Digital Information Ecosystems: Smart Press (Information Systems, Web and Pervasive Computing)

Digital information, particularly for online newsgathering and reporting, is an industry fraught with uncertainty and rapid innovation. Digital Information Ecosystems: Smart Press crosses academic knowledge with research by media groups to understand this evolution and analyze the future of the sector, including the imminent employment of bots and artificial intelligence. The book adopts an original and multidisciplinary approach to this topic: combining the science of media economics with the experience of a practicing journalist of a major daily newspaper. The result is an essential guide to the opportunities of the media to respond to a changing global digital landscape. Independent news reporting is vital in the contemporary democracy; the media must itself become a new “smart press”. 1.5.1. Does media have an influence on the economy?1.5.2. Does the economy influence the media sector?; 1.6. Summary; 2. Can We Trust the Press?; 2.1. The credibility of media and journalists; 2.1.1. Distrust of the Internet is growing; 2.1.2. But criticism of journalists remains strong; 2.2. Is there an informational or ideological bias in the press?; 2.2.1. The measurement of an informational bias; 2.2.2. Tests on U.S. media; 2.2.3. The case of the Asian and European press; 2.2.4. The impact of newspaper owners; 2.2.5. Pluralism and competition; 2.3. Summary of challenges