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Platforms in Journalism 4.0: The Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the News Industry

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Robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, blockchain, virtual and augmented reality are becoming widespread in our society. These technologies have triggered the fourth industrial revolution and will bring about profound changes in social relations, working life, politics, the education system, the economy and journalism. In this context, digital platforms play a key role. Given that these devices are reorganizing cultural and social processes on a large scale, we can speak of the emergence of a platformization of society. This transformation will require new skills, new products, new environments and new business models. In particular, it will affect the relationship between the public and journalism, its financing, its revenue-earning channels and its news production processes. This chapter will analyze how the fourth industrial revolution will affect journalism from a business and structural point of view.

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The work of Josep-Lluís Micó-Sanz in this chapter is part of the grant Industry 4.0, Communication and Religion, funded by the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya). The work of Andreu Casero-Ripollés is part of grant UJI-B2020-14, funded by Universitat Jaume I under the Research Promotion Plan 2020. The work of Berta García-Orosa is part of the research project Digital Native Media in Spain: Storytelling Formats and Mobile Strategy (RTI2018-093346-B-C33), funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Government of Spain) and the ERDF structural fund.

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    Josep-Lluís Micó

  2. Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Castellón, Spain

    Andreu Casero-Ripollés

  3. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Berta García-Orosa

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Micó, JL., Casero-Ripollés, A., García-Orosa, B. (2022). Platforms in Journalism 4.0: The Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the News Industry. In: Vázquez-Herrero, J., Silva-Rodríguez, A., Negreira-Rey, MC., Toural-Bran, C., López-García, X. (eds) Total Journalism. Studies in Big Data, vol 97. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88028-6_18

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