Immersive journalism, created with VR technologies, can create strong affects among the users. The EMORES-project explores the emotional effects of VR journalism in the context of journalism ethics. The project studies the affective contents of VR journalism, explores empirically how the audience finds VR journalistic stories and maps the journalists’ attitudes towards VR journalism. The project creates knowledge on the production of affects in order to create the outlines of ethical standards in the field of VR journalism.
EMORES is a joint project between Tampere University and University of Jyväskylä. It is conducted in 2018–2019. The project is funded by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation.
Research group:
Ari Heinonen, Leader of the project, Docent of Journalism, Tampere University
Esa Sirkkunen, Researcher, Research Centre COMET, Tampere University
Heli Väätäjä, Postdoctoral Researcher, Emotions, Sociability and Computing Group, TAUCHI, Tampere University
Turo Uskali, Leader of the subproject in Jyväskylä, Research Fellow, Journalism Studies, University of Jyväskylä
Pasi Ikonen, Project Researcher, Journalism Studies, University of Jyväskylä
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