Abstract
The embedding of algorithmic technologies in news production has promoted the exploration of news innovation, but the majority of current researches presuppose human as the main subject and follow the path of "technology adoption" which obscures the subject of technology. This article constructs an analytical framework consisting of three concepts: relational materialism, subject of media innovation, and symbiotic agency, and then explores how algorithmic technology and human actors jointly occupy the main position in the production of computational news. It contends that algorithmic technology and news practitioners form a symbiotic relationship through two-way subject and constitute a "human-algorithmic" symbiotic agency. At each stage of news production, algorithm represents human actors in data mining, natural language processing, and information distribution, while journalists/editors/technologists also play roles in deciding news values, producing high-quality content, and monitoring dissemination.
| Translated title of the contribution | Human-Algorithm Symbiotic Agency: Agent Innovation in Computational News Production Network |
|---|---|
| Original language | Chinese (Simplified) |
| Pages (from-to) | 55-61 |
| Journal | 编辑之友 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2022 |
Research Keywords
- 计算新闻
- 行动者网络
- 新闻创新
- 主体创新
- 人机共生
- computational journalism
- actor network theory
- journalistic innovation
- subjects of media innovation
- human-algorithmic symbiotic agency
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