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En este artículo examinamos y debatimos los posibles factores que pueden desencadenar la autenticidad en los entornos inmersivos animados. Nuestro debate se basa en tres formas de autenticidad, clasificadas como autenticidad objetiva, constructiva o simbólica y existencial. Para explorar estas ideas, presentamos tres estudios de casos extraídos de la propia investigación de los autores, que utilizan medios inmersivos en diferentes contextos (educativo, histórico y político). El objetivo es cuestionar cómo se concibe y construye la autenticidad en tres niveles —autenticidad de la narrativa, autenticidad del entorno y autenticidad de la acción— durante el proceso de diseño y producción. Empezamos definiendo el concepto de autenticidad con referencia a trabajos anteriores en los campos del periodismo y el turismo, y luego exploramos su especificación en la realidad virtual animada a través de la discusión de casos prácticos. Una conclusión importante de nuestro análisis es que se necesitan marcadores de autenticidad para que los usuarios puedan verificar la información presentada y confiar en el contenido educativo. In this article we examine and discuss possible factors that may trigger authenticity in animated immersive environments. Our discussion is based on three forms of authenticity, classified as objective , constructive or symbolic , and existential authenticity . To explore these ideas, we present three case studies drawn from the authors' own research, using immersive media in different contexts (educational, historical and political). The goal is to question how authenticity is conceived and constructed at three levels—narrative authenticity, environment authenticity, and action authenticity—during the design and production process. We begin by defining the concept of authenticity with reference to previous work in the fields of journalism and tourism, and then explore its specification in animated virtual reality through the discussion of case studies. An

[EN] This paper examines and discusses potential factors that may trigger authenticity in animated immersive environments. Our discussion draws upon three forms of authenticity, categorized as objective, constructive or symbolic, and existential authenticity. To explore these ideas, we present three case studies drawn from the authors own research deploying immersive media in different contexts (educational, historical, and political). The aim is to interrogate how authenticity is conceived and constructed on three levels authenticity of narrative, authenticity of environment, and authenticity of action during the design and production process. We start by defining the concept of authenticity with reference to previous work within the fields of journalism and tourism, and then explore its specification in animated virtual reality through the case study discussion. One important conclusion from our analysis is that authenticity markers are needed to enable users to verify the information presented and trust the educational content., [ES] En este artículo examinamos y debatimos los posibles factores que pueden desencadenar la autenticidad en los entornos inmersivos animados. Nuestro debate se basa en tres formas de autenticidad, clasificadas como autenticidad objetiva, constructiva o simbólica y existencial. Para explorar estas ideas, presentamos tres estudios de casos extraídos de la propia investigación de los autores, que utilizan medios inmersivos en diferentes contextos (educativo, histórico y político). El objetivo es cuestionar cómo se concibe y construye la autenticidad en tres niveles autenticidad de la narrativa, autenticidad del entorno y autenticidad de la acción durante el proceso de diseño y producción. Empezamos definiendo el concepto de autenticidad con referencia a trabajos anteriores en los campos del periodismo y el turismo, y luego exploramos su especificación en la realidad virtual animada a través de la discusión de casos prácticos. Una conclusión importante de nuestro análisis es que se necesitan marcadores de autenticidad para que los usuarios puedan verificar la información presentada y confiar en el contenido educativo.

Impact Summary Prior State of Knowledge: Young Swiss people consume news via their smartphones, which are offered to them through news portals, various apps, or via social media feeds, on which they usually come across news by chance and consume it casually in their free time. Novel Contributions: Structural factors of media environments (i.e., access, regulation, and news consumption routines) play a major role in young people’s news consumption. These structural factors can be influenced by parents, teachers, and peers. Practical Implications: For schools in particular, the paradigm that emerges from these findings is to reduce barriers to accessing news content and to rethink certain regulations, and to make recommendations and establish routines that encourage young people to consume news., Several media studies have investigated the news consumption of young people and discussed where they get information and what motivates them to consume news. Little is known about the structural factors that influence young people’s news consumption behavior. The aim of this paper is to fill this research gap by focusing on structural factors that play a major role in young people’s news consumption. In a mixed-methods study, we investigated Swiss youth media behavior in news consumption from 2019 to 2020 in Switzerland. The results show that news consumption of people aged 12–20 is determined by three structural factors at home and outside: 1. access to media and internet; 2. regulation by parents and teachers, and 3. routines at home or school. These three factors shape the individual media environment and are related to young people’s news consumption behavior. Changes in news consumption behavior were evident in school transitions where young people not only change teachers and get a new peer group but are often involved in a change of location. These changes can be normative transitions which have an influence on the structural factors of the individual media environment and thus influence the news consumption behavior of young people.

In this paper, we examine and discuss potential factors that may trigger authenticity in immersive environments. We start by defining the concept of authenticity with reference to previous work within the fields of journalism and tourism, and then explore its specification in virtual reality. In particular, our discussion draws upon the three forms of authenticity as identified by Wang (1999), categorized as objective, constructive or symbolic, and existential authenticity. To further explore these ideas, we present three VR case studies taken from different contexts (educational, historical, and political) to consider how authenticity is conceived and constructed on three levels, namely, authenticity of narrative, authenticity of environment, and authenticity of action. Based on these case studies, we draw conclusions regarding factors that contribute to authenticity in immersive environments and possible authenticity markers. The aim of this paper is to inform researchers as well as practitioners for their future work in the field of immersive environments.

