’Mahony that future journalism is collaborative. Can you be convinced? […]
On the spotlight: Sophie Chauvet
In the third episode of our Jolt podcast series, Pat O’Mahony’s guest is Sophie Chauvet, a Jolt researcher who investigates the dangers of over-relying on analytics and data in journalism. […]
On the spotlight: Elina Makri
In her interview with Pat O’Mahony for his podcast OffMessage, Elina Makri talked about the so-called “black boxes” of data journalism – the parts of the data journalists don’t know the context of and have no control over. […]
On the spotlight: Dimitri Bettoni
Podcast host Pat O’Mahony interviewed Jolt researcher Dimitri Bettoni about how surveillance is actually put into practice in the media industry and how it is shaping the environment in which journalists operate in their daily activities. […]
New podcast series explores Jolt research
Jolt has collaborated with the media-curious Off-Message on a new podcast series examining major issues in contemporary news and media. Over five episodes, Off Message’s host Pat O’Mahony will discuss the research undertaken by Jolt’s PhD researchers on surveillance, audience analytics, storytelling, collaborative journalism, and human rights. In the first episode, Dimitri Bettoni (DCU) discusses […]
New Publication: how migrants use social media to raise human-rights claims
Jolt ESR Sara Creta has published a research article in the journal Media, War & Conflict. The article, “I hope, one day, I will have the right to speak”, examines how migrants used the official Facebook page of UNHCR Libya to protest their conditions and raise human-rights claims. Media, War & Conflict is an international, […]
Early Stage Researcher Position Available
Would you like to join a group of international researchers looking at the interface of journalism and technology? We have a position within the JOLT ETN network for an Early Stage Researcher to join our team: applications are now being accepted (full details below). The position will be based at the Laboratoire d’Études et de […]
JOLT researchers start work on Organisational Disruption
Digital technologies have placed severe pressure on the traditional business and revenue model of print journalism. However, new technologies also create opportunities for leveraging digital and data services against audience expansion and alternative revenue streams. Although individual news media have begun to experiment with new services and organizational models, research into the effectiveness of these […]
JOLT researchers start work on New News Practices
Digital technologies have initiated new multi-media and data-driven forms of journalism, but their best-practice integration into the structures and cultures of newsrooms is poorly understood, as is their relation to the technical capabilities of newsrooms’ digital and data infrastructure. JOLT will advance technical developments for new content forms and derive new insights into the conditions […]