This article aims to introduce the concept of immersive journalism as a new genre in digital journalism. Hierarchy of influence is used to understand the condition of immersive journalism in the media industry. This article describes the condition of digital journalism in Indonesia and the concept of immersive journalism using the literature review method. The results of the analysis show that the production, distribution, and consumption processes of news are influenced by internal and external media organizations. The public participation opportunity that has been created in digital journalism has the potential to sustain in immersive journalism. The audience can actively participate and have control over narrative construction. A series of challenges in the development of immersive journalism that have been identified include business potential, adaptation of supporting tools, narrative creation, and vulnerability to manipulation. The dilemmatic problems faced by media industry players will be even more complex if they apply immersive journalism: redefining with the audience the limits of participation, narrative framing, objectivity, and sensitive content.
The implementation of immersive journalism as part of digital journalism is now starting to penetrate YouTube. CNN Indonesia is a media company that uses 360 degree video technology to present news. The use of virtual reality technology raises ethical questions that require consideration by news producers to maintain journalistic standards. This study aims to understand the modality and ethics of immersive journalism implemented in CNN Indonesia's 360 degree video content on YouTube through quantitative content analysis. The concept of modality, ethics of immersive journalism, and the theory of media richness are used as analytical tools to understand modality and immersion presented in CNN Indonesia's 360 video. The results of the study show that CNN Indonesia's 360-degree video content follows the ethics of sensitive content, on the other hand, the modalities used are still limited.
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