About the seminar
How is the world of publishing and journalism affected by constant connectivity? How are professional values transformed? How do journalists navigate private and professional concerns?
Diana Bossio will present the forthcoming book The Paradox of Connection - How Digital Media is Transforming Journalistic Labor. Using a framework of online connection and disconnection,The Paradox of Connection examines how journalists’ practices are formed, negotiated, and maintained in dynamic social media environments.
Kari Spjeldnæs presents research on trade publishers in the era of ubiquitous connectivity and radical change. Keywords are: Attention, ambivalence and algorithms. What do publishers think about the future of reading and changing professional responsibilities?
Participants
Authors of The Paradox of Connection. How Digital Media is Transforming Journalistic Labor
- Diana Bossio (swinburne.edu.au) is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University (presenter)
- Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (cla.umn.edu) is an Associate Professor and Cowles Fellow in Media Management at the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
- Avery Holton (faculty.utah.edu) is an Associate Professor in Communication at The University of Utah
- Logan Molyneux (klein.temple.edu) is an Associate Professor in Journalism at Lew Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University.
Other participants
- Kari Spjeldnæs (www.kristiania.no) is a PhD Fellow at Kristiania University College/The University of Bergen and a member of the Digitox research group.
- Hallvard Moe, UiB, Digitox research group, will chair the seminar.
The seminar is on September 19, 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Norwegian time).
About the digitox seminar series
- Digitox welcomes academics and students to its digital seminars
- Email Trine Syvertsen to get info on mailing lists and zoom links.
- The format is usually two short presentations, one from an invited guest and one from the Digitox project.
- We allow time for discussion and questions.
- We also welcome you to share information about upcoming and current publications and events pertaining to disconnection and detox.