The Use of VR in Journalism: Current Research and Future Opportunities

Tribusean, Irina

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37869-1_19

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“…VR technology brings several ethical challenges, including the representation of truth and objectivity (Tribusean, 2020), the balance between entertainment value and informative VR content, and the consideration of potential risks in physical and emotional harm.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Immersive technology tends to increase users’ subjective sense of presence—the subjective experience of being in one place or environment (Soliman et al, 2017). Many studies examining immersive technology have centered on the specific functions of VR, for example, presence, interactivity, and immersion (Tribusean, 2020). VR refers to ‘a computer-generated (CG)/digital environment that can be experienced and interacted with as if that environment were real’ (Jerald, 2016: 9).…”

Section: The Digital World: Virtual Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The new ethical thinking in CGI immersive journalism

Lin

Hsu

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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Virtual reality (VR) journalism has become one of the popular formats of journalism, where people experience presence, empathy, and immersion through VR technology in digital environments. Although the term ‘virtual’ may appear to be the opposite of ‘real,’ the boundary between virtuality and reality has become blurred due to the virtual embodiment being part of reality for participants. As VR and real virtuality converge, little is known about the ethical issues in producing computer-generated imagery (CGI) immersive journalism and the viewers’ responses to CGI VR news reporting. Our study applied a concurrent mixed-method approach, including in-depth interviews with eight CGI professionals from the U.K. and a quantitative survey in Taiwan, to understand the production issues, ethical concerns, and audience perceptions toward CGI immersive journalism. Results from the interviews suggested that digital journalists need to rethink their ethical codes, particularly the representation of truth while producing news stories using CGI images and VR. Findings from the post-test survey showed that both immersive presence and interactivity in VR news resulted in a greater formation of believing and motivations to take action regarding the topic presented in the VR news.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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Section: The Digital World: Virtual Realitymentioning

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The new ethical thinking in CGI immersive journalism

Lin

Hsu

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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“…Secondly, in the context of cybersecurity training, gamified VR settings [33] were conducive to enhanced learning experiences (in comparison to traditional lessons) [34]. Thirdly, in the nascent field of immersive journalism [35], [36], VR has been described to be able to offer a unique grasp on a given situation by "transferring people's sensation of place to a space where a credible action is taking place that they perceive as really happening, and where, most importantly, it is their very body involved in this action" [37]. Furthermore, De la Peña (who has also been called the "godmother of VR" [38]) adds that VR facilitates a "profoundly different way to experience the news, and therefore ultimately to understand it in a way that is otherwise impossible, without really being there" [37].…”

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VR, Deepfakes and Epistemic Security

Aliman

Kester

2022

2022 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR)

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In recent years, technological advancements in the AI and VR fields have increasingly often been paired with considerations on ethics and safety aimed at mitigating unintentional design failures. However, cybersecurity-oriented AI and VR safety research has emphasized the need to additionally appraise instantiations of intentional malice exhibited by unethical actors at pre-and post-deployment stages. On top of that, in view of ongoing malicious deepfake developments that can represent a threat to the epistemic security of a society, security-aware AI and VR design strategies require an epistemically-sensitive stance. In this vein, this paper provides a theoretical basis for two novel AIVR safety research directions: 1) VR as immersive testbed for a VR-deepfake-aided epistemic security training and 2) AI as catalyst within a deepfake-aided so-called cyborgnetic creativity augmentation facilitating an epistemically-sensitive threat modelling. For illustration, we focus our use case on deepfake text -an underestimated deepfake modality. In the main, the two proposed transdisciplinary lines of research exemplify how AIVR safety to defend against unethical actors could naturally converge toward AIVR ethics whilst counteracting epistemic security threats.

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“…Nevertheless, multiple early IJ formats in VR have been developped in the last two decades. The first VR news story of the New York Times (NYT) (albeit only as 360-degree film downloadable from a NYT app which some would strictly speaking not label as VR content [67]) termed "The Displaced" [23] was focused on three children from different nations displaced by war and allowed a visual exploration of the effects of the devastation. Furthermore, "Project Syria" facilitated an immersive VR experience featuring a bomb explosion in Aleppo and a refugee camp [23] that could be viewed with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive while "Assent" was devised as a VR documentary that could be viewed with Oculus Rift depicting the witnessing of military executions in Chile from the perspective of the maker's father.…”

Section: B Immersive Journalism Vr and Disinformationmentioning

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Malicious Design in AIVR, Falsehood and Cybersecurity-oriented Immersive Defenses

Aliman

Kester

2020

2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR)

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Advancements in the AI field unfold tremendous opportunities for society. Simultaneously, it becomes increasingly important to address emerging ramifications. Thereby, the focus is often set on ethical and safe design forestalling unintentional failures. However, cybersecurity-oriented approaches to AI safety additionally consider instantiations of intentional malice -including unethical malevolent AI design. Recently, an analogous emphasis on malicious actors has been expressed regarding security and safety for virtual reality (VR). In this vein, while the intersection of AI and VR (AIVR) offers a wide array of beneficial cross-fertilization possibilities, it is responsible to anticipate future malicious AIVR design from the onset on given the potential socio-psycho-technological impacts. For a simplified illustration, this paper analyzes the conceivable use case of Generative AI (here deepfake techniques) utilized for disinformation in immersive journalism. In our view, defenses against such future AIVR safety risks related to falsehood in immersive settings should be transdisciplinarily conceived from an immersive co-creation stance. As a first step, we motivate a cybersecurity-oriented procedure to generate defenses via immersive design fictions. Overall, there may be no panacea but updatable transdisciplinary tools including AIVR itself could be used to incrementally defend against malicious actors in AIVR.

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The Use of VR in Journalism: Current Research and Future Opportunities

Cited by 6 publications

References 33 publications

The new ethical thinking in CGI immersive journalism

The new ethical thinking in CGI immersive journalism

VR, Deepfakes and Epistemic Security

Malicious Design in AIVR, Falsehood and Cybersecurity-oriented Immersive Defenses

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