News Agency Journalism in the Era of Digital Media Technologies
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https://doi.org/10.55927/jicb.v2i2.11495Keywords:
News Agency, News, Journalism, Digital Media, TechnologyAbstract
The study examined news agency journalism in the era of digital technologies. Digital media technology has had a profound impact on the way news agencies gather and report news. With the advent of social media platforms and mobile technologies, news agencies can now reach a wider audience in real-time and receive immediate feedback on their reporting. The main objectives of this study were to find out new media technologies that have influenced news agency journalism in 21st century; ascertain whether new media technologies have influenced news agency journalism. The study adopted the qualitative research method, exploring existing scholarly opinions and related literature. The study found out that artificial intelligent and algorithms, social media technology , robotics and bots immersive virtual reality, blogs, vlogs and blog spot are the major new media technologies and innovations hat influence news agency journalism in the 21st century. The study also found that new media technologies have and to very great extent influenced news agency journalism in the 21st century. The study concluded that news agency journalism have been tremendously influenced and impacted upon by new digital technologies and innovations. New digital technologies have the status quo and disrupted the traditional news agency journalism practices. In addition, digital media technologies have enabled news agencies to collect data and analyze trends quickly, allowing them to produce more in-depth and accurate news stories.
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