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By Hedvig IdåsUpdated: 15.05.2023 (First published: 16.09.2021)

September 19 ViSmedia held the Immersive Journalism Seminar with presentations by journalism scholars from England, Finland, Norway and USA. The main purpose of the seminar was to start critical discussions about the benefits and challenges as well as potential pitfalls, of using immersive technologies in journalism.

 

Presentations by: Esa Sirkkunen, Sarah Jones, Turo Uskali, Siri Flatlandsmo, Lars Nyre and Deborah G. Johnson.

 

Siri Flatlandsmo, Journalist, Avisa-Hordaland, Norway

Lars Nyre, Professor, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, UiB

Esa Sirkkunen, Researcher, University of Tampere, Research Centre Comet, Finland

Turo Uskali, Head of Journalism, Dep of Language and Communication, University of Juväskylä, Finland

Sarah Jones, Head of the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University, UK

Deborah G. Johnson, Professor, University of Virginia, USA, and adjunct professor, UiB