Drone Journalism: Generating Immersive Experiences

Abstract

During the past, few years, the journalistic community were expecting the time that the use of drones in their day to day job would be a common place. Due to ethics and privacy considerations, as well as regulation restrictions that are applied in most countries, this moment has yet to come. However, the use of drones during conflicts, civil unrests and environmental disasters is a proof that drone-generated content can be a valuable tool to tell a story. Their cost effectiveness and data gathering capabilities let them integrate and extend existing technologies. The current study aims at outlining the wanted /upcoming Drone Journalism services and the new potentials in the various forms of Journalism. Practical considerations regarding technical expertise and know-how in operating the new equipment, ethical issues and privacy implications that are related both to the profession of Journalism and the associated regulatory framework are also investigated.

Post-Hype Uses of Drones in News Reporting: Revealing the Site and Presenting Scope

“…This image of a more reserved attitude among photojournalists contrasts with research exploring the creativity of early adopters (Belair-Gagnon et al, 2017) and other studies which have positioned drones as a disruptive innovation (Ferguson & Greer, 2019;Gynnild & Uskali, 2018) The results are more in line with the more critical approaches that have highlighted limiting factors in the actual use of drones (Barrero, 2018;Ntalakas et al, 2017), as well the results of content analysis of drone journalism, which found that in the majority of the cases, drone footage was used to establish context (Adams, 2019).…”

Machine-Assisted Learning in Highly-Interdisciplinary Media Fields: A Multimedia Guide on Modern Art

“…Amongst others, the media landscape has been already transformed into a new digital experience (and continues to elaborate constantly), bringing modern tools forward that accelerate mediated communication, i.e., thru easy multimedia production and sharing, sophisticated content documentation and management, semantic interpretation and conceptualization of data (and meta-data), information recognition, and retrieval. While these fresh services offer innumerous capabilities in both ends of media production and consumption, they also raise multiple concerns, uncertainties, and hesitations regarding how to exploit the released capacities without being exposed to ethical, privacy, and security risks or dangerous pathways [1][2][3][4][5]. Clearly, the frequently immature and unstable character of the lately launched assets/facilities, along with the lack of related operational knowledge and experience, are listed among the foremost causes that deteriorate fast adoption and utilization of pioneering machinery [4][5][6][7][8].…”

Technology and the Local Community: Uses of Drones in #NoDAPL Movement and Dandora Dumpsite Storytelling

“…Both scholars and journalists emphasized this role of drone technology in community contexts: Gynnild and Uskali (2018, p. 12) describe drone technology in journalism as a “disruptive innovation,” which will soon be “a natural and ubiquitous part of our lives.” (see also Goldberg et al, 2013; Gynnild, 2014); africanDRONE believes that the flying robots “give citizens powerful new ways to understand their world better and to improve public accountability,” 1 and Rafsky (2017) considers Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) employment in “documentation, storytelling and advocacy purposes” as an “important lessons as drones increasingly become part of the documentation toolkit” for journalists and activists. Ntalakas et al (2017, p. 187) sustain that “the use of drones during conflicts, civil unrest and environmental disasters is a proof that drone-generated content can be a valuable tool to tell a story”; Ben Kreimer (2018, p. 92) observes that drones and the data they produce as journalistic tools “enlighten and reveal stories by taking audiences into inaccessible spaces, capturing surprising visuals, and opening up new perspectives.”…”