The Profession of Journalism in the Digital Age: Assessing the Impacts of ICTs on Journalists and Their Workplace

The introduction of ICTs into the newsroom was supposed to provide the same benefits for the news media sector as information technology provided for businesses -- higher productivity combined with lower costs. But somehow, what is worked well in business has not necessarily panned out in journalism.

Indeed, the extent to which new ICTs have impacts upon the profession of journalism is open to debate; commentators often arrive at different conclusions. This project takes seriously both the work and working conditions of journalists in relation to the introduction of new ICTs (and to the ongoing workplace reorganization within the media sector). It is intended as an intellectual contribution to a more comprehensive account of new ICTs and other institutional mechanisms in relation to both the role of journalists and the future of journalism as a profession in Taiwan.