News media in Switzerland are confronted with the challenge of not reaching young people, as youth-specific news platforms and formats are not used by the target group. Our study aims to determine how and where young people can be reached with news. It uses a mixed methods approach to analyze the expectations of young people towards news content and formats and to determine their news consumption patterns. The results show that young people’s news consumption is characterized by four dimensions: 1. duration and times of consumption, 2. news consumption habits and behavior, 3. restrictions, 4. media literacy. The significance of these dimensions varies between three age groups determined through the study. The news consumption of the 12-to-14 year-olds is strongly restricted by parents and school. This group consumes news mainly through media available at home. In the group of 15- to-17 year-olds, parental influence and restrictions decrease, while peer influence increases. This age group spends a lot of time on social media platforms where young people stumble upon news rather accidentally. Between 18 and 20 years of age, news consumption stabilizes, and individual patterns emerge. This age group accesses news via selected apps and social media channels. Young people in Switzerland prefer visual formats like pictures, videos, and memes. When scrolling through social media platforms, they come across news content which arouses their interest in certain information and leads them to search for it on media websites. Swiss Youth wants to be informed about relevant news or topics that are “in vogue”.

In this chapter, we address an area that has received little attention in journalism studies so far: the visual design and its semiotic work in journalistic storytelling. In recent years, periodicals have become increasingly multimodal and particularly visual. We are witnessing a shift from text-based pages to a multimodal news design with alternative forms of content presentation, new layout variants, and a general trend to more visual storytelling. Using the theory of social semiotics and taking a multimodal approach, we analyze how design is giving meaning to a journalistic artifact. In a case study using a printed newspaper, we demonstrate how design can shape and influence the message. Our essay provides an analytical framework that comprises three levels: the level of modes, of context, and of discourse. The framework contributes to a systematic understanding of the ongoing changes in visual communication in periodical cultures.

One of the strengths of virtual reality (VR) is to provide a highly realistic user experience. How would VR’s power of realism affect political decision-making, for example, when experienced by citizens before they cast their vote on an issue? We set out to empirically assess if and how voting information presented in VR would influence people’s voting behavior, compared to the traditional text presentation format. In a 2 (format: text vs. VR) × 2 (argumentation: pro vs. con) between-subject factorial experiment, we assessed participants’ voting behavior on a fictitious popular initiative. We first asked all participants (N = 179) to cast their vote based on a brief text, inspired by the traditional Swiss voting booklet (baseline). We then randomly assigned participants to one of four experimental conditions containing the same pro or con arguments concerning the voting issue. Participants could then adjust their previously-cast vote. This was followed by retrospective interviews (N = 32) to gain deeper insights into the decision-making process of the participants. Our study shows that the presentation format has a reinforcing effect, that is, leading to more YES votes for the VR group, and fewer YES votes for the text group. Irrespective of the pro or con arguments, participants show an overall increase in YES votes in VR, which is not the case for the text group. We identified six factors that may have led to this positive change with VR: (1) the affirmative power of images, (2) the vividness of immersive images, (3) first-person storytelling and storyliving, (4) the greater affordances of VR for engagement through interaction, (5) the design of the VR environment, and (6) the novelty of the VR technology.

In den letzten Jahren haben Journalisten von sich reden gemacht, die besonders den Online-Journalismus neu erfunden haben. Sie verwandeln Zahlen in Stories, die sehr anschaulich und sehr knapp die Welt erklären. Julius Tröger, jetzt bei „Zeit online“, gehört zu den Pionieren, er hat jahrelang mit seinem Team und bescheidenen Mitteln bei der „Berliner Morgenpost“ gezeigt, wie man durch Kreativität die Leser immer wieder begeistern und verblüffen kann. Patrick Stotz, eigentlich Städteplaner, zeigt seit 2015 als Datenjournalist bei „Spiegel online“, wie man aus Fußballfans oder Geldautomaten Geschichten herausholt, die man so vorher noch nie gehört hat. Wibke Weber beobachtet, begleitet und analysiert Datenjournalismus seit fast 20 Jahren, sie ist inzwischen Professorin für Medienlinguistik an der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) in Zürich. Im gemeinsamen Workshop geht es den drei Referenten darum zu zeigen, wie man aus Daten gute Stories macht und übersichtliche Grafiken erstellt, wie Datenteams arbeiten und wie glaubwürdig Grafiken sind.

Covid-19 war nicht die erste Pandemie in der Schweizer Geschichte. 1918/1919 grassierte die «Spanische Grippe» und entwickelte sich zu einer der schlimmsten demografischen Katastrophen in der Schweiz. Doch was wissen wir über vergangene Pandemien und was können uns die historischen Pandemie-Daten sagen hinsichtlich zukünftiger Gesundheitskrisen? Dazu müssen die Daten zuerst digitalisiert und visualisiert werden. Genau damit beschäftigt sich aktuell ein Forschungsteam der ZHAW und der Universität Zürich. Zwei Wissenschaftlerinnen aus dem Team sind zu Gast im Podcast IAM on ear und erzählen über ihre Arbeit im Projekt. IAM on ear ist der Podcast aus dem Institut für Angewandte Medienwissenschaft der ZHAW. Beobachtungen und kritische Analysen zu aktuellen Themen aus dem Journalismus und der Organisationskommunikation.

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