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Session 8. MAI on the organizational level Part 2 – Practices By Huub Evers, Harmen Groenhart & Klaus Bichler. Photo: imago/ecomedia/robert fishman. In lecture B we illustrate MAI on the organizational level in practice. The two main questions in this course are:
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Session 8 • MAI on the organizational levelPart 2 – Practices • By Huub Evers, Harmen Groenhart & Klaus Bichler Photo: imago/ecomedia/robert fishman
In lecture B we illustrate MAI on the organizational level in practice. The two main questions in this course are: 1. How do journalists perceive MAI on the level of news organizations? 2. What are good examples of news organization MAI in practice? Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Question 1: How do journalists perceive MAI on the level of news organizations? Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Journalists tend to adhere much value to transparency … MediaAcT survey data: Mean scores of total sample (N=1762) on the question: “News media should….” …especially concerning newsroom sender transparency, and less concerning product transparency and process transparency. Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Journalists tend to adhere much value to audience interaction… MediaAcT survey data: Mean scores of total sample (N=1762) on the question: “News media should….” …especially when it comes to direct communication. However, active audience participation is valued less. Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
And there are clear international differences in the perceived importance of audience interaction Source: MediaAcT survey data Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Moreover, perceptions depend on the type of news organization journalists are employed at… Table 1. Media segment effect on the view of media accountability. a-b, x-y Horizontally read, the mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level Source: MediaAcT survey data Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
…and job position and age also affect perception on media accountability. Table 2. The effect of job position and age on views about media accountability. a-b; x-y Horizontally read, the mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level Source: MediaAcT survey data Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Question 2: What are good examples of news organization MAI in practice? Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
eEditor • chat box • get in contact with journalists • every day from 6am to 9pm • on the front page • users can suggest topics, report mistakes, ask questions or give feedback • it has increased the number of unique visitors, acts as an ombudsperson and a correction button • Swedish newspaper Norran http://norran.se/ Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Journalists’/company’s blogs • Promotes transparency of sources and transparency of professional decision making. • Gives insights to production processes. • Easily implemented. • Editors’ Blog of the BBC • News http://bbc.in/NuApK • Swiss local newspaper InternaBlog http://bit.ly/JaWhDU Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
La Repubblica domani • La Repubblica domani is anopen newsroom conference. • It reveals news production processes as the most important editorial meetings are broadcasted online (not streamed live, but available online). • The users can see how journalists justify their choices, comment the news and discuss the paper’s issues. Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Correction or error buttons • Major aspect open error management. • Esp. in online publishing many tools that foster an open and transparent error management are available. • Berliner Morgenpost “Leider falsch” http://www.morgenpost.de/berlinaktuell/article1077710/ • Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeigerhttp://www.tagesanzeiger.ch • Swiss free newspaper 20Minutenhttp://www.20min.ch, http://www.20min.ch/ro/ • Dutch public service broadcaster NOS’ website www.nos.nl/nos/herstel/ Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Open News List • The open newsroom policy of The Guardian is a remarkable concept. Next to many other tools, they offer their newslist to all users. • Open Newslist: • Users are able to see which stories are discussed or produced by the newspaper’s staff or what the editors think about their coverage. • They get a notion of how the news is produced. • They can post what they think of the stories or suggest ideas – all user-friendly via Twitter or via Email. • It is easy and inexpensive to establish as it can be an embedded google doc http://bit.ly/o3gOAh. Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
Readers’ Advisory Boards • Includes the audience into reflection and production processes. • Composed of readers representing the diversity of the audience. • Their “task” is to attend panels in the newspaper’s headquarters and discuss their ideas, share their opinions and give feedback. • Such tools ensure transparency, foster media literacy and have a high impact on the loyalty between user and medium • German boulevard newspaper BILDhttp://bit.ly/MMsYPn • Austrian local newspaper VorarlbergerNachrichtenhttp://bit.ly/OZ3dwT • Swiss boulevard newspaper Sonntagsblickhttp://bit.ly/Oo9MHG • Catalan newspaper El Punthttp://bit.ly/QwmOVg Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level
References Bichler, K., H. Harro-Loit, M. Karmasin and D. Kraus. 2012. “Best Practice Guidebook”. MediaAct Workingpaper No. 14/2012. Accessed May 2, 2013. http://www.mediaact.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Guidebook/Best_Practice_Guidebook_new.pdf De Haan, Y. 2011. Between Professional Autonomy and Public Responsibility. Accountabilityand Responsiveness in Dutch Media and Journalism. PhD diss., University of Amsterdam. García-Avilés, J.-A., J.-L. González-Esteban, A. Kaltenbrunner, M. Karmasin. 2011. “Self-regulation and the new challenges in journalism: Comparative study across European countries”. Revista Latina de communication social, 66: 2011. http://www.revistalatinacs.org/11/art/940_Elche/19_EstebanEN.html EthicNet (2013): Collecion of codes of journalism ethics in Europe. http://ethicnet.uta.fi/ethicnet_collection_of_codes_of_journalism_ethics_in_europe Evers, H., H. Groenhart, J. Groesen. 2010. “The News Ombudsman: Watchdog or Decoy?” In Studies for the Netherlands Press. Diemen: AMB. Heikkilä, H., D. Domingo, J. Pies, M. Glowacki, M. Kuś and O. Baisnée. 2012. “Media Accountability Goes Online. A transnational study on emerging practices and innovations.” MediaAct Workingpaper No. 14/2012. Accessed May 2, 2013. http://www.mediaact.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/WP4_Outcomes/WP4_Report.pdf Karlsson, M. 2010. “Rituals of Transparency. Evaluating Online News Outlets Use of Transparency Rituals in the US, UK and Sweden.” Journalism Studies, 11: 535-545 Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 2013. The Online Media Self-Regulation Guidebook. http://www.osce.org/fom/99560 Silverman, C. 2007. Regret the Error. New York: Union Square Press. Session 8 – MAI on the organizational level