Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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A Study on the integration of UGC in broadcast journalism: An evidence from Bangladesh

방송 저널리즘의 UGC 이용에 관한 연구: 방글라데시의 사례를 중심으로

  • Saiful, Hoque (School of Media and Communication, Korea University) ;
  • Park, Jaeyung (School of Media and Communication, Korea University)
  • Received : 2018.10.25
  • Accepted : 2019.01.20
  • Published : 2019.01.28
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Abstract

Digital convergence put a huge challenges for broadcast media in terms of integrating user generated content (UGC). Keeping this in mind, objective of the study is to explore the factors that affecting UGC's integration in Broadcast channel from developing countries' perspective. We explored how and why UGC are appearing in Bangladeshi Television news. In-depth interview was used and news editorial level staffs were selected from leading Bangladeshi television channels. Findings suggest that, state interventions in crisis events and lack of experiences to handle crisis reporting played a crucial role to incorporate UGC in television news bulletins. One of the significant findings is that, mere traditional guidelines and work policy of the media houses will not be enough to handle user generated content as well as citizen's participation in news media. Thus, we recommend to formulate a comprehensive user generated content integration policy in the context of Bangladesh.

인터넷 기술 덕분에 미디어 수용자들이 미디어 콘텐츠를 생산하고 유통하는 역량은 전통 미디어 조직에 큰 도전이 될 정도로 커졌다. 이러한 도전은 인터넷이 이제 걸음마 단계인 방글라데시와 같은 국가에서 훨씬 더 긴요하다. 이 연구는 사용자 생성 콘텐츠(UGC)가 어떻게 그리고 왜 방글라데시의 텔레비전 방송에 나타나고 있는지를 알아보았다. 방글라데시 주요 방송사 보도국의 뉴스 편집 간부들을 심층 인터뷰한 결과, 방송사들이 뉴스에 UGC를 사용하는 데에는 위기적 사건이 발생했을 때 정부가 종종 언론 보도에 개입하며, 언론사와 기자가 그런 위기 보도의 경험이 많지 않다는 것이 크게 작용하고 있었다. 또한, 언론사의 전통적 작업 기준만으로는 UGC 및 시민의 뉴스 제작 참여를 관리하기 어렵다는 것도 발견되어, 방글라데시 언론사에 UGC를 관리하는 종합 대책이 필요함을 알려준다.

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Table 1. Factors influenced on the integration of user generated contents

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