Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media

Although the public debate on the quality of journalism and media responsibility and accountability efforts is not novel, the recent online and digital transition context has facilitated the emergence and expansion of new forms of media responsibility and monitoring of the quality of journalistic in...

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প্রধান লেখক: Miranda, João
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প্রকাশিত: Comunicação e sociedade 2024
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_10271 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/10271 2024-01-16T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/vlt2 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Miranda, João quality of journalism media accountability digital journalism media responsibility transparency Although the public debate on the quality of journalism and media responsibility and accountability efforts is not novel, the recent online and digital transition context has facilitated the emergence and expansion of new forms of media responsibility and monitoring of the quality of journalistic information. This study draws on a literature review to explore the relationship between media accountability and the quality of journalism while also examining how new forms of media responsibility could enhance information quality. Three facets of this relationship are emphasised: accountability as a dimension or hallmark of media quality, accountability as a mechanism for controlling or assessing the quality of journalism, and accountability as a space for defining the quality of news information. Additionally, this paper presents and discusses findings from an exploratory study mapping and analysing the level of implementation of digital responsibility and accountability mechanisms of six Portuguese editorial projects. The mapping of instruments highlights the heterogeneous reality and potential underlying the adaptation of conventional responsibility models to online formats, as well as underscores the mandated nature of media accountability and transparency processes in the Portuguese media. The analysis of the level of implementation of these mechanisms indicates asymmetries in their application. Embora o debate público sobre a qualidade do jornalismo e esforços de responsabilização e de prestação de contas por parte dos média não constituam um fenómeno contemporâneo, o novo contexto online e de transição digital possibilitou o surgimento e a expansão de novas formas de responsabilização dos média e de monitorização da qualidade da informação jornalística. Com base na revisão da literatura, busca-se desenvolver uma reflexão sobre a relação entre accountability dos média e qualidade do jornalismo, assim como sobre o potencial de novos formatos de responsabilização dos média na promoção da qualidade da informação. São sublinhadas três vertentes dessa relação: a accountability enquanto dimensão ou marca da qualidade dos média; a accountability enquanto modo de controlo da qualidade do jornalismo; e a accountability enquanto espaço de definição da qualidade da informação noticiosa. Simultaneamente, são apresentados e discutidos os resultados de um estudo exploratório de mapeamento e de análise do nível de implementação de mecanismos digitais de responsabilização e prestação de contas de seis projetos editoriais portugueses. O mapeamento de instrumentos reflete uma realidade heterogénea e um potencial subjacente à adaptação de modelos convencionais de responsabilização para formatos online, assim como um paradigma mandatado dos processos de accountability e de transparência dos média portugueses. Já a análise do nível de implementação de vários destes mecanismos de responsabilização sugere assimetrias na sua aplicação.
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topic quality of journalism
media accountability
digital journalism
media responsibility
transparency
spellingShingle quality of journalism
media accountability
digital journalism
media responsibility
transparency
Miranda, João
Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media
description Although the public debate on the quality of journalism and media responsibility and accountability efforts is not novel, the recent online and digital transition context has facilitated the emergence and expansion of new forms of media responsibility and monitoring of the quality of journalistic information. This study draws on a literature review to explore the relationship between media accountability and the quality of journalism while also examining how new forms of media responsibility could enhance information quality. Three facets of this relationship are emphasised: accountability as a dimension or hallmark of media quality, accountability as a mechanism for controlling or assessing the quality of journalism, and accountability as a space for defining the quality of news information. Additionally, this paper presents and discusses findings from an exploratory study mapping and analysing the level of implementation of digital responsibility and accountability mechanisms of six Portuguese editorial projects. The mapping of instruments highlights the heterogeneous reality and potential underlying the adaptation of conventional responsibility models to online formats, as well as underscores the mandated nature of media accountability and transparency processes in the Portuguese media. The analysis of the level of implementation of these mechanisms indicates asymmetries in their application.
author Miranda, João
author_facet Miranda, João
author_sort Miranda, João
title Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media
title_short Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media
title_full Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media
title_fullStr Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media
title_full_unstemmed Responsibility and Quality of Journalism: Digital Accountability Instruments and Practices in the Portuguese Media
title_sort responsibility and quality of journalism: digital accountability instruments and practices in the portuguese media
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