[Commlist] CfP: Digital Native News Media

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*Media and Communication
*Open access journal - ISSN: 2183-2439
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication


*Call for Papers*: DIGITAL NATIVE NEWS MEDIA: TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

*Editor: *Ramón Salaverría (University of Navarra, Spain)

*Deadline for Abstracts: *15 September 2019*
Deadline for Submissions: *15 December 2019
*Publication of the Issue: ****Volume 8, Issue 2 - April/June 2020*

*Information: *Since the beginnings of digital journalism, in the 1990s, 
the first purely online news media were launched in many countries. In 
that initial stage, the digital native (or digital-born) news 
media—defined as “media companies that were born and grown entirely 
online” (Wu, 2016, p. 131)—remained overshadowed by online media derived 
from press, radio and television brands, which represented the most 
important part of the news media market.

Throughout the first two decades of the 21st century, the digital native 
media have multiplied and consolidated. This development has been 
accelerated as a result of the global economic crisis that began in 
2008, which has especially affected the traditional media companies 
during the last decade. The financial and reputational problems suffered 
by many legacy media companies have favored the appearance of a myriad 
of new digital media brands, of very different types, but with a common 
denominator: they have been founded purely in and for the internet 
(Nicholls et al., 2016).

Today, digital native news media constitute a substantial part of the 
emerging media market left by the economic crisis and, in front of the 
decline and public questioning of a large part of the news industry, 
they bring a breath of fresh air to journalism (Harlow & Salaverría, 
2016; Majó-Vázquez et al., 2017). Their natural adaptation to the 
internet allows digital-born news media to explore technological, 
editorial, and business models that are many times distinct from those 
used by legacy media. However, at the same time, their smaller 
infrastructure and usually limited human and material resources raise 
questions about their capacity to carry out a long-range quality 
journalism. Despite these limitations, in several countries, digital 
native news media are becoming a powerful vector of journalistic 
innovation (Küng, 2015), as well as a benchmark for alternative and 
independent journalism (Salaverría et al., 2019).

This special issue of /Media and Communication/ invites scholars to 
examine the models and professional protocols of the digital native news 
media. Both empirical and theoretical manuscripts; quantitative, 
qualitative, and mixed methods approaches; single-country and 
comparative research; and historical and contemporary inquiries are 
welcome. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

  * Profile and typology of digital native news media.
  * Relations between digital native news media and legacy media.
  * Origins and historical evolution of digital native news media.
  * Production models and professional routines of journalists in
    digital native news media.
  * Editorial, technological and business models of digital native news
    media.
  * Professional standards and ethical codes of digital native news media.
  * Digital native news media and social media.
  * Alternative journalism in digital native news media.
  * Algorithmic journalism and data journalism in digital native news 
media.

**Instructions for Authors*: *Authors interested in submitting a paper 
for this issue are asked to consult the journal’s instructions for 
authors ( 
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/pages/view/forauthors 
) and to send their abstracts (about 250 words, with a tentative title 
and reference to the thematic issue) by email to the Editorial Office 
((mac /at/ cogitatiopress.com) <mailto:(mac /at/ cogitatiopress.com)>) by 15 September 
2019.

*Open Access:* The journal has an article processing charge to cover its 
costs, so authors are advised to check with their institutions if funds 
are available to cover open access publication fees. Further information 
about the journal’s open access charges and institutional memberships 
can be found here: 
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/about/editorialPolicies#publicationFees




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