지역방송 보도프로그램의 저널리즘 실천양상의 변화 탐구 = The Hybridization of Broadcast Journalism: A Qualitative Study on the Production Culture of Local Broadcasting News Programs

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This research has focused on exploring changes in journalistic practices in news programs unfolding in the field of local broadcasting. The research findings revealed significant departures from past production practices, which predominantly revolved around terrestrial broadcasting, as the structural context of broadcasting underwent changes due to entrenched industrial crises, inter-media competition, and policy shifts.
Examples of these changes include hybridization of producers, hybridization of platforms, and hybridization of genres. The problem is that, due to the hybridization of broadcast journalism, in-depth current affairs programs that were associated with on-site reporting are being replaced by talk and debate programs produced under unfavorable production conditions. This trend poses a problem as it leads to a reduction in news programs that ensure immediacy, depth, and investigative reporting, while potentially amplifying excessive political discourse or reproducing the voices of local community opinion leaders. In the midst of a news ecosystem layered with platforms, local broadcasting remains one of the key entities responsible for producing quality local information and performing journalism through criticism and oversight. Therefore, in order to derive journalistic practices that align with the phenomenon of hybridization in broadcast journalism, it will be necessary to have sophisticated designs of systems and policies, as well as changes in production practices.