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Every move you make every breath you take; the lights are watching you. In Germany, street lights are being equipped with sensors that read and interpret reality. So-called smart-streets can monitor all your movements in public spaces. Documentary maker Nora Bauer.
Trust in media is declining, particularly for online news and social media. And how can you tell which images are real, and which images are photoshopped? Duc Tien Dang Nguyen visited the ViSmedia Conference to demonstrate which methods researchers uses to detect visual disinformation.
Through smart street lights and AI, creating the chilling feeling of never being able to do anything without being watched. But new surveillance technology and satellites can also be our eyes in dangerous areas, like the recent volcano eruption in Hawaii and restricted areas in North Korea.
If technological determinism is right, why should we try harder? It’s an intellectual obligation to double check, just in case, says Professor Nyre. At the ViSmedia Conference he gave a speech he doesn’t necessarily agrees with himself, as a thought experiment.
What is it about the speculative fiction of Black Mirror that captures the workings of surveillance culture so uniquely? Professor Øyvind Vågnes shares his thought at the ViSmedia Conference.
Danish photo editor, Thomas Borberg, is sick of seeing pictures of people that are «just standing there.» During his talk under Nordic Media Festival, he gives ten great tips on how to improve the usage of photos in news media.
Camera drones are already common in journalism, and the prediction of ViSmedia researcher Turo Uskali is that within five years, all news photographers will be using camera drones.
There's a blooming in news outlets all over the world, reaching out to younger generations with the news on small screen formats. This new trend emerged in Norway when the media house Verdens Gang (VG) started experimenting with Snapchat as a news platform in January 2017.
During the "Student Show & Tell: Explorations of new technology in the media" the audience were presented with the students' innovative use of new technology for media purposes.
ViSmedia researcher Thomas Wold has been appointed as a member of a Government selected expert committee to give advice on safe media use for children and adolescents.
The International Encyclopaedia of Journalism Studies was launched in May 2019 as a reference guide on the key concepts of journalism studies, its theories and methodologies. It is a useful resource for students, researchers, and academics, offering more than 250 entries offering an overview of the study of journalism, the news economics, ethical and legal issues, and journalism practice.
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