Media and Communication, Vol 13 (2025): Protecting Democracy From Fake News: The EU’s Role in Countering Disinformation. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8823

Autor: 

1. Martin Moland, ARENA—Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.
    martin.moland@arena.uio.no 
    m.moland@hertie-school.org
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9570-323X
   
   
2. Jacopo Custodi, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy. 
    jacopo.custodi@sns.it
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4606-7545
   
   
3. Hans-Jörg Trenz, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.
    Hansjorg.trenz@sns.it
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3479-7498

Keywords: disinformation; fake news; journalism; journalistic quality; post-truth politics; public opinion. 

Abstract: Policymakers and news producers have long grappled with the challenges that fake news and misinformation pose to quality journalism. This has given rise to an extensive body of literature, covering various aspects from the characteristics of fake news to strategies for addressing it. However, the preferences of news consumers regarding the future of journalism and their views on how journalistic commitment to truth can best be maintained remain relatively overlooked in scholarly research. This article utilizes primary data from a survey (N = 4,521) fielded in Norway, Italy, and Poland in 2023 to show that, even in contemporary media environments, people continue to regard traditional journalistic ideals as the normative goals for future journalism. This suggests that journalists in an age of post-truth should focus less on rethinking journalism and more on adhering to its traditional goals of unbiased dissemination of facts. 

Idioma: Inglés. 

Publicación: 9 de abril del 2025

Volumen: Vol 13 (2025): Protecting Democracy From Fake News: The EU’s Role in Countering Disinformation. 

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Old Threats, New Name? Generative AI and Visual Journalism

 Journalism Practice (2025), VOL. 19, NO. 10, https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2451677

Autor: 

1. Matich, Phoebe; School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    phoebe.matich@hdr.qut.edu.au
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2015-3736
   
   
2. Thomson, T. J.; School of Media andCommunication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
    t.j.thomson@rmit.edu.au
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-3030
   
   
3. Thomas, Ryan J.; Edward R. Murrow College of Communication,Washington State University, Pullman, USA. 
    ryan_thomas@wsu.edu
    http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5228-631X

Keywords: Generative AI; generative artificial intelligence; journalistic threats; visual journalism; misinformation; objectivity; labour; journalistic disruption. 

Abstract: Generative AI applications have been hailed as “transformative”, “disruptive”, and posing a “threat to human journalists and media professionals.” Much of this discourse reflects long standing concerns about the impact of technological change on both the production and consumption ends of journalism. Perhaps nowhere is this felt more strongly than in visual journalism, where fears about AI replacing cameras and associated implications are rife. These concerns resemble earlier debates about visual technologies, from the smartphone camera to social media, and intersect with fundamental debates about journalism’s boundaries and norms: what news “is”, how it is produced, and what weexpect it to achieve. Amidst this hype and anxiety, we offer ananalysis of AI’s risks to visual journalism that contextualises this technology against journalism’s existing tensions. Our study asks: How unique are the threats that generative AI poses to visual news? Specifically, we look across academic disciplines to interrogate three threats that are especially prevalent in the literature. Our conceptual evaluation is benefited empirically by dozens of industry perspectives spanning three continents, and allows us to identify exactly which threats, if any, that generative AI poses to visual journalism are new, and which are extant threats folded into more longstanding discourses.

Idioma: Inglés.  

Publicación: 11 de enero del 2025. 

Volumen: Journalism Practice (2025), VOL. 19, NO. 10.

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Lectura de El viaje de Chihiro desde el simbolismo global moderno: una sátira menipea de animación

Con A de Animación, n° 20 (2025): To Be Continued. https: //doi.org/10.4995/caa.2025.21789

Autor: Antonio Viñuales Sánchez, Universidad de Zaragoza, España.
 avinuales@unizar.es
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0201-5973

Keywords: El viaje de Chihiro, Hayao Miyazaki, animación, simbolismo moderno, sátira menipea.

Abstract: More than two decades of studies on Spirited Away have passed, focusing on illuminating yet fragmentary aspects such as traditional Japanese symbolism or its relationship with literary and animated works. Consequently, it is time to attempt an integrative reading to better explain its worldwide success. To do so, we will start from the framework of a theory of modern global symbolism, understood as a capital of images with which the arts represent the crossroads of today's world. This reading will consist of two moments. First, we will describe its main symbols and suggest their origin and meanings. The journey, the child character, the crisis, education, the androgyne and the destruction of the idyll stand out. Next, we will deduce its genre from the special combination of these figures. It is, as we shall see, the Menippean satire. A protean and millenary genre, but with a global presence, especially in fantastic and animation cinema.

Resumen: Tras más de dos décadas de estudios sobre El viaje de Chihiro, centrados en aspectos iluminadores —aunque parciales—, como el simbolismo tradicional japonés o la relación con obras literarias y de animación, es momento de intentar una lectura integradora que se compadezca mejor con su éxito mundial. Partiremos para ello del marco de una teoría del simbolismo global moderno, entendido como el capital de imágenes con el que las artes representan las encrucijadas del mundo actual. Esta lectura contará con dos momentos. Primero, describiremos sus figuras principales y sugeriremos su origen y sus sentidos. Destacan el viaje, el personaje infantil, la crisis, la educación, el andrógino y la destrucción del idilio. Seguidamente, deduciremos su género cinematográfico de la especial combinación de estas figuras: la sátira menipea. Un género proteico y milenario, muy poco reconocido, pero con presencia global, en especial en el cine fantástico y de animación.

Idioma: Español 

Publicación: 7 de marzo de 2024. 

Volumen: Con A de Animación, n° 20 (2025): To Be Continued.  

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