Algorithmic Journalism: Current Trends and Future Developments

Chapter 7 analyzes algorithmic journalism with a case study of news recommender systems of Naver. Algorithms have transformed journalism in terms of news production, newsroom structure, and overall journalistic activities. Using Naver's AI-based recommendation system as a case study, this chapter discusses the methods and services of algorithmic journalism, showing how an algorithm functions in news services, how the algorithm is used, processed, and understood in different journalistic contexts and via different tools and approaches, and how it is communicated to users. For algorithmic journalism to be sustainable, algorithmic designers should understand journalistic values and integrate them into algorithm construction. Algorithmic journalism involves serious ethical considerations regarding fairness, transparency, accountability, and explainability.