TY - GEN

T1 - Local Media and Digital Environment in the Republic of Belarus

T2 - 2020 IEEE Communication Strategies in Digital Society Seminar (ComSDS)

AU - Hradziushka, Aleksandr A.

AU - Bykov, Il'Ia A.

AU - Bakhvalova, Anastasia A.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 IEEE. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/4

Y1 - 2020/4

N2 - The work of the editorial offices of the regional newspapers of the Republic of Belarus in the context of digitalization is considered. The results of a study of the dynamics of the transformation of local media at the stage of introducing new technological tools are reflected. The relevance of the article is due to the need for a theoretical description and conceptualization of the ideal model of digital media in a modern hybrid and polarized environment, characterized by a crisis of traditional media and the emergence of many alternative news sources. We conducted a multi-method study drawing on in-depth interviews with experts and practitioners and also on a survey of chief editors at small market newspapers. The scientific novelty of the article is to identify new theoretical and scientific-practical aspects of the study of regional media in the conditions of high-speed production and dissemination of information. This paper provides reflective analysis of how social, economic and above all technological forces are transforming the local media industry, and what this means for the professionals working in it in an era, where the pace of change is leaving many familiar concepts outdated.

AB - The work of the editorial offices of the regional newspapers of the Republic of Belarus in the context of digitalization is considered. The results of a study of the dynamics of the transformation of local media at the stage of introducing new technological tools are reflected. The relevance of the article is due to the need for a theoretical description and conceptualization of the ideal model of digital media in a modern hybrid and polarized environment, characterized by a crisis of traditional media and the emergence of many alternative news sources. We conducted a multi-method study drawing on in-depth interviews with experts and practitioners and also on a survey of chief editors at small market newspapers. The scientific novelty of the article is to identify new theoretical and scientific-practical aspects of the study of regional media in the conditions of high-speed production and dissemination of information. This paper provides reflective analysis of how social, economic and above all technological forces are transforming the local media industry, and what this means for the professionals working in it in an era, where the pace of change is leaving many familiar concepts outdated.

KW - convergence

KW - digital journalism

KW - digital technology

KW - local media

KW - media business

KW - news production

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U2 - 10.1109/ComSDS49898.2020.9101307

DO - 10.1109/ComSDS49898.2020.9101307

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85085955994

T3 - Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Communication Strategies in Digital Society Seminar, ComSDS 2020

SP - 87

EP - 90

BT - Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Communication Strategies in Digital Society Seminar, ComSDS 2020

A2 - Shaposhnikov, S.

A2 - Sharakhina, L.

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Y2 - 8 April 2020 through 8 April 2020

ER -