Research On The Content Feature And Transition Of Concept Of Immersive Journalism

Immersive journalism is a kind of news transmission mode that relies on virtual reality(VR)technology.In the context of reconstructed news stories,audiences can get the immersion of first-person characters and participate in news activities.Immersive news can bring audiences immersive and unique news experience.Therefore,immersive news is gradually recognized,accepted and loved by the public,which brings it a broad prospect and the possibility to change the consumption pattern of news.The content feature of immersive journalism can be summarized from three aspects:Firstly,it is the theme characteristic of immersive news.The themes of foreign immersive news works tend to be diversified gradually.While the domestic immersive news industry is still keen to amplify its ability to play up topics such as disasters.Secondly,it is the narrative sight of immersive news.Immersive journalism adopts a journalist-centered and role-driven narrative perspective.The narrative led by journalists makes the authenticity of news more prominent because of the credibility and seriousness of journalists themselves.A character-driven narrative is more humanized and engaging.In the current research,there is no obvious audience preference between these two narrative perspectives.Finally,it is the narrative technique of immersive news.Immersive news often uses techniques such as symbolism to replace the abrupt transition caused by poor camera conditions.At the same time,immersive news always chooses live recordings and live voice to stimulate more empathy.The concept transition of immersive journalism can be presented from two aspects:One is the conceptual shift based on the cognition of immersion.People's cognition of immersion transfers from single to multiple.And they gradually realize that immersion is a dynamic subjective feeling and isn't completely limited by objective conditions.The second is the conceptual shift based on dissemination of immersive news.For the cognition of the dissemination of immersive news,it has changed from technical means to production mode,and from questioning reconstruction to trust reconstruction.With the deepening of cognition and understanding,the immersive news experience has changed from a minority to a promotion of mass participation.The limitations and improvements of immersive journalism are mainly reflected in the following four aspects:Firstly,they manifest in the disseminator ' s problems and his adjustment to the report.Although the concept change of immersive news weakens the discussion caused by the real problems of news,disseminators still need to make corresponding adjustments to the reports.Secondly,they manifest in the limitation of the communication content and the expansion of the report.The summary of the characteristics of immersive news highlights the limitations of immersive news in the dissemination of content and also leads to the discussion of its coverage expansion.Thirdly,it is the dilemma and hope of dissemination platform development.It is because of the constant changes in the dissemination concept of immersive news that the dissemination platform has been given the hope to cope with the incomplete profit model.Finally,it is the solution to spread negative effects.The summary of the content feature of immersive news and the study of the concept transition have brought people the ability to prevent the negative effects of dissemination.