Journalisme immersif et empathie : l’émotion comme connaissance immédiate du réel

This article questions the frequent use of the notions of immersion and empathy in discourses relating to immersive journalism between 2014 and 2019. The euphoria expressed about the virtual reality capabilities to transcribe the accuracy of the facts can be understood at different levels. 
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Main Authors: Céline Ferjoux, Émilie Ropert Dupont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université du Québec à Montréal 2020-05-01
Series:Communiquer
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/5477
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description This article questions the frequent use of the notions of immersion and empathy in discourses relating to immersive journalism between 2014 and 2019. The euphoria expressed about the virtual reality capabilities to transcribe the accuracy of the facts can be understood at different levels. 
It symbolises a technological utopianism. It also illustrates the paradigm of socio-technical diffusion specific to innovations. It finally reformulates a dialectical ambivalence of the journalism’s ethos, where emotion appears to be both a source of motivation and a raw material for information.
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It symbolises a technological utopianism. It also illustrates the paradigm of socio-technical diffusion specific to innovations. It finally reformulates a dialectical ambivalence of the journalism’s ethos, where emotion appears to be both a source of motivation and a raw material for information.https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/5477empathyaccompanying discourseaffective discourseimmersive journalismjournalistic ethosjournalistic practice
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title Journalisme immersif et empathie : l’émotion comme connaissance immédiate du réel
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